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Carine Roitfeld
Editor
Born:
Sep 19
,
1954
Fashion
Good
Me
People
Think
You
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I think that something needs to be weird in order to have a real beauty.
Carine Roitfeld
Needs
Beauty
Think
Something
Weird
Real
Real Beauty
Order
Fashion is not about clothes, it is about a look.
Carine Roitfeld
Fashion
Clothes
About
Look
When you love fashion, there is no weekend. Everything just blends together.
Carine Roitfeld
Love
Fashion
You
Together
Everything
Weekend
Blends
Just
I keep my old friends, and get older with them, but push young. It's good to be surrounded by kids, because they keep you young.
Carine Roitfeld
Good
You
Old
Young
Old Friends
Older
Kids
Push
Because
Surrounded
Friends
Get
Them
Keep
The hair and makeup is very important in a fashion picture. When I create a look for a girl, it starts with the makeup. Sometimes it takes an entire day to find the look.
Carine Roitfeld
Fashion
Day
Sometimes
Girl
Hair
Picture
Important
Starts
Find
Entire
Takes
Look
Makeup
Very
Create
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
Consider
Project
Say
Photo
Photo Shoots
Rely
Instinct
Ideas
Beforehand
Shoots
Which
Bring
I hate people who over intellectualize. It bores me deeply.
Carine Roitfeld
Me
Hate
People
Bores
Over
Who
Deeply
I've always used black girls on the runway, because I think they're beautiful. I don't need people to tell me, 'You need to use black girls.' I did for 20 years; it's not a new thing for me.
Carine Roitfeld
Beautiful
Me
You
People
Black
Girl
Think
Tell
Runway
New
Because
Always
Years
Did
New Thing
Use
Used
Thing
Need
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
Me
People
Energy
About
Give
Give Me
Nobody
New
Like
Look
Knows
New People
Artist
Use
Even
Her
'Vogue' is a bigger name than my name.
Carine Roitfeld
Vogue
Name
Than
Bigger
The reason I call my book 'Irreverent' is because there were a lot of pictures that were very irreverent. Maybe I could call my book 'Forgiving' because maybe I made a lot of errors, too.
Carine Roitfeld
Book
Made
Too
Could
Pictures
Call
Because
Were
Lot
Errors
Very
Forgiving
Maybe
Irreverent
Reason
I am very excited to be able to work more with young designers and support them.
Carine Roitfeld
Work
Young
Able
More
Excited
Support
Am
Very
Them
Designers
Here in France, I've seen some very good young designers, but they don't have this ability to be good businessmen, too. I think America gives you this.
Carine Roitfeld
Good
You
Seen
Young
Think
Too
France
Ability
Some
Gives
Very
America
Businessmen
Designers
Here
I am just doing photo shoots. It's not something that extraordinary. I'm not a great artist, I'm not writing books, I'm not a painter, and people in the streets ask me for a picture or a note, and I say, 'Why?'
Carine Roitfeld
Great
Me
People
Writing
Picture
Great Artist
Extraordinary
Books
Say
Photo
Photo Shoots
Something
Am
Doing
Shoots
Artist
Just
Note
Ask
Painter
Why
Streets
We have the sort of beautiful older woman here in Paris. People like Loulou de la Falaise and Betty Catroux, all these beautiful looking women over 60... So there is culture here in France that even if you are older, you can stay beautiful.
Carine Roitfeld
Beautiful
You
Woman
Culture
Women
People
Looking
Older
France
Stay
Paris
Betty
Over
Like
Sort
La
Even
Older Woman
Here
I discovered the slip dress, which I think is one of the more French things because when you take off your clothes, even when to go into a shop to buy something, or you're going to Riccardo Tisci to try on a suit, it's like having protection.
Carine Roitfeld
Buy
You
Protection
Try
Clothes
Think
Slip
Dress
Something
Having
More
Take
Like
French
Because
Go
Discovered
Off
Shop
Going
Which
Your
Even
Things
Suit
Fashion is a language, for sure, and it is a reflection of society.
Carine Roitfeld
Fashion
Reflection
Language
Society
Sure
I don't like intellectuals, or, at least, people who call themselves that way, because I am under the impression that there is always something condescending in their demeanour, and I don't like condescending people.
Carine Roitfeld
People
Way
Something
Like
Call
Because
Always
Am
Least
Condescending
Impression
Intellectuals
Themselves
Who
Fashion isn't something you can buy; you need to have the sense of it, and most people don't.
Carine Roitfeld
Buy
Fashion
You
People
Sense
Something
Most
Need
It's always fun when people ask you for advice.
Carine Roitfeld
You
People
Advice
Always
Ask
Fun
If you don't want to get bored with what you're doing, you have to change.
Carine Roitfeld
You
Change
Bored
Doing
Get
Want
You lose attitude when you feel too comfortable, so I prefer to wear clothes that have a certain edge to them.
Carine Roitfeld
Attitude
You
Edge
Lose
Clothes
Too
Wear
Feel
Comfortable
Prefer
Them
Certain
Amidst globalisation, trends are becoming worldwide, so it's important to take a unique approach to what fashion has to offer. Be yourself in the middle of it all; fashion shouldn't be 'try hard.'
Carine Roitfeld
Fashion
Yourself
Try
Be Yourself
Important
Worldwide
Approach
Trends
Take
Globalisation
Becoming
Offer
Middle
Hard
Unique
Amidst
When I was a little girl, my mother tried to make me dance, but I did not like it then.
Carine Roitfeld
Me
Mother
Dance
Girl
Tried
Like
Make
Did
Little
Little Girl
Then
If people ask me to describe my look, I always say: 'Quite classic with an edge.'
Carine Roitfeld
Me
People
Edge
Say
Classic
Look
Always
Quite
Ask
Describe
I think it's less common in France that a man at the age of 50 buys a Porsche and gets a young girlfriend.
Carine Roitfeld
Man
Age
Young
Think
France
Girlfriend
Gets
Common
Less
Porsche
Buys
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