Carine Roitfeld Quotes

I think you are born chic. You cannot be chic. It is something you cannot learn.

Once you start being a muse, you cannot stop being a muse.

I think that something needs to be weird in order to have real beauty.

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?"

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

Always wear high heels. Yes, they give you power. you move differently, sit differently and even speak differently.

Fashion is not about clothes, it is about a look.

When everything is good, maybe I think it’s the time to do something else.

I need a lot of black on my eyes and a little shot of vodka to be brave, because you're beautiful when you relax.

I think that when you're taking pictures with my principles, you can try anything. Dare to do a lot of things - dare with sexuality, dare to break taboos as long as it remains photogenic. As long as I find an elegance and beauty in it, I am not afraid to tackle anything.

Monsier 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.

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.

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

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

Even though jeans suit me, I never wear jeans.

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

I love black lingerie and white shoes, and I love knives.

You discover yourself through the research of your work.

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.

I get an award for being the best dressed, but at the end of the day I'm not Daphne Guinness. I don't like people to look at me for my dress. The letter is more important than the envelope. But if you feel good in your envelope, then you will feel better about yourself.

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

What I hope I would do is something new, but I still love print. I love to touch paper. I'm not sure if I will ever do a magazine again, but I have plenty of ideas on the subject.

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.

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.

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.

Let the others have beauty. I've got the charisma.

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.

There is always a bit of seduction to it when one person is clothed and the other is naked, which can be a little weird. Everybody should be naked. In that case, it would be easier. Let's do a huge naked photo shoot!

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.

I think that most of the women when they dress in the morning, they try to be someone elseToday there is too much retouching, and I don't like it...except on me.

It’s funny, everything is so much easier when you do it yourself.

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.

Ballet is good, because it makes you stand up tall.

Like this. The wristbands you get at nightclubs next to all the bracelets? It's always the details that give me the ideas. It's fun to play with fashion because it is a fantasy. Each morning you dress to become a different woman. Fashion helps.

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.

I am like a lemon. I'm pressed for more juice. When I have fun, there's still juice. I am not dried up.

In a way, I envy the freedom artists have. Artists can push themselves beyond their limits, in pursuit of their ideas and their vision, even if they are inhabited by demons that can also play tricks on them.

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.

I think, in many ways, certain people sought me out maybe because they liked my body language or they liked the way I wore a slit skirt, the way I cross my legs or carry my purse. It's quite inspiring to play the seduction card.

Bleaching eyebrows makes me crazy.

In photo shoots, I rely on instinct. Which is not to say I don't bring ideas to a project or consider it beforehand.

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

I think the first picture taken is often the best one.

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.

I think I have character, and that is what people like in me.

When in doubt, wear a suit.

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

Makeup can help you capture a moment.

I do go very fast. I think if I don't go fast it's going to be boring. That's what photographers need to do.

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