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2012 January 27

Words of Wisdom! The Ines de la Fressange Edition

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Inès de la Fressange
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Into the Gloss staged a beauty sit-in with Inès de la Fressange. What were her titillating tips? Behold the highlights!

On Foundation
"People still have this idea that foundation is fake, and that they will look like a wall, that it’s not natural…but natural is terrible; I mean, if this garden [gesturing outside] was natural it would look terrible."

On Hair
"I think it is awful to have your hair too well done. When you are young, it looks cheap to have your have your hair perfect, and when you are old, it looks tacky. It looks like you want to look wealthy, which is very vulgar." 

On Vegetables
"It’s like for food, the creative people, when they invent something by using carrots because they didn’t have potatoes? And then it tastes much better with potatoes? For me fashion and beauty is a lot like this too." 

On Youth
"When I was young, I was much too serious. Maybe I was a square. [Laughs] In youth it’s okay to take a risk, but no tattoos, no things that stay.”