Carine Roitfeld Quotes

The clothes are not making me... If I like it, that's all that matters...It's not about the clothes. It's about how I am as a person and how confident I am.

My clothes don't make one a different person, just more of oneself.

There's more to me than fashion. I just don't want to be seen as fashion.

You don't have to look like George Clooney. You just have to know yourself.

Society puts so much emphasis on outer appearance, but being confident in yourself and not letting others' opinions affect you is pretty amazing.

The joy of style lies not in how we look to other people, but in how we look to ourselves - and the most memorable and beautiful outfits are simply those that, in some rare moment of joy, we found the courage to share with the world.

I just want people to see that I do my own stuff, that I'm not stupid, and I can make fun of myself.

Your appearance shouldn't define who you are, and that's what I like, the contrast between people looking like the opposite of what they truly are deep inside.

I can be an incredibly fabulous person, and I don't have to be in the highest heels, the tallest wig, the skimpiest outfit.

When you are in the public eye, it is really counterproductive to think about how you're viewed in the eyes of others. You just have to be who you are.

I'm really not about changing my image.

I am an actor, and not a clothes hanger. I am more than just my clothes.

It's so easy to be insecure about your looks or if you're wearing the right clothes, or your hair and makeup. And I think it's just so important to stay true to who you are.

I don't wear clothes that I am not comfortable with - clothes will not get you popularity.

I don't think of myself as pretty. I am what I am.

It's not my job to look beautiful. It's my job to look interesting.

Beauty is present in all creation, but the danger lies in the fact that we allow ourselves to be influenced by what people think. We deny our own beauty because others can't or won't recognize it. We try to imitate what we see around us. We try to be what other people think of as 'pretty' & little by little, our soul fades. We forget the world is what we imagine it to be. We stop being the sun and become, instead, the pool of water reflecting it.

If I'm not comfortable in my own skin or confident in who I am, then I'm going to pick parts based on how people are going to view them, not based on what I find challenging or entertaining.

What you look like on the outside is not what makes you cool at all. I mean, I had a mullet and wore parachute pants for a long, long time, and I'm doin' okay.

I don't see myself as an icon, because I just wear whatever I want to wear.

I can understand people wanting to look their best, and taking basic steps to do it, but I kind of admire people who are comfortable enough in their own skin to be who they are.

Don't let what other people think decide who you are.

You have to care about how good you are and how good you feel, but not about how good people think you are or how good people think you look.

Your clothes conceal much of your beauty, yet they hide not the unbeautiful.

Being called gorgeous is not a bad thing! But at the same time, I don’t want to thrive on people’s opinions of me.