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
fashion weekend together
When you love fashion, there is no weekend. Everything just blends together.
beautiful fashion character
In fashion, it’s always better to be an interesting person than a beautiful one. Character is much more fascinating than pure good looks.
fashion international-business international
Fashion is a completely international business.
fashion coats sides
The fashion industry certainly has its obscene sides. The cost of a coat can be obscene. So can the cost of a photo shoot if you're working with a really good photographer.
fashion morning different
Each morning, you dress to become a different woman. Fashion helps.
fashion stupid thinking
At the start, I had no idea to go into fashion, because I thought people would think I was stupid. I don't worry about those things anymore.
fashion giving political
Fashion has a political role insofar as following it can give you the impression to belonging to a certain social group or a private club.
fashion jobs powerful
Anna Wintour is the most powerful woman in the global fashion industry, the first lady of fashion. She's a politician; I'm a stylist. They are two very different jobs.
fashion extravagance needs
Fashion's about extravagance, and everyone needs a bit of that.
fashion teaching thinking
I've been working with Riccardo Tisci from Givenchy.It's been a long collaboration, and I don't think it's going to stop now. It's very important to me. Riccardo is younger than me, so it's great to have someone new teaching you in everything, not just in fashion. I'm teaching him in French style, what a women's style is, but he's teaching me in all of these different styles of music.I love this new world for me. It's refreshing and nourishing to keep learning about new things.
girl fashion thinking
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?"
fashion artist tough
Fashion is very tough, and we shouldn't forget that before designers were money-makers, they were artists.
buy choosing outfit whether
Working with Barneys, and choosing the looks, I was thinking about whether a real woman would buy this outfit and feel beautiful and comfortable.
Working for a magazine, you have a boss; you are not free.