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Carine Roitfeld Quotes

Thinking differently is my strength.

Carine Roitfeld

Thinking differently is my strength.

Tags: thinking, differently

You discover yourself through the research of your work.

Carine Roitfeld

You discover yourself through the research of your work.

Tags: work, yourself, research

About Author
Carine Roitfeld (French pronunciation: [ka.ʁin ʁwat.fɛld]; born 19 September 1954) is a French fashion editor, former fashion model, and writer. She is the former editor-in-chief of Vogue Paris, a position she held from 2001 to 2011. In 2012, she became founder and editor-in-chief of CR Fashion Book, a bi-annual print magazine headquartered in New York City.

Sometimes you think you aren't a good mama you always feel a bit guilty when you're a mom. You want to be everywhere.

Carine Roitfeld

Sometimes you think you aren't a good mama you always feel a bit guilty when you're a mom. You want to be everywhere.

Tags: good, want, think

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

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.'

Tags: work, girl, fashion

I think it's less common in France that a man at the age of 50 buys a Porsche and gets a young girlfriend.

Carine Roitfeld

I think it's less common in France that a man at the age of 50 buys a Porsche and gets a young girlfriend.

Tags: man, think, young

I mix talents and friendship, which is not very professional, but it's my way of thinking. So I love Azzedine Alaia, because I've known him for 30 years, and he's making my dresses most of the time.

Carine Roitfeld

I mix talents and friendship, which is not very professional, but it's my way of thinking. So I love Azzedine Alaia, because I've known him for 30 years, and he's making my dresses most of the time.

Tags: love, time, thinking

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

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.

Tags: love, music, art

When Tom Ford asked me to consult for Gucci, I had never consulted in my life. I didn't know what consulting was, and look, we made something amazing.

Carine Roitfeld

When Tom Ford asked me to consult for Gucci, I had never consulted in my life. I didn't know what consulting was, and look, we made something amazing.

Tags: life, me, my life

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

Carine Roitfeld

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

Tags: appreciate, lens, behind

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

Carine Roitfeld

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

Tags: clothes, you, edge

Pregnancy is something that I always love. It's about hope and the future and a new baby.

Carine Roitfeld

Pregnancy is something that I always love. It's about hope and the future and a new baby.

Tags: love, future, baby

It is very wrong to sleep in your make-up, but when you wake up the next morning, I think it looks very good.

Carine Roitfeld

It is very wrong to sleep in your make-up, but when you wake up the next morning, I think it looks very good.

Tags: good, sleep, wake up

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

Carine Roitfeld

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

Tags: woman, dress, fashion

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 o...

Carine Roitfeld

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 o...

Tags: vision, ideas, limits

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

Carine Roitfeld

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

Tags: age, i am, internet

The true test of a man's style is the haircut. There are some men who look good no matter how their hair is styled, whether it's trendy or not. A man can change his haircut many times, but to pull off...

Carine Roitfeld

The true test of a man's style is the haircut. There are some men who look good no matter how their hair is styled, whether it's trendy or not. A man can change his haircut many times, but to pull off...

Tags: change, good, man

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

Carine Roitfeld

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

Tags: class, ballet, ready

When in doubt, wear a suit. Look at male politicians: you see them in a suit, and they look fine. But if you see a picture of them on the weekend or on vacation, there's a good chance they look terrib...

Carine Roitfeld

When in doubt, wear a suit. Look at male politicians: you see them in a suit, and they look fine. But if you see a picture of them on the weekend or on vacation, there's a good chance they look terrib...

Tags: good, vacation, doubt

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

Carine Roitfeld

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

Tags: i am, want, special

Enthusiasm is something so positive.

Carine Roitfeld

Enthusiasm is something so positive.

Tags: enthusiasm, something