Carine Roitfeld Quotes
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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 think when I became a grandmother my life changed a lot, and I think I changed personally.
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When everything is good, maybe I think it's the time to do something else.
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Each morning, you dress to become a different woman. Fashion helps.
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In Japan, you can learn how to make a bunch of flowers. This is an art. Tea ceremony, it's an art.
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When a designer creates, he looks at the world around him.
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When Tom Ford asked me to consult for Gucci, I had never consulted in my life. I didn't know what consulting was, and look, we made something amazing.
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I am not mean at all; I am not tough at all.
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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 I was a little girl, my mother tried to make me dance, but I did not like it then.
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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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You can't put yourself into competition with a magazine like 'Vogue.' You have to create something new, something different.
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I never think I have to prove something.
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If I could choose something besides fashion, I would love to be a ballerina.
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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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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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My father was very chic. My mum was always encouraging me. Some parents would say, 'Why don't you be a lawyer, a doctor, or something more important?' They never said that.
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I want more women to run countries. There'd be more peace on Earth.
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I do think fashion is fun! Much more than people think.
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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 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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Fashion is a hard business.
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In my 10 years, I never put a girl that was too skinny in French 'Vogue.'
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Maybe people have no idea how much work is behind a picture. It can seem very effortless, but there is a lot of work. It's exactly like doing ballet. It's hours and hours, but when you go onstage, it's just the pleasure of dancing.