I think you are born chic. You cannot be chic. It is something you cannot learn. Carine Roitfeld More Quotes by Carine Roitfeld More Quotes From Carine Roitfeld 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. Carine Roitfeld artist play ideas I am like a lemon. I'm pressed for more juice. When I have fun, there's still juice. I am not dried up. Carine Roitfeld juice stills fun Maybe it's good a thing that people see me this way [in the documentary film]. They expect to see me with the high heels, the glamour looks, but now they will see me running through an airport with flat shoes! Also, they'll discover that stylists with "names" are in general nicer, sweeter, have a heart, have great relationships with family and friends, and that's important. It shows that people in fashion aren't just freaks. Carine Roitfeld fashion heart running I think, in many ways, certain people sought me out maybe because they liked my body language or they liked the way I wore a slit skirt, the way I cross my legs or carry my purse. It's quite inspiring to play the seduction card. Carine Roitfeld play people thinking Each morning you dress to become a different woman. Fashion helps. Carine Roitfeld fashion dresses morning Like this. The wristbands you get at nightclubs next to all the bracelets? It's always the details that give me the ideas. It's fun to play with fashion because it is a fantasy. Each morning you dress to become a different woman. Fashion helps. Carine Roitfeld fashion morning fun People always say, 'You look like Iggy Pop.' Carine Roitfeld pops people looks I think that most of the women when they dress in the morning, they try to be someone elseToday there is too much retouching, and I don't like it...except on me. Carine Roitfeld morning trying thinking When in doubt, wear a suit. Carine Roitfeld when-in-doubt suits doubt I think the first picture taken is often the best one. Carine Roitfeld taken firsts thinking Fashion is supposed to be light and not try too hard. Carine Roitfeld fashion light trying 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. Carine Roitfeld fashion teaching thinking Coco Chanel was always doing things with ballet, so it is a tradition clashing fashion and ballet. Carine Roitfeld tradition ballet fashion 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 photographer needs thinking 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. Carine Roitfeld dancing people ideas Yves Saint Laurent liked women to put their hands in their pockets, or to hold cigarettes, and act a bit like boys. It was to give an impression of composure, some self-assurance, and to counter the feminine appearance. Carine Roitfeld self boys hands In photo shoots, I rely on instinct. Which is not to say I don't bring ideas to a project or consider it beforehand. Carine Roitfeld instinct projects ideas Sins are timeless. Sins are an everyday reality for every one. Sin has been in existence since the beginning of man, since Adam and Eve. It will always be pertinent. Carine Roitfeld everyday men reality If I could choose something besides fashion, I would love to be a ballerina. Carine Roitfeld ballerina if-i-could fashion Do what you are not supposed to do, like wear white shoes all year round. Carine Roitfeld shoes white years
