Carine Roitfeld
Carine Roitfeld
Carine Roitfeldis the former editor-in-chief of Vogue Paris, a position she held from 2001 to 31 January 2011. A former fashion model and writer, she announced her resignation on 17 December 2010 and was succeeded by Emmanuelle Alt. In 2012, she became founder and editor-in-chief of CR Fashion Book...
ProfessionEditor
Date of Birth19 September 1954
destroy family girls lives
I see girls who are so skinny on the catwalks, and I know so many of them destroy their lives and their family's lives.
buy choosing outfit whether
Working with Barneys, and choosing the looks, I was thinking about whether a real woman would buy this outfit and feel beautiful and comfortable.
Working for a magazine, you have a boss; you are not free.
bit russian
Yes, I can speak a bit and I can read and write in Russian. I learned it from my grandmother who raised me with all the Russian fairytales.
french mom work
My mom read French 'Elle' when I was a little girl, and so, when I was 15 or 16, I said, 'I want to work in fashion.'
cool exciting london mind small
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.
wears
I saw 'The Devil Wears Prada.' I don't think it's a reality.
life
I think when I became a grandmother my life changed a lot, and I think I changed personally.
You don't choose your public; your public chooses you.
love
I am Parisian. I don't love the French.
age learning terrifying
I am from the age of magazines, so the Internet is terrifying to me. But I am learning.
people
Fashion isn't something you can buy; you need to have the sense of it, and most people don't.
enjoy life
As you get older, you see life is very short, so you have to appreciate more and more and to enjoy it.