Quotes by Carine Roitfeld

About Carine Roitfeld:

Carine Roitfeld is the former editor-in-chief of Vogue Paris, a position she held from 2001 to 31 January 2011. A former fashion model and writer, she announced her resignation on 17 December 2010 and was succeeded by Emmanuelle Alt. In 2012, she became founder and editor-in-chief of CR Fashion Book.
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I want more women to run countries. There'd be more peace on Earth.

Carine Roitfeld

Dancing is the last sport with no sponsor.

Carine Roitfeld

Thinking differently is my strength.

Carine Roitfeld

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

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

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

Enthusiasm is something so positive.

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

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 definitely want to work on a project with young designers, not just French but international.

Carine Roitfeld

I am very excited to be able to work more with young designers and support them.

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

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

Carine Roitfeld

We are very luck to be women, so even if we're wearing trousers, I always wear them with some lace underwear or a very feminine bra - I like that.

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

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

Author Bio

  • NameCarine Roitfeld
  • DescriptionFrench editor
  • BornSeptember 19, 1954
  • CountryFrance
  • ProfessionEditor-in-chief; Journalist