Carine Roitfeld

Editor

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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.

For me, fashion is not about reality.

When I was a little girl, my mother tried to make me dance, but I did not like it then.

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

I was the muse of Tom Ford and Gucci for years, but that was a long time ago.

When you love fashion, there is no weekend. Everything just blends together.

I saw 'The Devil Wears Prada.' I don't think it's a reality.

My father was very chic. My mum was always encouraging me. Some parents would say, 'Why don't you be a lawyer, a doctor, or something more important?' They never said that.

I don't think the woman in French 'Vogue' was an object. She was always a real woman.

Dalam 10 tahun saya, saya tidak pernah menempatkan seorang gadis yang terlalu kurus di 'Vogue' Prancis.

Anna Wintour is the most powerful woman in the global fashion industry, the first lady of fashion. She's a politician; I'm a stylist. They are two very different jobs.

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

People might think I'm very hard, what with my black make-up, my hair over my eyes, etc. My innocence didn't always help me, but it did preserve something in me that maybe others don't have anymore. I'm inside my bubble, you could say, and thankfully so, because I don't think daily life is always great. It protects me.

I mix talents and friendship, which is not very professional, but it's my way of thinking. So I love Azzedine Alaia, because I've known him for 30 years, and he's making my dresses most of the time.

I always try to be nice to the paparazzi because finally, maybe one day, they won't ask for me, and I will regret it.

I could live very quietly, do advertising to earn money.

Becoming a grandmother brought me back to the things I forgot to love. Nature. Playing. Seeing animals. A new way of looking. A rejuvenation. A cycle of life - things come back to you. The details.

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

When you go to a show, Americans in New York are very proper, much more so than the French. Everything is perfect. Their hair, the nails, everything. The look. Everything is perfection.

One time, a burglar came to my apartment, so we called the police. My son was here, so I think they left before they tried to steal something. So the police come to my apartment, and they say, 'Oh my God, did they steal everything?' I was like, 'No, it was like that!'

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