Explore Quotes by Carine Roitfeld

I want more women to run countries. There'd be more peace on Earth.

I think that ballet is very good for the body. It's very similar to yoga, because you have to hold a position.

When I left French 'Vogue,' New York welcomed me with a big, big hug.

The Russians are very much more up and down than the French.

Even though jeans suit me, I never wear jeans.

I always love to push myself, because I am not so self-confident.

I made a big family when I was working at 'Vogue' for ten years, and I'm still friends with a lot of them.

Look at someone like Steve Jobs. His look wasn't very special - black turtleneck and jeans - but he had style. He looked the same, and you knew it was him when you saw him. Plus, he was a very smart person, which is also very attractive. His style was simple, not distracting, and very strong.

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.

Designers have told me that their collections are so me, but I don't always recognise it because if you ask me what my style is, I'm really not that sure.

Fashion is a completely international business.

I am not a celebrity. I work with celebrities, and it is very difficult. When a celebrity wears a dress, it's good for business, so brands fight for the red carpet. Me? I don't like it, because fashion becomes a job about dressing celebrities. And it's a bit boring.

Fashion is a language, for sure, and it is a reflection of society.

Each morning, you dress to become a different woman. Fashion helps.

I'm not a superhero - I'm a super worker!

If you are a reader of 'Harper's Bazaar,' to me, you are a woman who loves fashion, but not just fashion; you love fashion, you love travel, you love art, you love music.

I'm not a nostalgic person: I never look back; I always forget.

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.

I think it's difficult to do fashion for men, because either you become very over-homosexual fashion or very boring fashion. You don't want a boy who looks 15 in a little pair of shorts with some strange art... But to see just a jacket and tie is boring.

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.

My mom read French 'Elle' when I was a little girl, and so, when I was 15 or 16, I said, 'I want to work in fashion.'