Carine Roitfeld Quotes

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Carine Roitfeld

Profession : Editor

Birth : September 19, 1954

I think the 'Harpers Bazaar' woman is not a fashion victim; she understands fashion but is not a victim, you know.

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I am just doing photo shoots. It's not something that extraordinary. I'm not a great artist, I'm not writing books, I'm not a painter, and people in the streets ask me for a picture or a note, and I say, 'Why?'

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Bleaching eyebrows makes me crazy.

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Fashion is a completely international business.

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I get on well with models, and I like to treat them well.

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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.

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I see girls who are so skinny on the catwalks, and I know so many of them destroy their lives and their family's lives.

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I've always used black girls on the runway, because I think they're beautiful. I don't need people to tell me, 'You need to use black girls.' I did for 20 years; it's not a new thing for me.

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The fashion industry certainly has its obscene sides. The cost of a coat can be obscene. So can the cost of a photo shoot if you're working with a really good photographer.

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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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As you get older, you see life is very short, so you have to appreciate more and more and to enjoy it.

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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 actually love the 'rappers look,' with the saggy pants and oversized clothes. It's very deliberate.

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I think that Americans, they love comfort more than Europeans. Americans created the T-shirt, the sweat pants, and they create the best sporting shoes.

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If Caravaggio was a photographer today, I would love to work with him. I love his dark vision - I have a dark vision.

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I'm always independent. No boss.

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Like most Russians, I am very superstitious, and if I don't get married, I don't get divorced.

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I think it's less common in France that a man at the age of 50 buys a Porsche and gets a young girlfriend.

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I'm still like a butterfly going from one job to another job. But it's quite lovely - I hope to keep this freedom, to have fun.

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In my 10 years, I never put a girl that was too skinny in French 'Vogue.'

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