C Roitfeld Quotes & Sayings

I saw 'The Devil Wears Prada.' I don't think it's a reality. — Carine Roitfeld

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

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

Fashion is one big family. — Carine Roitfeld

When I was working with Tom Ford, he would just look at me and ask, 'Will you wear it?' I'd say, 'Ah, too long, too short, lower waist, deeper V, unbutton' - that sort of thing. I don't create clothes, but I definitely know how to make them come alive. — Carine Roitfeld

'Vogue' is a very beautiful magazine, an institution, and I learned so much working there. — Carine Roitfeld

I love ballet because you can see how beautiful the body is. — Carine Roitfeld

When you're writing, you're on your own, and I like to work as a team. — Carine Roitfeld

I hate people who over intellectualize. It bores me deeply. — Carine Roitfeld

Yves Saint Laurent liked women to put their hands in their pockets, or to hold cigarettes, and act a bit like boys. It was to give an impression of composure, some self-assurance, and to counter the feminine appearance. — Carine Roitfeld

People think I only wear new clothes, that I'm very trendy, but I like classic things on me, to mix with a trendy pair of shoes. — Carine Roitfeld

Fashion is a language, for sure, and it is a reflection of society. — Carine Roitfeld

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

I don't have problems with my weight, I don't change weight but I think when you're gaining in age your position has to be beautiful. — Carine Roitfeld

Fashion is supposed to be light and not try too hard. — Carine Roitfeld

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

I think it's good that [my granddaughter] here because I lost my parents and now it's great that there's a new generation. And she's taught me new things that I've forgotten. Like, when you're on holiday and see what it's like to see a shell or go into the water for the first time. — 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

You don't choose your public; your public chooses you. — Carine Roitfeld

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. — 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

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

Sometimes pressure can be good, and it gives you a lot of energy to do something. — Carine Roitfeld

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. — Carine Roitfeld

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. — Carine Roitfeld

I believe in the Yves Saint Laurent woman who either has her hands in the pockets of her pantsuit or is holding her lover's hand. She doesn't need a bag. — 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

I am very lucky in that I can eat what I want and don't have to follow any special diet. — Carine Roitfeld

I love if someone invites me to a restaurant, so I don't know if that's a feminist. — Carine Roitfeld

When I was young, no one got married. Now, all the young people, they want to get married, they want security. Now that my children's friends are getting married, I go to more weddings than I ever did when I was young. — Carine Roitfeld