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When I was a little girl, my mother tried to make me dance, but I did not like it then.
Carine Roitfeld -
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.
Carine Roitfeld
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I know that people in fashion and people in general hate to be filmed.
Carine Roitfeld -
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.
Carine Roitfeld -
You can be beautiful with big breasts; you can be beautiful in your 40s. If you don't have perfect ankles, still you can move your legs in a certain way and look very sexy.
Carine Roitfeld -
If you are a reader of 'Harper's Bazaar,' to me, you are a woman who loves fashion, but not just fashion; you love fashion, you love travel, you love art, you love music.
Carine Roitfeld -
If you listen too much, you won't be able to create.
Carine Roitfeld -
I hate people who over intellectualize. It bores me deeply.
Carine Roitfeld
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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.
Carine Roitfeld -
Each morning, you dress to become a different woman. Fashion helps.
Carine Roitfeld -
People think I only wear new clothes, that I'm very trendy, but I like classic things on me, to mix with a trendy pair of shoes.
Carine Roitfeld -
It's funny, everything is so much easier when you do it yourself.
Carine Roitfeld -
I think that something needs to be weird in order to have a real beauty.
Carine Roitfeld