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Carine Roitfeld Quotes

I am not a celebrity. I work with celebrities, and it is very difficult. When a celebrity wears a dress, it’s good for business, so brands fight for the red carpet. Me? I don’t like it, because fashion becomes a job about dressing celebrities. And it’s a bit boring.

– Carine Roitfeld

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

– Carine Roitfeld

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.

– Carine Roitfeld

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

If I like a make-up artist’s look, even if nobody knows about her, I use her. New people give me energy.

– Carine Roitfeld

Yes, I can speak a bit and I can read and write in Russian. I learned it from my grandmother who raised me with all the Russian fairytales.

– Carine Roitfeld

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.

– Carine Roitfeld

‘Vogue’ is a very beautiful magazine, an institution, and I learned so much working there.

– Carine Roitfeld

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

– Carine Roitfeld

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

– Carine Roitfeld

To see yourself on the big screen, you’re big, you hate your voice, your vocabulary. You say the same words, you speak bad.

– Carine Roitfeld

I love curvy women. Maybe because I’m not. I would love to be a Marilyn Monroe, but I’m very far away from that… So I love very curvy girls.

– Carine Roitfeld

In Japan, you can learn how to make a bunch of flowers. This is an art. Tea ceremony, it’s an art.

– Carine Roitfeld

In photo shoots, I rely on instinct. Which is not to say I don’t bring ideas to a project or consider it beforehand.

– Carine Roitfeld

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

– Carine Roitfeld

Most makeup campaigns are not in black and white.

– Carine Roitfeld

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

– Carine Roitfeld

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

– Carine Roitfeld

Fashion is not about clothes, it is about a look.

– Carine Roitfeld

If you listen too much, you won’t be able to create.

– Carine Roitfeld

I’m always independent. No boss.

– Carine Roitfeld

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.

– Carine Roitfeld

Becoming a grandmother brought me back to the things I forgot to love. Nature. Playing. Seeing animals. A new way of looking. A rejuvenation. A cycle of life – things come back to you. The details.

– Carine Roitfeld

Even though jeans suit me, I never wear jeans.

– Carine Roitfeld

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

– Carine Roitfeld

It’s interesting to know how much you are worth.

– Carine Roitfeld

I think that ballet is very good for the body. It’s very similar to yoga, because you have to hold a position.

– Carine Roitfeld

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.

– Carine Roitfeld

I have a couture body.

– Carine Roitfeld

When you’re writing, you’re on your own, and I like to work as a team.

– Carine Roitfeld

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