"I told myself that I would not come back to women's fashion until I felt I had something new to say. I feel that fashion has become too serious and that the actual customer's needs have not really been addressed. Fashion needs to make one happy. It is a luxury and should enhance one's quality of life."

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Source: In V: Julia Restoin-Roitfeld's Self Portraits Whilst Wearing Tom Ford. Interview with Julia Restoin-Roitfeld, www.racked.com. December 23, 2010.

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