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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.
Carine Roitfeld
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Carine Roitfeld
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: September 19
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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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Always wear high heels. Yes, they give you power. you move differently, sit differently and even speak differently.
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I don't have problems with my weight, I don't change weight but I think when you're gaining in age your position has to be beautiful.
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My biggest icon is Liz Taylor because I dont think she had great taste but I loved her energy.
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I think I have character, and that is what people like in me.
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A magazine is not just one person. And a fashion shoot is the same!
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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.
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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.
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Ballet is good, because it makes you stand up tall.
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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?
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Fashion is supposed to be light and not try too hard.
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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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Fashion's about extravagance, and everyone needs a bit of that.
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It’s funny, everything is so much easier when you do it yourself.
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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.
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People always say, 'You look like Iggy Pop.'
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Either you are a good Virgo or a crazy Virgo! The good Virgo side of me is educating and raising the children - being there for them.
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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.
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I love black lingerie and white shoes, and I love knives.
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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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