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
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