Carine Roitfeld Fashion Quotes & Sayings

I know that people in fashion and people in general hate to be filmed. — Carine Roitfeld

Fashion's about extravagance, and everyone needs a bit of that. — Carine Roitfeld

Fashion is one big family. — Carine Roitfeld

I think it's good to have surprises in fashion because we always see the same things. — Carine Roitfeld

I've been working with Riccardo Tisci from Givenchy.It's been a long collaboration, and I don't think it's going to stop now. It's very important to me. Riccardo is younger than me, so it's great to have someone new teaching you in everything, not just in fashion. I'm teaching him in French style, what a women's style is, but he's teaching me in all of these different styles of music.I love this new world for me. It's refreshing and nourishing to keep learning about new things. — Carine Roitfeld

I want to be the Joan of Arc of fashion. I want to be the link between the runway and the real woman. — Carine Roitfeld

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. — Carine Roitfeld

Fashion is a hard business. — Carine Roitfeld

I am not a celebrity. I work with celebrities, and it is very difficult. When a celebrity wears a dress, it's good for business, so brands fight for the red carpet. Me? I don't like it, because fashion becomes a job about dressing celebrities. And it's a bit boring. — 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

If I could choose something besides fashion, I would love to be a ballerina. — 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

I am very surprised by someone like Alexander Wang. I am amazed how he is good with fashion, with business, with public relations himself, with an attitude in his clothes that is spoken immediately. — Carine Roitfeld

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

I'm so tired of this vision of fashion of a diva with a big ego, and you think of big dark glasses to be pretentious and keep far away from the people. — Carine Roitfeld

Coco Chanel was always doing things with ballet, so it is a tradition clashing fashion and ballet. — Carine Roitfeld

Fashion is a completely international business. — Carine Roitfeld

I have a lot to say about fashion - not just about fashion, but beauty, art. — Carine Roitfeld

In fashion, it's always better to be an interesting person than a beautiful one. Character is much more fascinating than pure good looks. — Carine Roitfeld

Fashion is not about clothes, it is about a look. — Carine Roitfeld

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

I think that life has brought a lot to fashion, and fashion brings plenty to life. I took my children on photo shoots, at the same time, I borrowed my father's sweater for a photo shoot and, then, I am inspired by a Russian princess because of my Russian roots. Everything is all mixed in together. — Carine Roitfeld

My private life is a lot more ladylike and less sultry than the fashion photos I imagine. — Carine Roitfeld

To me, makeup is fashion and vice versa. What I dress and what I wear always needs to work with my makeup, which is usually the same anyway. — Carine Roitfeld

I miss my parents. But still, my granddaughter, my daughter, my grandma, you know, so it's very important for me. You lost your parents, but a new baby comes. It's like the cycle of fashion. — 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Fashion shows used to be more crazy. Now they've become a bit too serious. — Carine Roitfeld

Fashion is very tough, and we shouldn't forget that before designers were money-makers, they were artists. — Carine Roitfeld

Maybe it's good a thing that people see me this way [in the documentary film]. They expect to see me with the high heels, the glamour looks, but now they will see me running through an airport with flat shoes! Also, they'll discover that stylists with "names" are in general nicer, sweeter, have a heart, have great relationships with family and friends, and that's important. It shows that people in fashion aren't just freaks. — Carine Roitfeld

My mom read French 'Elle' when I was a little girl, and so, when I was 15 or 16, I said, 'I want to work in fashion.' — Carine Roitfeld

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

A magazine is not just one person. And a fashion shoot is the same! — Carine Roitfeld

I think it's difficult to do fashion for men, because either you become very over-homosexual fashion or very boring fashion. You don't want a boy who looks 15 in a little pair of shorts with some strange art ... But to see just a jacket and tie is boring. — Carine Roitfeld

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

For me, fashion is not about reality. — Carine Roitfeld

I am not a good professional of fashion. I am not an expert about how clothes are constructed or the history of fashion. I never start with fashion. I always think of the girl and her personality - because all that matters to me when you look at a page is, "Do you want to be that girl?" — Carine Roitfeld