I think that something needs to be weird in order to have a real beauty.
— Carine Roitfeld
When a designer creates, he looks at the world around him.
It's very difficult for designers today. How can someone produce so many shows? Now the minimum is four a year.
When you're getting old, obviously you try to put on the best cream, you have massages, you try to stay beautiful, but I think wrinkles can sometimes be more beautiful than having none.
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.
I'm not a superhero - I'm a super worker!
I miss my parents. But still, my granddaughter, my daughter, my grandma, you know, so it's very important for me. You lost your parents, but a new baby comes. It's like the cycle of fashion.
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.
When you're writing, you're on your own, and I like to work as a team.
You discover yourself through the research of your work.
'Grandmother' doesn't mean that you have gray hair and you retire and stay home cooking cakes for your grandchildren.
When Tom Ford asked me to consult for Gucci, I had never consulted in my life. I didn't know what consulting was, and look, we made something amazing.
There are so many magazines and so many editors out there that you have to be different.
When everything is good, maybe I think it's the time to do something else.
A lot of rumours on the Internet are wrong and horrible.
French 'Vogue' was always a photographer's magazine.
Thinking differently is my strength.
Makeup can help you capture a moment.
Most makeup campaigns are not in black and white.
Fashion shows used to be more crazy. Now they've become a bit too serious.
I'm not a nostalgic person: I never look back; I always forget.
I know that people in fashion and people in general hate to be filmed.
A magazine is not just one person. And a fashion shoot is the same!
What is chic is just to be perfect, like magical, no?
I think it is good when something can stay interesting for a long time. It's not just a trend for one month.
I started as a writer for magazines, and soon they asked me to illustrate my stories. I started from the bottom of the bottom. And I climbed the stairs, one by one.
I think the 'Harpers Bazaar' woman is not a fashion victim; she understands fashion but is not a victim, you know.
Sometimes pressure can be good, and it gives you a lot of energy to do something.
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.
Fashion's about extravagance, and everyone needs a bit of that.
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 don't think the woman in French 'Vogue' was an object. She was always a real woman.
I am very lucky in that I can eat what I want and don't have to follow any special diet.
Working with Barneys, and choosing the looks, I was thinking about whether a real woman would buy this outfit and feel beautiful and comfortable.
The hair and makeup is very important in a fashion picture. When I create a look for a girl, it starts with the makeup. Sometimes it takes an entire day to find the look.
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.
Paris is mostly retired people - I love it, and it's a beautiful city, but it's quite slow.
The Russians are extreme people: they are generous but crazy at the same time. They always have something to say, and I really like that.
I do think fashion is fun! Much more than people think.
People say I look like my father. My son is very much like him.
I saw 'The Devil Wears Prada.' I don't think it's a reality.
'Vogue' is a very specific world. You are 'Vogue,' or not 'Vogue.'
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.
If you are a reader of 'Harper's Bazaar,' to me, you are a woman who loves fashion, but not just fashion; you love fashion, you love travel, you love art, you love music.
I'm not a Facebook girl. Even though there is a fake Facebook with my name, it's not me. I'm not on Twitter; it's not me.
I definitely want to work on a project with young designers, not just French but international.
Blogs are quite a new development - now, everyone wants to know you, everyone wants to know everything about you. And you can build a following that way. In a way, it's a good thing if you want to create a buzz around yourself.
It is good to be in front of the lens to appreciate more being behind the lens.
In my 10 years, I never put a girl that was too skinny in French 'Vogue.'
You don't choose your public; your public chooses you.
