Top 25 Julia Restoin Roitfeld Quotes

For an everyday look, I use Chanel Soleil Tan de Chanel as blush, or the Summer 2013 Bronzing Palette that a makeup artist from Armani gave to me – I love Armani makeup.

You don’t have to wait for your career to take off to become a mum: that’s kind of what I want to show. Becoming a mum made me even more driven, and I think it doesn’t stop your career – it just boosts it. It makes you well-organised, and with a little bit of sacrifice, of course you can do it all.

My mum always had fun on shoots, but afterwards, she would pick us up from school and make dinner. I had a pretty normal childhood.

I love Epsom salt and just use the inexpensive unscented ones from CVS. It’s better than oils… those make the tub so gross, and I never feel like cleaning it right before I go out.

Tom Ford gave me high heels for the baby. They’re a little kitten heel with a velvet rope that you tie. It’s like a collection piece. I have to put it on the bookshelf, framed.

If a French woman wears jeans, it’s never with flats – always heels.

Sometimes, being a single mother, I miss the freedom. I see my other friends with kids, and when they go out for a drink, it is the dad that stays in.

I’m inspired by all those women in the ’60s – they look so put-together and cool at the same time, and they all were moms – moms and career women. I do wear heels, though. Pretty much always. I need to feel good about myself, so even if it’s casual, I’ll slip them on.

I’m addicted to online shopping.

I’m always building images. Even when I go out and put a look together, it’s in my head the whole day, like, how I’m going to create this whole story. But I’m never satisfied; it’s always a work in progress no matter what. Every day is working.

Even on the red carpet, French celebrities keep it minimal. Think of Charlotte Gainsbourg – the look can be quite undone.

I guess you could say I want to become like Martha Stewart – just a sexier version!

So much of my body changed from being pregnant. My hair got so much longer from all of the multivitamins and pregnancy vitamins, like the New Chapter‘s Every Woman Vitamin I’ve been taking – it’s a lot of folic acid. I know a lot of moms cut their hair, but I just want to keep mine long.

I’m really close to my family, and I really want one of my own. But the wedding, it’s not necessary for me.

Of course I like to be tan, but now I try to avoid it. I don’t mind having a little glow, but now when I go to the beach, I put SPF 50 everywhere – either Avene or La Roche-Posay Anthelios. I have freckles, so as long as my little freckles come out, I’m happy.

Being pregnant was the best time of my life because nothing could affect me. It was like a detox – I ate healthy, I slept a lot, and I didn’t drink. All of my hormones were at the perfect levels.

When I’m getting ready, I’ll listen to ’80s music on Spotify just to wake me up and put me in the mood. I like that it’s cheesy.

It’s so strange how people can be judgmental when they see a pregnant woman dressed in high heels and tight dresses. Being pregnant shouldn’t make you feel less of a woman, but more of a woman!

I love the efficiency of the Internet. If I come across something that I want to share right away, I can do it.

Girls are having babies when they are younger and combining kids with work. I don’t know if it’s always been there or if I’m just more aware because I’m in this situation.

I wanted to find a way to merge my taste as an art and creative director with my new little obsessions: babies and motherhood and all of that. So I began working on my website, Romy and the Bunnies, which is named after my daughter, Romy.

I’ll be so excited to take my daughter to her first fashion show, but I think, for her, it’s best to wait until she’s old enough to appreciate it. Or, at least, until she can pronounce the designer‘s names!

Sometimes you leave the house for school, and you realize you’re wearing the same thing as your toddler, which is embarrassing! I try to avoid it at all costs.

My parents were strict with school, strict with grades. I had piano classes, horseback riding, dance.

My site is about women who want to look good and stay active: women who don’t want to suddenly become ‘just mums.’ But it’s not true that it is only about the glamorous side. Last time I was on a plane with Romy, she was sick all over me, and I wrote a tip about travelling with a change of outfit.