Carine Quotes & Sayings

It is good to be in front of the lens to appreciate more being behind the lens. — Carine Roitfeld

I saw leaving any situation where I was treated with disrespect as evidence of my courage. I wanted my daughters to learn that lesson of worth from me. — Carine McCandless

I was seeing too many Walt McCandlesses in the world and not enough Chrises. — Carine McCandless

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

The first Chanel jacket that I saw - that I knew was Chanel - was on TV. It was on Mrs. Kennedy - the pink one. — 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

Beauty can be quite boring, especially if you're talking about beauty that doesn't last. And what lasts is exactly the thing that maybe wasn't pretty at first. It comes over time to be beautiful or interesting or exciting. — Carine Roitfeld

'Vogue' is a very specific world. You are 'Vogue,' or not 'Vogue.' — Carine Roitfeld

I am Parisian. I don't love the French. — Carine Roitfeld

There are so many magazines and so many editors out there that you have to be different. — Carine Roitfeld

You're not on your own. You're doing things with other people. This is very important for me. — Carine Roitfeld

London Fashion Week isn't the most organised, but I don't mind that. It's such an exciting place - it's small and cool. — Carine Roitfeld

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

I think the 'Harpers Bazaar' woman is not a fashion victim; she understands fashion but is not a victim, you know. — Carine Roitfeld

One time, a burglar came to my apartment, so we called the police. My son was here, so I think they left before they tried to steal something. So the police come to my apartment, and they say, 'Oh my God, did they steal everything?' I was like, 'No, it was like that!' — Carine Roitfeld

You know it's very important, the role of a mother ... I don't know, but it's feminism to me to love your kids. — Carine Roitfeld

What a women reads makes her more attractive and more elegant than what she wears. — Carine Roitfeld

I don't like Botox. It makes a very strange forehead. — Carine Roitfeld

Monsieur Saint Laurent was pathologically shy, and he made the Saint Laurent woman in his own image. Like her, I am shy. And to protect myself, I adopted something of an androgynous look, just as his women did. — Carine Roitfeld

I was the muse of Tom Ford and Gucci for years, but that was a long time ago. — Carine Roitfeld

Bleaching eyebrows makes me crazy. — Carine Roitfeld

There are certain models who might not be considered beautiful. I think personality is more important than looks. — Carine Roitfeld

I do think fashion is fun! Much more than people think. — Carine Roitfeld

To be a good model, you have to be very smart. — Carine Roitfeld

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

A lot of rumours on the Internet are wrong and horrible. — Carine Roitfeld

You lose attitude when you feel too comfortable, so I prefer to wear clothes that have a certain edge to them. — Carine Roitfeld

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

I see girls who are so skinny on the catwalks, and I know so many of them destroy their lives and their family's lives. — Carine Roitfeld

I don't have a big appetite. I don't eat a lot, to be honest - never. I'm a bit like a little bird, picking all day long, but I'm not getting pasta or getting all those things, you know? — 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

It is a bad thing," he said, "not to be able to stand solitude. — Carine McCandless

I am very obsessed with ballet now because it is a very difficult sport and a beautiful one because it is not about money. It's not like playing football or tennis - dance has no sponsors, it's just for the beauty. Maybe it is the only last pure sport. — Carine Roitfeld

If you listen too much, you won't be able to create. — Carine Roitfeld

Today there is too much retouching, and I don't like it, except on me. — Carine Roitfeld

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. — Carine Roitfeld

When I was a little girl, my mother tried to make me dance, but I did not like it then. — Carine Roitfeld

There are people who give you the confidence that you're lacking and once you have confidence, you're free and finally you can let out what's inside of you. — Carine Roitfeld

My father was very chic. My mum was always encouraging me. Some parents would say, 'Why don't you be a lawyer, a doctor, or something more important?' They never said that. — Carine Roitfeld

I am from the age of magazines, so the Internet is terrifying to me. But I am learning. — Carine Roitfeld

Working with Barneys, and choosing the looks, I was thinking about whether a real woman would buy this outfit and feel beautiful and comfortable. — Carine Roitfeld

If people ask me to describe my look, I always say: 'Quite classic with an edge.' — 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

The Russians are very much more up and down than the French. — Carine Roitfeld

I am afraid of blood, but for some reason often I put blood in my photos ... I don't know why. — Carine Roitfeld

Sometimes, when you go to airport and look at the people, you see the worst looks - but the worst looks can give you more ideas than the best looks. — Carine Roitfeld

It's not about the things he gave us, Carine," he said softly. "It's about the memories. You can't touch those with your hands. Everything you can touch with your hands is just stuff. — Carine McCandless

I don't say "oh, I'm a grandmother; I can't wear this anymore." Everything I can't wear I've already given to my daughter. — Carine Roitfeld

There are a lot of good men's magazines. In England, you have 'Arena Homme+' and 'Another Man;' and in France we have 'L'Officiel Hommes.' But all are looking similar. — Carine Roitfeld

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. — Carine Roitfeld

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. — Carine Roitfeld

We are very lucky to work in fashion and not work in a hospital or something where the biggest deal we come across is perhaps the length of a skirt. — Carine Roitfeld

Maybe people have no idea how much work is behind a picture. It can seem very effortless, but there is a lot of work. It's exactly like doing ballet. It's hours and hours, but when you go onstage, it's just the pleasure of dancing. — Carine Roitfeld

French 'Vogue' was always a photographer's magazine. — Carine Roitfeld

I'm not a Facebook girl. Even though there is a fake Facebook with my name, it's not me. I'm not on Twitter; it's not me. — 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

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

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

That's the purity of nature. It may be harsh in its honesty, but it never lies to you. — Carine McCandless

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

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

Fashion isn't something you can buy; you need to have the sense of it, and most people don't. — Carine Roitfeld

I'm not the girl next door. — Carine Roitfeld

If Kate Moss hadn't been booked when she was 14, Kate Moss might not exist. — Carine Roitfeld

I want more women to run countries. There'd be more peace on Earth. — 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 can't learn how to be elegant; you can only learn how to avoid mistakes. The rest is instinct. Elegance is about the way you cross your legs, not the label or the newest clothes from the latest collection. — Carine Roitfeld

When you give a lot of confidence in people and you don't get it back, you are a bit disappointed, but it's life. — Carine Roitfeld

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

I always try to be nice to the paparazzi because finally, maybe one day, they won't ask for me, and I will regret it. — Carine Roitfeld

It's very difficult to know when you're crossing the boundary. I hate the word boundary because I never think about it when taking a picture. Very often it doesn't mean anything because it depends on who's looking at the picture more than the content of the picture itself. — Carine Roitfeld

Each morning I do my ballet class for one hour; after that, it means one hour less to get ready. — Carine Roitfeld

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

You discover yourself through the research of your work. — Carine Roitfeld

Working for a magazine, you have a boss; you are not free. — Carine Roitfeld

Keep moving forward and be true to yourself. You are the only one who can ensure your own happiness. — Carine McCandless

When everything is good, maybe I think it's the time to do something else. — Carine Roitfeld

It is a bad thing not to be able to stand solitude. It is a wonderful thing to embrace it, and I was ready. — Carine McCandless

When you love fashion, there is no weekend. Everything just blends together. — 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