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You don't choose your public; your public chooses you.
Carine Roitfeld
You
Public
Your
Choose
Chooses
I don't think the woman in French 'Vogue' was an object. She was always a real woman.
Carine Roitfeld
Woman
Think
Object
Vogue
French
She
Always
Real
A lot of rumours on the Internet are wrong and horrible.
Carine Roitfeld
Internet
Rumours
Horrible
Wrong
Lot
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.
Carine Roitfeld
Fashion
People
Thought
Stupid
Think
Worry
Those
Would
No Idea
About
Had
Idea
Because
Go
Anymore
Things
Start
Fashion's about extravagance, and everyone needs a bit of that.
Carine Roitfeld
Fashion
Needs
Everyone
Extravagance
Bit
About
There are so many magazines and so many editors out there that you have to be different.
Carine Roitfeld
You
Out
Be Different
Magazines
Editors
Different
Many
Sometimes pressure can be good, and it gives you a lot of energy to do something.
Carine Roitfeld
Good
You
Sometimes
Pressure
Energy
Something
Gives
Lot
'Grandmother' doesn't mean that you have gray hair and you retire and stay home cooking cakes for your grandchildren.
Carine Roitfeld
Home
You
Cooking
Hair
Stay
Retire
Cakes
Grandchildren
Mean
Grandmother
Your
Gray
Gray Hair
I started as a writer for magazines, and soon they asked me to illustrate my stories. I started from the bottom of the bottom. And I climbed the stairs, one by one.
Carine Roitfeld
Me
Magazines
Writer
Bottom
Soon
Climbed
Stories
Stairs
Asked
Illustrate
Started
I think it is good when something can stay interesting for a long time. It's not just a trend for one month.
Carine Roitfeld
Time
Good
Trend
Long
Long Time
Think
Month
Stay
Something
Just
Interesting
What is chic is just to be perfect, like magical, no?
Carine Roitfeld
Magical
Perfect
Like
Chic
Just
A magazine is not just one person. And a fashion shoot is the same!
Carine Roitfeld
Fashion
Magazine
Person
Shoot
Same
Just
Just One
I'm not a superhero - I'm a super worker!
Carine Roitfeld
Super
Superhero
Worker
I know that people in fashion and people in general hate to be filmed.
Carine Roitfeld
Fashion
Hate
People
General
Know
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
Me
Speak
Bit
Russian
Write
Read
Learned
Yes
Grandmother
Who
Raised
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
Time
Crazy
People
Extreme
Say
Russians
Something
Generous
Like
Always
Same
Same Time
Really
I'm not a nostalgic person: I never look back; I always forget.
Carine Roitfeld
Back
Never
Look
Always
Person
Forget
Nostalgic
When a designer creates, he looks at the world around him.
Carine Roitfeld
World
He
Looks
Him
Around
Creates
Designer
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
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