Jeanne Damas Quotes

I love winter clothes. For me, it is all about choosing great materials and getting the right cut for your body - and then styling it right. For example, I love an oversized manly jacket, but I'll team it with some girly heels.

- Jeanne Damas

Love, Some, Girly, Jacket

I use M.A.C. Brow Gel to bring out my eyebrows, then I curl my eyelashes every morning and apply M.A.C. Sheen Supreme Lipstick in Venomous Violet with my fingers - I use it as a lip balm multiple times throughout the day because I hate having bare lips.

- Jeanne Damas

Lipstick, Bring, Use, Curl

I do two sessions a week with a personal trainer, and I love jogging.

- Jeanne Damas

Love, Week, I Love, Jogging

My inspiration comes from the people I may not know but see all around me.

- Jeanne Damas

People, Inspiration, May, I May Not

I love pairing bright details with simple looks or casual materials like denim or cotton.

- Jeanne Damas

Love, Bright, Like, Materials

I love sensual materials like silk or cashmere.

- Jeanne Damas

Love, Silk, I Love, Materials

My winter uniform is jeans, boots, and an oversize blazer for good measure. It's my formula for getting dressed in under 10 minutes.

- Jeanne Damas

Winter, Dressed, Minutes, Blazer

I have always been surrounded by women with strong personality and feminine: my mother, my sister, my aunts, my friends. I am fascinated by the look they can have - simple details such as a step, a way of speaking, a gesture, a way of wearing a garment.

- Jeanne Damas

Strong, Surrounded, Been, Aunts

I live in Paris, a city where you have a lot of stylish women, so I learned a lot by observing the women in the street. But my mother was always a big influence as well; she is always very feminine in high heels and perfectly cut dresses, with perfect makeup but never too much.

- Jeanne Damas

Makeup, Big, Very, Big Influence

The Rouje woman is free, natural, and likes to be confident and comfortable in her garments.

- Jeanne Damas

Woman, Her, Natural, Garments

'Belle de Jour' is a film I loved and watched almost continuously because the style fascinated me.

- Jeanne Damas

Film, Almost, Fascinated, Belle

I dress to feel comfortable and beautiful, not to be fashionable.

- Jeanne Damas

Beautiful, Dress, Feel, Fashionable

Parisians have this ability to be cool and chic without appearing to have made an effort.

- Jeanne Damas

Cool, Chic, Made, Appearing

I've developed a habit of people-watching. In Paris, I love watching all kinds of people walking by from my apartment terrace, and while I'm traveling the world, I enjoy observing all the people in airports.

- Jeanne Damas

Love, Enjoy, Kinds, Observing

The Parisian way to be chic is to look super sharp for everyday things and then do effortless casual for night occasions.

- Jeanne Damas

Night, Effortless, Then, Everyday

I love watching other women when I'm sitting at a cafe.

- Jeanne Damas

Love, Other, I Love, Cafe

It's really important for me to not follow trends because I really like the idea that a wardrobe is something that's about you, it should represent who you are and how you dress.

- Jeanne Damas

Dress, Like, Idea, Represent

I'm in heels more than flats, but when I wear very short dresses, I like small heels.

- Jeanne Damas

Small, Like, Very, Flats

A trick for looking taller is to wear a top and pants in the same color family - and to hide heels underneath the pants!

- Jeanne Damas

Hide, Same, Taller, Underneath

Fashion icons that are famous in Paris, it's Charlotte Gainsbourg or even me on the Internet, but we wear the same clothes every day - a white t-shirt with jeans - so why are we fashion icons?

- Jeanne Damas

Famous, Every Day, Wear, Charlotte

I love working with silk because I loved it paired with jeans: it has a vintage feel; it's easy for dinners out.

- Jeanne Damas

Love, Feel, Silk, Dinners

I like to take my time, and Parisians love to take their time - sleeping in, enjoying sunlit terraces, having long dinners.

- Jeanne Damas

Love, Like, Having, Dinners

Don't be afraid to remove your shoes if you are dancing late at night.

- Jeanne Damas

Dancing, Late, Afraid, Remove

I have a passion for sweaters. Besides jeans, they are the clothes I have the most of in my closet. I must have a hundred!

- Jeanne Damas

Most, Sweaters, Hundred, Besides

Travel by car or by bike! It helps to avoid walking too much and hurting your feet.

- Jeanne Damas

Car, Feet, Too, Hurting

When I don't know what to wear for a night out, I always wear some high-wasted jeans, a fluid top, and high heels.

- Jeanne Damas

Night, Some, Always, Fluid

For my eyes, I wear a very thin line of black eyeliner just to lengthen the eye, and I almost never wear mascara; I like natural lashes.

- Jeanne Damas

Natural, Lashes, Very, Thin

I like the eyeliner and fringe '60s look, like Anna Karina.

- Jeanne Damas

Look, Like, Fringe, Anna

For Parisian women, it's not about looks; it's not about style - for me, it's more about this beautiful city, culture, and lifestyle. It's more about attitude - style it your own way.

- Jeanne Damas

City, Own, More, Lifestyle

I have a few vintage furs and have a particular weakness for Mongolian lamb fur - it's quite '70s - and I like the volume fur gives.

- Jeanne Damas

Fur, Like, Particular, Lamb

I wanted to create Rouje to bring together my talented friends - photographers, stylists, graphic designers - in a project to create my universe and perfect dressing. I did not want to call the brand my name, because I have other projects, and this brand is the result of the work of several people and not just me.

- Jeanne Damas

Perfect, Other, Projects, Talented

I love turtlenecks; they are very chic, but I don't wear them very often because it bothers me to have something around the neck.

- Jeanne Damas

Love, Very, Bothers, Neck

I think, French girls, we are not the most stylish women in the world. For me, New Yorkers are more stylish, or even women here in London.

- Jeanne Damas

Think, New, Here, New Yorkers

I love men's coats, especially because they're so large and they give plenty of room; the man's coat remains one of my favorite classics.

- Jeanne Damas

Love, Give, Large, Coat

The American girl is casual during the day and sophisticated at night. The French girl dresses for both, day and night.

- Jeanne Damas

Night, Sophisticated, Casual, Day And Night

I absolutely always buy in a bigger size. This is true for coats and also sweaters - I always take a bigger size because I think it looks far more chic if it's loose-fitted rather than tight.

- Jeanne Damas

I Think, Rather, Buy, Size

I wear jeans a lot.

- Jeanne Damas

Wear, Lot, Jeans

Rouje is for a feminine woman who likes to look beautiful and be comfortable in her clothes, too. Simple pieces: feminine with a '70s touch.

- Jeanne Damas

Woman, Touch, Feminine, Likes

Why is there this myth? People say, 'Oh, you are a style icon. You're 'French, French, French.' It's not true, you know; there are stylish people everywhere.

- Jeanne Damas

Why, Say, Icon, Myth

I was born in Paris. I grew up here, and I still live here, and I will forever, I think.

- Jeanne Damas

Think, Here, Still, Paris

You can leave Paris, but when you come back, you discover it again.

- Jeanne Damas

Discover, Leave, Again, Paris

I wanted to create clothes that my friends and I can wear throughout the seasons. We wear Rouje in Paris, on holiday, or at work.

- Jeanne Damas

Work, Seasons, Wear, Paris

I love to dance, bike, and walk every day, so I like to be feminine and comfortable at the same time.

- Jeanne Damas

Love, Like, Feminine, Bike

Even if I am going to an event or a wedding, I try to just look effortless. The more effortless you look, the more chic you look.

- Jeanne Damas

More, Going, Effortless, Chic

I am the face of my friend Yasmine Eslami's lingerie brand, so I have an entire collection of her lingerie.

- Jeanne Damas

Lingerie, Collection, Am, My Friend

I use a Clarins sunscreen every day, even in winter; it's the secret to keeping beautiful skin even as you get older.

- Jeanne Damas

Every Day, Use, Keeping, Sunscreen

French girls don't care about the perfect look; we actually like when it's not perfect because that's what makes our style effortless.

- Jeanne Damas

Perfect, Like, About, Effortless

Rouje is my ideal closet, as I want to be able to wear every piece and appreciate them.

- Jeanne Damas

Appreciate, Ideal, Piece, Closet

I think French women tend to keep it simple. I'd say try the less-is-more approach, which is not always easy to get right.

- Jeanne Damas

Think, Always, Which, French Women

My mother has always been very feminine, always in high-heeled shoes.

- Jeanne Damas

Mother, Always, Very, Feminine

If you're going to wear statement shoes, it is best to keep your outfit simple.

- Jeanne Damas

Going, Keep, Wear, Outfit

L.A. girls always have perfect hair and makeup in every situation.

- Jeanne Damas

Hair, Perfect, Always, Makeup

I'm lazy! For me, fashion has to be easy.

- Jeanne Damas

Fashion, Me, Easy, Lazy

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