Carine Roitfeld Quotes

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Carine Roitfeld

Profession : Editor

Birth : September 19, 1954

When a designer creates, he looks at the world around him.

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Even though jeans suit me, I never wear jeans.

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I think beauty can be everywhere.

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Look at someone like Steve Jobs. His look wasn't very special - black turtleneck and jeans - but he had style. He looked the same, and you knew it was him when you saw him. Plus, he was a very smart person, which is also very attractive. His style was simple, not distracting, and very strong.

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When you have the baby, there is no BlackBerry, no computer; you just have the baby on your stomach, and your heart is beating the same time as the baby's. It's very nice.

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It's funny, everything is so much easier when you do it yourself.

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The less you have, the more you enjoy.

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My private life is a lot more ladylike and less sultry than the fashion photos I imagine.

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You know it's very important, the role of a mother... I don't know, but it's feminism to me to love your kids.

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I'm so tired of this vision of fashion of a diva with a big ego, and you think of big dark glasses to be pretentious and keep far away from the people.

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I want more women to run countries. There'd be more peace on Earth.

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I think it's good to have surprises in fashion because we always see the same things.

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You can't put yourself into competition with a magazine like 'Vogue.' You have to create something new, something different.

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People say I look like my father. My son is very much like him.

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It's very difficult for designers today. How can someone produce so many shows? Now the minimum is four a year.

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I think that each woman, whatever age, needs to recognize something good in her body. Someone has beautiful legs, someone has beautiful hair, someone else has beautiful decolletage or a beautiful waist or beautiful hands. Everyone has something great.

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There are too many 50-year-olds dressing as 20-year-olds.

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I think when I became a grandmother my life changed a lot, and I think I changed personally.

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I am not mean at all; I am not tough at all.

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The true test of a man's style is the haircut. There are some men who look good no matter how their hair is styled, whether it's trendy or not. A man can change his haircut many times, but to pull off any haircut, you have to be very chic. Like Brad Pitt.

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