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No problem. It's a fairly short interview. Here it is!
“Hashtag #CCD”
By Sophie Volanges
She was the first to mix fur and jeans, denim and Chanel jackets with Hermès scarfs. For three decades, the fashion editor Carlyne Cerf de Dudzeele has shaken up the styling world with provocative images of femininity working alongside Richard Avedon, Irving Penn, Steven Meisel, Patrick Demarchelier, Mario Testino, Inez & Vinoodh … Encountering this “guerilla of style,” radiant and hyperactive, a great “classic eccentric” according to Karl Lagerfeld, will soon be as frequent online – thanks to a Youtube channel and an Instagram account (@carlynecerfdedudzeele) with tens of thousands of followers – as it is on billboards and the pages of glossy magazines.
Interview:
How did you come up with the idea of “collisions” – jeans and a Chanel jacket, fur and sportswear … who helped with your style?
Collisions? No … It’s a state of mind. It’s my own style: it’s the "#cerfstyle.” I like the street, I never followed the trends, I am my instinct … I’ve always made my “salad.” “C’est mon traficotage à moi.”
What combination of clothes and accessories have you never dared to make?
None. I always do what I have in my head.
What memories do you have of Gianni Versace?
Gianni was my friend. Work, complicity, trust … all that with joy and lightness!
Karl Lagerfeld said that you are a “classic eccentric.” What does this mean to you?
Karl always has the right word … he knows me very well.
You live between New York and Paris. Which city is in your eyes the capital of fashion?
Even if one day the entire world speaks the same language, Paris will always be Paris.
Naomi, Linda, Christy, Kate … you are close to the most beautiful girls in the world. What’s the difference between a model and a supermodel?
It’s only a question of personality.
For you what is the ultimate in elegance?
To have a dog!
And the height of bad taste?
Human stupidity.
What are your recent fashion favorites?
They are linked together. Every day I have favorites, especially when I am going to visit monsieur Alaïa.
Internet and fashion, what do you think about it?
It’s the speed that I adore … fast, fast, fast, fast: that’s all that I like about it.
Why did you start making videos for Youtube?
Because I adore it!
Do you have a mantra?
Simplicity. It’s still the most chic thing in the world.
Translation by me