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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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