Always a women after our style hearts, Carine Roitfeld flashes her Prada auto shoes from Spring 2012 at a recent event she attended in support of her son. See the top half of her outfit on the next page. Via Thecut.
One of our favorite women of style is of course Carine Roitfeld, who in our opinion never skips a beat when it comes to all things stylish and fierce. Inspired by his admiration for Roitfeld, Sergio Rossi’s creative director, Francesco Russo, dedicated a pair of sandals to her called “Dedicated to Carine Roitfeld.” Featuring contrasting suede, snake and patent leather textures in a “caligola” silhouette, all of which combined make us weak in the knees. Available exclusively at Barneys, New York. Top view on the flip. Images courtesy of Sergio Rossi.
As part of her work with hip, U.S. retailer Barney’s, we get a peek at the daily life of Carine Roitfeld. It’s quite nice to look at, but dificult to understand for the most part because of her accent. Which is a shame because when she did speak understandably she said sweet things like,
“People are more important than the clothes. Clothes could be a nice envelope, but it’s more important the letter inside the envelope.”
Oui c’est vrais, Madame Roitfeld! Part 2 on the next page.
It’s Lara Stone for V Magazine’s “Heroes” issue, worked on by Mario Testino and Carine Roitfeld, who used Elizabeth Taylor as the inspiration for a 72-page editorial. The images here and the ones of Stone on the next page really are lovely. The eyebrows are fantastic of course but so is her faded ginger hair, which matches her lipstick oh so perfectly, plus the diamonds and the lighting, and so on and so forth. Via Stylist.
Kate Moss is on the cover of Vogue’s September issue and her wedding is a major focus. Above is one “never-before-seen” shot from her big day which shows her matrons of honor from left to right: Stella McCartney, Vivienne Westwood, Jess Hallett, Kate Moss, Rosemary Ferguson, and in the bottom row, Sadie Frost and Lucie de la Falaise.
On the next page you’ll also see first-time images of Carine Roitfeld, Naomi Campbell (in Givenchy), Lara Stone, Daphne Guinness, Kelly Osbourne, Marc Jacobs, Christian Louboutin, Paul and Stella McCartney, plus a few more. Via Vogue.
Another August cover, this time it’s Lara Stone for Paris Vogue. I guess we are officially over mourning the end of Carine Roitfeld’s reign at the mag, and no longer scrutinizing every move of the new head honcho, Emmanuelle Alt, as most of the comments out there in fashion world seem to be quite upbeat on this shot. Me on the other hand, no. It’s still hard for me to believe that someone of Carine Roitfeld’s talent level could end up tossed. Then again that’s corporate life for you. It’s often inexplicable.
As lovers of style and fashion we firmly believe that knowledge of the industry and its key players is vital. Carine Roitfeld a name we admire and respect has a book in her name: Carine Roitfeld, Irreverent. Published earlier this year, a must have. Available at Rizzoli and Amazon.
If you read interviews with Carine Roitfeld, they inevitably seem to include one comment addressing her distaste for handbags. In part it seems she finds toting around your personal belongings in a sack vulgar (and in a way it is!), but also there are hints she felt forced as the editor of Vogue to promote them in her shoots, no doubt as a “thank you” for the many ad dollars spent adveritising them in her magazine.
Now that she’s left Vogue, it seems her position on bags has begun to soften, in part because she no longer has an office to store all her junk, but perhaps also because they no longer represent what had to have been one of the more odious parts of her job–being forced to make something artful out of items she felt completely uninspired by. Here is her recent, more upbeat on handbags:
“I have discovered how useful it is to carry a book, perfume, agenda,” she laughs, glancing at her capacious black leather Alexander McQueen bag by the table. “It’s a new life.” –Financialtimes, May 2011
And here are a collection of her more angry views on handbags, dating back five years:
“I don’t change my handbag every season. I believe in the Yves Saint Laurent woman who either has her hands in the pockets of her pantsuit or is holding her lover’s hand. She doesn’t need a bag.” –Spiegel, April 2011
Q: What do you always have in your handbag?
Roitfeld: I do not wear bags. BlackBerry in my pocket, spare glasses at work, or cosmetics, or comb. Even makeup has never corrected. –Russian Vogue, December 2009
“Right now I think that fashion in the world becomes a bit boring. There is so much money, and I feel a bit when you go to shows they want to sell so many handbags, and for me, well, I do not like handbags. I do not wear handbags. It is not a nice look, to carry a handbag.” –Nymag, February 2008
“Handbags? You can wear a completely transparent shirt and show all the breasts, I don’t care. But I prefer to have my hands in my pocket than to have a nice little bag. So I am not good for all these fashions. They have to sell bags, bags, bags, bags, bags, bags. I hate handbags.” –Telegraph, November 2005
In the image above from a recent Cannes event, note Roitfeld carrying the smallest of clutches. One more image of Roitfeld carrying what appears to be another micro purse–though it’s so small it might be a keychain–on the next page.
How long does this Cannes Film Festival go on for?? Because frankly I’m easily bored and have just about had it with the parade of expensive long dresses, but now that I started I feel obliged to finish. One thing I’ve learned, a lot of super models attend this event. Lots! It’s like a Karl Lagerfeld show–so perhaps this is a French theme whereby beauty is not just viewed as fleeting and shallow, it’s a necessity of life.
Above model Karolina Kurkova who exhibits why she makes the big bucks. After the flip, a Carine Roitfeld spotting (she’s really into lace this year!), plus Kursten Dunst, Naomi with her badboy Russian boyfriend, Laetitia Casta, Milla Jovovich and a bunch more.
