Like this. The wristbands you get at nightclubs next to all the bracelets? It's always the details that give me the ideas. It's fun to play with fashion because it is a fantasy. Each morning you dress to become a different woman. Fashion helps.
Carine RoitfeldSins are timeless. Sins are an everyday reality for every one. Sin has been in existence since the beginning of man, since Adam and Eve. It will always be pertinent.
Carine RoitfeldMaybe people have no idea how much work is behind a picture. It can seem very effortless but there is a lot of work. Itโs exactly like doing ballet. Itโs hours and hours but when you go onstage itโs just the pleasure of dancing.
Carine RoitfeldFashion is very tough, and we shouldn't forget that before designers were money-makers, they were artists.
Carine RoitfeldMonsier Saint Laurent was pathologically shy, and he made the Saint Laurent woman in his own image. Like her, I am shy. And to protect myself, I adopted something of an androgynous look, just as his women did.
Carine RoitfeldMaybe it's good a thing that people see me this way [in the documentary film]. They expect to see me with the high heels, the glamour looks, but now they will see me running through an airport with flat shoes! Also, they'll discover that stylists with "names" are in general nicer, sweeter, have a heart, have great relationships with family and friends, and that's important. It shows that people in fashion aren't just freaks.
Carine Roitfeld