No one embodies French style and savvy quite like Carine Roitfeld. One of the fashion industry’s most prominent editors, she spent a memorable decade at the helm of Vogue Paris, where she published the kind of edgy, subversive photo shoots that made her a global sensation. In 2012, she founded her own New York–based magazine, CR Fashion Book, which has become a place of discovery not only for new fashion but for emerging talent across the arts and culture worlds as well. Now, she creates luxury products under her own name, and her latest perfume, Carine, has just arrived at Harrods and Printemps. As the spring issue of CR Fashion Book hits newsstands, she shares her key components to the good life. —Ashley Baker
Airline: Air France.
Airport: Charles de Gaulle’s arrivals terminal. It means I’m coming home.
Alibi: “I was on set.” My team will vouch for me.
App: FaceTime. Simple, I know, but it’s how I see my children and grandchildren when we’re apart.
Bag: I tend not to carry a bag and always have pockets, but when I do, I like something small to carry my phone and cash.
Bedtime: Nine p.m.
Bike: A tandem bike with someone else pedaling.
Birthday: The ones spent with family.
Boyfriend/girlfriend: Someone who has their own thing going on.
Breakfast, weekday: Overnight oats, coffee, and an assortment of fruit.
Breakfast, weekend: An egg-white omelet with a side of toast.
Car: Aston Martin DB4.
Cocktail: A Grey Goose dry apple martini.
Cocktail appetizer: A cigarette.
