Carine Roitfeld Quotes
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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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I never think I have to prove something.
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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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Coco Chanel was always doing things with ballet, so it is a tradition clashing fashion and ballet.
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I want more women to run countries. There'd be more peace on Earth.
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When a designer creates, he looks at the world around him.
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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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In my 10 years, I never put a girl that was too skinny in French 'Vogue.'
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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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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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When everything is good, maybe I think it's the time to do something else.
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When I was a little girl, my mother tried to make me dance, but I did not like it then.
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If I could choose something besides fashion, I would love to be a ballerina.
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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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Each morning, you dress to become a different woman. Fashion helps.
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I like to provoke. I'm very French.
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I'm not a nostalgic person: I never look back; I always forget.
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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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Fashion is a hard business.
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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.
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Paris is mostly retired people - I love it, and it's a beautiful city, but it's quite slow.
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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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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.