Leïla Slimani

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Fashion Neurosis with Bella Freud · Leïla Slimani · 1 Jul 2026 podcast

So...

I was amazed by the fact that this book that was so far from me at the same time were telling my story.

And then I discovered Tolstoy and Tolstoy is like my obsession.

I mean, for me,

The secret of happiness is just being on a couch reading Tolstoy because Tolstoy is a writer of details.

When you read the book, it seems very easy.

And he talks about certain details.

I remember in Anna Karenin, the ears of Karenin or the dresses of Anna or some dust or really very tiny things of life.

But that really touched you or touched me at that time.

And I felt very close to this character, so close that at that time I thought that I was Russian.

And I told my mother, you know, I was Russian before.

And now I'm just the reincarnation of probably the daughter of the Tsar or something.

And so I told her, I want to dress like a Russian.

And she bought me for my birthday.

I was 12 years old, maybe.

I had a shabka and a very beautiful Russian coat.

And I wanted to wear it at school.

But of course, in Morocco, it's quite hot.

And I was sweating so much, but I didn't want to tell my mother that it was too hot.

So I would wear it because I wanted so much to be Russian.

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