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

Carine Roitfeld

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Carine Roitfeld
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: September 19
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Ballet is good, because it makes you stand up tall.
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When you have the baby, there is no BlackBerry, no computer you just have the baby on your stomach, and your heart is beating the same time as the baby's. It's very nice.
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Grandmother doesn't mean that you have gray hair and you retire and stay home cooking cakes for your grandchildren.
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Each woman needs to know herself and think that the clothes are here to make her more beautiful, because the person is more important than the clothes.
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Let the others have beauty. I've got the charisma.
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Fashion is supposed to be light and not try too hard.
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People always say, 'You look like Iggy Pop.'
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My biggest icon is Liz Taylor because I don’t think she had great taste but I loved her energy.
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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.
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A magazine is not just one person. And a fashion shoot is the same!
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I think that something needs to be weird in order to have real beauty.
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Enthusiasm is something so positive.
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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.
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In fashion, it’s always better to be an interesting person than a beautiful one. Character is much more fascinating than pure good looks.
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It’s funny, everything is so much easier when you do it yourself.
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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.
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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.
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