St. Tropez

When asked to describe her favorite holiday, Carine Roitfeld chose "St. Tropez, 1973. I arrived outside a café not knowing a soul; in five minutes I'd made lots of friends." This photo was actually taken in St. Tropez four years earlier in 1969 when Carine was fifteen years old. She is totally boho chic, wearing a purple tshirt as a dress with a wide brown belt slung around her hips, a purple silk scarf on her head, a silver pendant from Morocco for good luck, and bare feet. Carine reminisces, "I'd just come back from London, bought the tshirt, and seen Hair. It was that very purple time. I remember David Bowie's 'Space Oddity' that summer. And that was sort of my Jane Birkin look." It's easy to see why Carine had no trouble making friends in a strange new world.
Carine Roitfeld in St. Tropez photograph © 2007 by Carine Roitfeld. All Rights Reserved.