Carine Roitfeld

“London Fashion Week isn't the most organised, but I don't mind that. It's such an exciting place - it's small and cool.”

“Like most Russians, I am very superstitious, and if I don't get married, I don't get divorced.”

“I am afraid of blood, but for some reason often I put blood in my photos... I don't know why.”

“Sometimes you think you aren't a good mama; you always feel a bit guilty when you're a mom. You want to be everywhere.”

“It is good to be in front of the lens to appreciate more being behind the lens.”

“People ask me 'Why you want to do another magazine - 10 years at 'Vogue,' a great magazine? Why do you want to make a new one? It's so difficult and there's already so many.' I wanted to do something new, bring a new vision.”

“I keep my old friends, and get older with them, but push young. It's good to be surrounded by kids, because they keep you young.”

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

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

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

“People think I only wear new clothes, that I'm very trendy, but I like classic things on me, to mix with a trendy pair of shoes.”

“I get on well with models, and I like to treat them well.”

“When you give a lot of confidence in people and you don't get it back, you are a bit disappointed, but it's life.”

“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.”

“I am very surprised by someone like Alexander Wang. I am amazed how he is good with fashion, with business, with public relations himself, with an attitude in his clothes that is spoken immediately.”

“If you don't want to get bored with what you're doing, you have to change.”

“I think beauty can be everywhere.”

“'Vogue' is a very specific world. You are 'Vogue,' or not 'Vogue.'”

“When you have a magazine like 'Vogue,' you know a lot of kids are going to follow your pictures.”

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