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

Carine Roitfeld

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Carine Roitfeld
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: September 19
Editor
Editor-In-Chief
Fashion Designer
Journalist
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Paris
France
Fashion
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