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?
— Carine Roitfeld
You can be covered and be very sexy. It's not what you show; it's what you have in mind, the way you cross your legs, the way you talk to people.
I have a couture body.
I love ballet because you can see how beautiful the body is.
When I left French 'Vogue,' New York welcomed me with a big, big hug.
I love curvy women. Maybe because I'm not. I would love to be a Marilyn Monroe, but I'm very far away from that... So I love very curvy girls.
I think it's difficult to do fashion for men, because either you become very over-homosexual fashion or very boring fashion. You don't want a boy who looks 15 in a little pair of shorts with some strange art... But to see just a jacket and tie is boring.
I'm not a business girl. I will never be a business girl, but I will say, for Anna Wintour, that I respect successful people; I like things that are success.
I don't think because you have money you have taste... Education and money - this is quite rare. No?
I don't like Botox. It makes a very strange forehead.
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 actually love the 'rappers look,' with the saggy pants and oversized clothes. It's very deliberate.
I started wearing high heels when I first worked with Mario Testino. He is tall; I had to be at his height. And I have never stopped since then.
I love black lingerie and white shoes, and I love knives.
Designers have told me that their collections are so me, but I don't always recognise it because if you ask me what my style is, I'm really not that sure.
Maybe people have no idea how much work is behind a picture. It can seem very effortless, but there is a lot of work. It's exactly like doing ballet. It's hours and hours, but when you go onstage, it's just the pleasure of dancing.
I love the free spirit in London.
I think I have character, and that is what people like in me.
I want more women to run countries. There'd be more peace on Earth.
If I could choose something besides fashion, I would love to be a ballerina.
It's true I always like to mix femininity and something a bit masculine. It's the reason I love skirts with high heels and tights, and no handbag because I love having my hands in my pockets.
To see yourself on the big screen, you're big, you hate your voice, your vocabulary. You say the same words, you speak bad.
Like most Russians, I am very superstitious, and if I don't get married, I don't get divorced.
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.
The less you have, the more you enjoy.
I always love to push myself, because I am not so self-confident.
I'm a very spontaneous person, for the bad and the good.
I'm always independent. No boss.
Look at someone like Steve Jobs. His look wasn't very special - black turtleneck and jeans - but he had style. He looked the same, and you knew it was him when you saw him. Plus, he was a very smart person, which is also very attractive. His style was simple, not distracting, and very strong.
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.
The first Chanel jacket that I saw - that I knew was Chanel - was on TV. It was on Mrs. Kennedy - the pink one.
Pregnancy is something that I always love. It's about hope and the future and a new baby.
I love if someone invites me to a restaurant, so I don't know if that's a feminist.
I'm not bad-looking, but I'm not a beauty, either.
I think beauty can be everywhere.
I think that ballet is very good for the body. It's very similar to yoga, because you have to hold a position.
I want to be the Joan of Arc of fashion. I want to be the link between the runway and the real woman.
I never think I have to prove something.
The Russians are very much more up and down than the French.
Even though jeans suit me, I never wear jeans.
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.'
I am Parisian. I don't love the French.
I made a big family when I was working at 'Vogue' for ten years, and I'm still friends with a lot of them.
When in doubt, wear a suit. Look at male politicians: you see them in a suit, and they look fine. But if you see a picture of them on the weekend or on vacation, there's a good chance they look terrible and unstylish.
The true test of a man's style is the haircut. There are some men who look good no matter how their hair is styled, whether it's trendy or not. A man can change his haircut many times, but to pull off any haircut, you have to be very chic. Like Brad Pitt.
I am afraid of blood, but for some reason often I put blood in my photos... I don't know why.
Bleaching eyebrows makes me crazy.
I'm so tired of this vision of fashion of a diva with a big ego, and you think of big dark glasses to be pretentious and keep far away from the people.
Fashion is a completely international business.
