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The Roitfelds have such a perfect approach to life: clean, simple, balanced, one could almost say wholesome considering their, urmmm, advantages. They attribute their good looks to juice and Pilates. They forgo heavy makeup, false (or even heavily manicured) nails, plastic surgery. They don't carry baggage in their homes, their work environments, their very persons—Carine famously avoids large bags. They wear the same pieces repeatedly, often on consecutive days. Carine's mantra: the less you have, the more you enjoy.

I read the best quote by Fashion Intel:

High fashion is only pretentious if you allow it to be and everyone everyday decides to contribute to fashion merely by putting on an outfit. You are not exempt from this.

We all take part in "fashion" when we dress each day. For better or for worse, you make clothing choices constantly. Why make them ordinary, trendy, or inappropriate for your age or body type? Let's go a step further and strive to create outfits that are as perfectly balanced, or as yin and yang, as the typical Roitfeld ensemble. I always love when details are woven into an outfit in different ways, for example Carine in Alaïa in Venice. But here Julia the artist styles herself in totally opposite Alexander Wang dresses. Genius! The classic black and white only painted in black and nude. Which do you think best accentuates Julia's positives?

Julia Restoin-Roitfeld in Alexander Wang photograph sources: lefashionimage.blogspot.com and rdujour.com

Update on mercredi 29 juillet 2009 by kellina

Also note that Julia is carrying the 18k Pillow Clutch by her friend Genevieve Jones. This clutch comes in two other color variations as well.

Comments

[Kate]

Genius!! I prefer the first, however, they are both great. Loving Alexander Wang, too.

[kellina]

It's so great that she did it both ways, too! I love both. Totally coveting the Alexander Wang right now. See, Kate, fashion is fun—not pretentious!!

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[Milla]

"The less you have, the more you enjoy" - love, love, love!

[kellina]

Moi aussi, Milla! But taking this to the extreme, wouldn't the homeless be the happiest? Just in case, I gave a homeless man $10 today.

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