Emmanuelle Alt Quotes

France, Editor
May 18, 1967

Emmanuelle Alt has been the editor-in-chief of Vogue Paris since February 2011, succeeding Carine Roitfeld. Alt became fashion director of the magazine in 2000, when Roitfeld assumed the chief editor’s position and hired Alt directly from Mixte magazine.

I don’t like water. I drink Diet Coke. Nor do I smoke, or drink alcohol or even sip a café. I don’t look after myself. I don’t do yoga, Pilates, those things. I hate physical effort, I don’t run anywhere, but I am super-energetic. Make-up? I just black my eyes and that’s it. My hair? I get it cut on set (fashion shoots), I never go to a hairdresser. I’m not sure I’m French. You think I’m not smart enough?

Emmanuelle Alt
- Water
- Makeup
- Yoga
A good attitude for a woman is to be confident, and to be confident is to be natural.

Emmanuelle Alt
- Woman
- Attitude
- Confident

French girls still have the Jane Birkin culture. You can go just like that, without makeup, without managing your hair.

Emmanuelle Alt
- Culture
- Hair
- Makeup
I'll stop wearing black when they invent a darker color.

Emmanuelle Alt
- Black
- Color
- Invent
I'm so against surgery. I can tell you today and I can tell you for sure I will never do anything to my face. Nothing. The age I am? That's it.

Emmanuelle Alt
- Today
- Surgery
- My Face
I hate physical effort.

Emmanuelle Alt
- Effort
- I Hate
Forget trendy designer labels. Jeans, a sweater or a t-shirt worn under a jacket that seems welded to you. When it's just right, when you don't see the effort, it's irresistible.

Emmanuelle Alt
- Effort
- Forget
- Labels