Carine Roitfeld
Carine Roitfeld
Carine Roitfeldis the former editor-in-chief of Vogue Paris, a position she held from 2001 to 31 January 2011. A former fashion model and writer, she announced her resignation on 17 December 2010 and was succeeded by Emmanuelle Alt. In 2012, she became founder and editor-in-chief of CR Fashion Book...
ProfessionEditor
Date of Birth19 September 1954
beauty needs
I think that something needs to be weird in order to have a real beauty.
high mario since stopped wearing worked
I started wearing high heels when I first worked with Mario Testino. He is tall; I had to be at his height. And I have never stopped since then.
mum
My father was very chic. My mum was always encouraging me. Some parents would say, 'Why don't you be a lawyer, a doctor, or something more important?' They never said that.
burglar came god left police son steal time tried
One time, a burglar came to my apartment, so we called the police. My son was here, so I think they left before they tried to steal something. So the police come to my apartment, and they say, 'Oh my God, did they steal everything?' I was like, 'No, it was like that!'
amazing asked ford life tom
When Tom Ford asked me to consult for Gucci, I had never consulted in my life. I didn't know what consulting was, and look, we made something amazing.
anna business respect success successful
I'm not a business girl. I will never be a business girl, but I will say, for Anna Wintour, that I respect successful people; I like things that are success.
curvy far love marilyn maybe women
I love curvy women. Maybe because I'm not. I would love to be a Marilyn Monroe, but I'm very far away from that... So I love very curvy girls.
enjoy life
As you get older, you see life is very short, so you have to appreciate more and more and to enjoy it.
age learning terrifying
I am from the age of magazines, so the Internet is terrifying to me. But I am learning.
love
I am Parisian. I don't love the French.
age buys common gets less man porsche
I think it's less common in France that a man at the age of 50 buys a Porsche and gets a young girlfriend.
bad good
I'm a very spontaneous person, for the bad and the good.
across biggest deal hospital length perhaps work
We are very lucky to work in fashion and not work in a hospital or something where the biggest deal we come across is perhaps the length of a skirt.
tried
When I was a little girl, my mother tried to make me dance, but I did not like it then.