287 Quotes by Carine Roitfeld

Coco Chanel was always doing things with ballet, so it is a tradition clashing fashion and ballet.

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.

Let the others have beauty. I've got the charisma.

If I could choose something besides fashion, I would love to be a ballerina.

There is always a bit of seduction to it when one person is clothed and the other is naked, which can be a little weird. Everybody should be naked. In that case, it would be easier. Let's do a huge naked photo shoot!

'Vogue' is a bigger name than my name.

Either you are a good Virgo or a crazy Virgo! The good Virgo side of me is educating and raising the children - being there for them.

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

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.