Explore Quotes by Carine Roitfeld

I am Parisian. I don't love the French.

I'm always independent. No boss.

The true test of a man's style is the haircut. There are some men who look good no matter how their hair is styled, whether it's trendy or not. A man can change his haircut many times, but to pull off any haircut, you have to be very chic. Like Brad Pitt.

People might think I'm very hard, what with my black make-up, my hair over my eyes, etc. My innocence didn't always help me, but it did preserve something in me that maybe others don't have anymore. I'm inside my bubble, you could say, and thankfully so, because I don't think daily life is always great. It protects me.

The first Chanel jacket that I saw - that I knew was Chanel - was on TV. It was on Mrs. Kennedy - the pink one.

Pregnancy is something that I always love. It's about hope and the future and a new baby.

I love if someone invites me to a restaurant, so I don't know if that's a feminist.

Becoming a grandmother brought me back to the things I forgot to love. Nature. Playing. Seeing animals. A new way of looking. A rejuvenation. A cycle of life - things come back to you. The details.

I'm still like a butterfly going from one job to another job. But it's quite lovely - I hope to keep this freedom, to have fun.

I mix talents and friendship, which is not very professional, but it's my way of thinking. So I love Azzedine Alaia, because I've known him for 30 years, and he's making my dresses most of the time.

It's very difficult for designers today. How can someone produce so many shows? Now the minimum is four a year.

In photo shoots, I rely on instinct. Which is not to say I don't bring ideas to a project or consider it beforehand.

Bleaching eyebrows makes me crazy.

Paris is mostly retired people - I love it, and it's a beautiful city, but it's quite slow.

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.

I was never conscious that I was becoming an icon or I'm not an icon, because my family, my kids, my husband keep me down-to-earth.

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.

A lot of rumours on the Internet are wrong and horrible.

French 'Vogue' was always a photographer's magazine.

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.

I always try to be nice to the paparazzi because finally, maybe one day, they won't ask for me, and I will regret it.