Quotes by Carine Roitfeld

Carine Roitfeld

French fashion editor

Lived from: 1954 -

Category: Media

Born: 19 september 1954

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  • 'Grandmother' doesn't mean that you have gray hair and you retire and stay home cooking cakes for your grandchildren.
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  • 'Vogue' is a very beautiful magazine, an institution, and I learned so much working there.
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  • 'Vogue' is a very specific world. You are 'Vogue,' or not 'Vogue.'
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  • Anna Wintour is the most powerful woman in the global fashion industry, the first lady of fashion. She's a politician; I'm a stylist. They are two very different jobs.
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  • At the start, I had no idea to go into fashion, because I thought people would think I was stupid. I don't worry about those things anymore.
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  • 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.
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  • 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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  • Designers have told me that their collections are so me, but I don't always recognise it because if you ask me what my style is, I'm really not that sure.
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  • Either you are a good Virgo or a crazy Virgo! The good Virgo side of me is educating and raising the children - being there for them.
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  • Fashion has a political role insofar as following it can give you the impression to belonging to a certain social group or a private club.
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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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  • Fashion shows used to be more crazy. Now they've become a bit too serious.
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  • If Caravaggio was a photographer today, I would love to work with him. I love his dark vision - I have a dark vision.
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  • If I could choose something besides fashion, I would love to be a ballerina.
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  • If I like a make-up artist's look, even if nobody knows about her, I use her. New people give me energy.
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  • If I'm doing something in fashion, I will try to respect the 'laws' of the business, but I will try to keep my integrity and my respect for the designers and for my readers.
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  • If Kate Moss hadn't been booked when she was 14, Kate Moss might not exist.
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  • If people ask me to describe my look, I always say: 'Quite classic with an edge.'
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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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  • In a way, I envy the freedom artists have. Artists can push themselves beyond their limits, in pursuit of their ideas and their vision, even if they are inhabited by demons that can also play tricks on them.
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What are the most famous quotes from Carine Roitfeld?

The two most famous quotes from Carine Roitfeld are:

  • "'Grandmother' doesn't mean that you have gray hair and you retire and stay home cooking cakes for your grandchildren."
  • "'Vogue' is a very beautiful magazine, an institution, and I learned so much working there."

When did Carine Roitfeld live?

Carine Roitfeld is still alive and was born in 1954.