I'm doing the best I can with the ravages of time on my body and I'm a work in progress. I can't write a memoir because I can't do it this week or next week... I try to be an inspiration to the young to respect their older people; we can't stay the same, but we do the best we can with what's left. You can't whine about stuff, you have to learn to eat humble pie along the way and keep going, because the alternative is going to happen.
The key to overcoming adversity is to be ready to understand that you have enough, no matter what rug is pulled out from under you. You can't live in… - Carmen Dell'orefice
The key to overcoming adversity is to be ready to understand that you have enough, no matter what rug is pulled out from under you. You can't live in…
- Carmen Dell'orefice
We're all works of art in progress. - Carmen Dell'orefice
We're all works of art in progress.
There’s always a boyfriend... Whatever else I have to give up on, I won’t give up on love. - Carmen Dell'orefice
There’s always a boyfriend... Whatever else I have to give up on, I won’t give up on love.
My philosophy is the balance of remembering the past but not living in it, to know where you are in the moment, to project a little in the future and… - Carmen Dell'orefice
My philosophy is the balance of remembering the past but not living in it, to know where you are in the moment, to project a little in the future and…
I'm totally formed by my mother's interest in fashion. As a Hungarian immigrant, she couldn't afford clothes. She made all her clothes from patterns.… - Carmen Dell'orefice
I'm totally formed by my mother's interest in fashion. As a Hungarian immigrant, she couldn't afford clothes. She made all her clothes from patterns.…
When asked her view of cosmetic surgery, Carmen Dell'Orefice replies, '”That's a very polite way of asking me, I'm sure, ‘Have you had a facelift?' W… - Carmen Dell'orefice
When asked her view of cosmetic surgery, Carmen Dell'Orefice replies, '”That's a very polite way of asking me, I'm sure, ‘Have you had a facelift?' W…
I don't live for stuff and things, and if I had to live in a cardboard box, I would put curtains on it. - Carmen Dell'orefice
I don't live for stuff and things, and if I had to live in a cardboard box, I would put curtains on it.
Fashion is more about taste than money - you have to understand your body and tailor clothes to your needs; it's all about the fit. I do the alterati… - Carmen Dell'orefice
Fashion is more about taste than money - you have to understand your body and tailor clothes to your needs; it's all about the fit. I do the alterati…
I'm a working woman of 80 trying to work out what the image I can project is. How I can do it with, you know, dignity. - Carmen Dell'orefice
I'm a working woman of 80 trying to work out what the image I can project is. How I can do it with, you know, dignity.
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