Carine Roitfeld Quotes

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Carine Roitfeld

Profession : Editor

Birth : September 19, 1954

I think it is good when something can stay interesting for a long time. It's not just a trend for one month.

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.

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You can be covered and be very sexy. It's not what you show; it's what you have in mind, the way you cross your legs, the way you talk to people.

Carine Roitfeld

I don't think the woman in French 'Vogue' was an object. She was always a real woman.

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I never like to wear too much makeup, and sometimes the best makeup is when it's not too perfect. I like to sometimes apply my makeup with my fingers.

Carine Roitfeld

I hate people who over intellectualize. It bores me deeply.

Carine Roitfeld

Do what you are not supposed to do, like wear white shoes all year round.

Carine Roitfeld

Fashion isn't something you can buy; you need to have the sense of it, and most people don't.

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I like to provoke. I'm very French.

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The most important thing is posture: when you get old, it's the way you walk, the way you stand, that shows it.

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When you get older, you have to stay a bit rock n' roll so that young people will still be interested in you. The way you move, the way you talk, maybe the way you have your hair in your face a little bit - this keeps you interesting.

Carine Roitfeld

Paris is mostly retired people - I love it, and it's a beautiful city, but it's quite slow.

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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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You lose attitude when you feel too comfortable, so I prefer to wear clothes that have a certain edge to them.

Carine Roitfeld

Blogs are quite a new development - now, everyone wants to know you, everyone wants to know everything about you. And you can build a following that way. In a way, it's a good thing if you want to create a buzz around yourself.

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I made a big family when I was working at 'Vogue' for ten years, and I'm still friends with a lot of them.

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It is very wrong to sleep in your make-up, but when you wake up the next morning, I think it looks very good.

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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.

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A magazine is not just one person. And a fashion shoot is the same!

Carine Roitfeld

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