Carine Roitfeld

“I think that something needs to be weird in order to have a real beauty.”

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

“Fashion is a hard business.”

“If I'm doing something in fashion, I will try to respect the 'laws' of the business, but I will try to keep my integrity and my respect for the designers and for my readers.”

“You know it's very important, the role of a mother... I don't know, but it's feminism to me to love your kids.”

“I don't have a big appetite. I don't eat a lot, to be honest - never. I'm a bit like a little bird, picking all day long, but I'm not getting pasta or getting all those things, you know?”

“Most makeup campaigns are not in black and white.”

“Fashion is one big family.”

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

“There are a lot of good men's magazines. In England, you have 'Arena Homme+' and 'Another Man;' and in France we have 'L'Officiel Hommes.' But all are looking similar.”

“I discovered the slip dress, which I think is one of the more French things because when you take off your clothes, even when to go into a shop to buy something, or you're going to Riccardo Tisci to try on a suit, it's like having protection.”

“Each morning I do my ballet class for one hour; after that, it means one hour less to get ready.”