Carine Roitfeld Quotes

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Carine Roitfeld

Profession : Editor

Birth : September 19, 1954

I have a couture body.

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What is chic is just to be perfect, like magical, no?

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It's true I always like to mix femininity and something a bit masculine. It's the reason I love skirts with high heels and tights, and no handbag because I love having my hands in my pockets.

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A lot of rumours on the Internet are wrong and horrible.

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To be a good model, you have to be very smart.

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'Vogue' is a very specific world. You are 'Vogue,' or not 'Vogue.'

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Fashion shows used to be more crazy. Now they've become a bit too serious.

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People ask me 'Why you want to do another magazine - 10 years at 'Vogue,' a great magazine? Why do you want to make a new one? It's so difficult and there's already so many.' I wanted to do something new, bring a new vision.

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I am Parisian. I don't love the French.

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Each morning, you dress to become a different woman. Fashion helps.

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I never think I have to prove something.

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The Russians are very much more up and down than the French.

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Working with Barneys, and choosing the looks, I was thinking about whether a real woman would buy this outfit and feel beautiful and comfortable.

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Makeup can help you capture a moment.

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I don't have a big appetite. I don't eat a lot, to be honest - never. I'm a bit like a little bird, picking all day long, but I'm not getting pasta or getting all those things, you know?

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Ballet is good, because it makes you stand up tall.

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I would never share my daughter's wardrobe. Every five years you have to go through your wardrobe and say, 'This is possible, this is not possible.' But you have to be happy with yourself.

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When I was a little girl, my mother tried to make me dance, but I did not like it then.

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London Fashion Week isn't the most organised, but I don't mind that. It's such an exciting place - it's small and cool.

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I'm not the girl next door.

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