Carine Roitfeld Quotes

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Carine Roitfeld

Profession : Editor

Birth : September 19, 1954

When you love fashion, there is no weekend. Everything just blends together.

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Most makeup campaigns are not in black and white.

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When you're editor-in-chief of a big magazine, you cannot be a cover girl for MAC; you cannot be the face of Givenchy - of course you can't; it's doesn't go with the job.

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Fashion's about extravagance, and everyone needs a bit of that.

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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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When you're getting old, obviously you try to put on the best cream, you have massages, you try to stay beautiful, but I think wrinkles can sometimes be more beautiful than having none.

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I am very surprised by someone like Alexander Wang. I am amazed how he is good with fashion, with business, with public relations himself, with an attitude in his clothes that is spoken immediately.

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I always love to push myself, because I am not so self-confident.

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Fashion is very tough, and we shouldn't forget that before designers were money-makers, they were artists.

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French 'Vogue' was always a photographer's magazine.

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When everything is good, maybe I think it's the time to do something else.

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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.

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When I left French 'Vogue,' New York welcomed me with a big, big hug.

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When I was young, no one got married. Now, all the young people, they want to get married, they want security. Now that my children's friends are getting married, I go to more weddings than I ever did when I was young.

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Enthusiasm is something so positive.

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I always try to be nice to the paparazzi because finally, maybe one day, they won't ask for me, and I will regret it.

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Dancing is the last sport with no sponsor.

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I love if someone invites me to a restaurant, so I don't know if that's a feminist.

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I am very excited to be able to work more with young designers and support them.

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People always say, 'You look like Iggy Pop.'

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