Carine Roitfeld Quotes
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I do think fashion is fun! Much more than people think.
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Karl Lagerfeld looks very tough because of the glasses, and he has all these rings and the leather gloves, and he's so smart. But he's a very nice person... when he comes into a room or studio, he is going to say hello to each person, and the same when he leaves.
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I never think I have to prove something.
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In my 10 years, I never put a girl that was too skinny in French 'Vogue.'
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You know it's very important, the role of a mother... I don't know, but it's feminism to me to love your kids.
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We have the sort of beautiful older woman here in Paris. People like Loulou de la Falaise and Betty Catroux, all these beautiful looking women over 60... So there is culture here in France that even if you are older, you can stay beautiful.
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If I could choose something besides fashion, I would love to be a ballerina.
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The Russians are extreme people: they are generous but crazy at the same time. They always have something to say, and I really like that.
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I am very lucky in that I can eat what I want and don't have to follow any special diet.
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People might think I'm very hard, what with my black make-up, my hair over my eyes, etc. My innocence didn't always help me, but it did preserve something in me that maybe others don't have anymore. I'm inside my bubble, you could say, and thankfully so, because I don't think daily life is always great. It protects me.
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In photo shoots, I rely on instinct. Which is not to say I don't bring ideas to a project or consider it beforehand.
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When a designer creates, he looks at the world around him.
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When you're writing, you're on your own, and I like to work as a team.
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Coco Chanel was always doing things with ballet, so it is a tradition clashing fashion and ballet.
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When everything is good, maybe I think it's the time to do something else.
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At the start, I had no idea to go into fashion, because I thought people would think I was stupid. I don't worry about those things anymore.
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I think it is good when something can stay interesting for a long time. It's not just a trend for one month.
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Becoming a grandmother brought me back to the things I forgot to love. Nature. Playing. Seeing animals. A new way of looking. A rejuvenation. A cycle of life - things come back to you. The details.
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I know that people in fashion and people in general hate to be filmed.
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The first Chanel jacket that I saw - that I knew was Chanel - was on TV. It was on Mrs. Kennedy - the pink one.