Control Alt ! The editor of Vogue Paris reveals the secrets of style.

The best quotes from the interview with Vogue Paris editor Emmanuelle Alt in the July Issue of Vogue UK 

“Life would be miserable without men. Who would you buy all those shoes for?” When asked if she is a feminist.

“The difference between the British and the French is that the British try to be cool and the French try to be be sexy…but the French try to be sexy with a white t shirt and jeans.”

“I don’t even swim summer the idea of doing Pilates or yoga or running makes me tired : it’s probably my French resistance” On hating excercise.

“ No alcohol, no coffee, no cigarettes: I never drank coffee or alcohol in my whole life ever. At all. ”

“ I can’t deal with an amazing outfit if it makes me fragile”

“I am not a woman with restriction. You will never see me barefoot in winter. I see at the shows all those women wearing sandals when it’s snowing, I don’t want to suffer”

“But it doesn’t mean I am going to wear Birkenstocks to the shows but it kills the attitude if you are frozen in high heels”

“The real ( street style ) stars today are Beyonce,Pharrell and Rihanna, they love fashion !”

She loves to see in the French Vogue pages “ topless and some things that are very French- like smoking”

“I don’t think because you have a cigarette ( in a photo) it’s going to influence anyone to smoke or not – not all all “ cough cough!

“ I think it’s important in French Vogue to have some nudity: But I always make sure the women is in a very proud attitude”