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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.

Carine Roitfeld

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Carine Roitfeld
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: September 19
Editor
Editor-In-Chief
Fashion Designer
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Paris
France
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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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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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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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A magazine is not just one person. And a fashion shoot is the same!
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People always say, 'You look like Iggy Pop.'
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Let the others have beauty. I've got the charisma.
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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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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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I love black lingerie and white shoes, and I love knives.
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I think that something needs to be weird in order to have real beauty.
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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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Even though I love fashion, I prefer people to fashion. Fashion is to make the person comfortable in her body, it’s not something very serious, you get to play.
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It’s funny, everything is so much easier when you do it yourself.
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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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Fashion's about extravagance, and everyone needs a bit of that.
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I need a lot of black on my eyes and a little shot of vodka to be brave, because you're beautiful when you relax.
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I think I have character, and that is what people like in me.
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