Carine Roitfeld Disses American Style: Notable Quotable

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"Americans created the T-shirt, the sweat pants, and they create the best sporting shoes. When I see a woman in the street, sometimes I think, Oh, it’s a bit too comfortable the way she is dressing, you know? And not in a nice way."

-Carine Roitfeld tells The New York Times what she thinks of American style. Everyone wearing any of the above: run and change, now!

 
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12:35 AM on 09/18/2011
The sweatpants were actually invented in France in the 1920s by Emily Camuset.http://www.stylelist.com/2011/09/02/carine-roitfeld-quotes_n_946868.html?ref=stylelist-fashion-news#
12:33 AM on 09/18/2011
Actually, the sweatpants were invented in France, Roitfeld's home country, by Emily Camuset in the 1920s.
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10:45 AM on 09/06/2011
This, from a woman who apparently doesn't own a comb or a pair of tweezers. My advise to Carine: Take a good look in the mirror, dahling, before you criticize the way others look.
08:49 AM on 09/05/2011
Please accept my apology for my previous comment. I regret sharing it. Of course, she is correct about the way many American women dress.
07:58 PM on 09/04/2011
When I see a pic of Carine, sometimes I think, Oh, it's a bit too difficult to look at her, she looks a bit like she smells, and not in a good way.
04:03 PM on 09/04/2011
Hai! Your realy great
05:21 PM on 09/02/2011
wow is she snotty or what
02:24 PM on 09/02/2011
well ..

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