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Vogue Paris Translation: Editorial, September 2010

Below is my translation from French to English of the editorial that Carine Roitfeld wrote for the September issue of Vogue Paris.

Paris : deux syllabes et une aura éternelle. Deux syllabes qui à elles seules évoquent un flot d'images universelles. La tour Eiffel scintillante, la seine enlacée par les lumières des Bateaux Mouches la nuit, les pavés battus par le claquement des talons aiguilles sous la pluie, des allures au présent libre... Une inspiration inoxydable à l'origine de ce numéro de rentrée.

C'est la première fois que Marion Cotillard est en couverture de Vogue. Rendue mondialement célèbre grâce à sa bluffante interprétation de Piaf, ambassadrice d'une maison très française, des yeux ‹‹comme des champs de lavande››, elle est une Parisienne idéale : curieuse, engagée, audacieuse, globe-trotter, intensément vibrante.

Toutes ces qualités, Marion Cotillard les partage avec un autre trésor Parisien. Juliette Gréco, légende de Saint-Germain-des-Prés, croqueuse espiègle des mots de Sartre, Prévert ou Gainsbourg. Réputée pour ne pas avoir la langue dans sa poche, l'interprète de ‹‹Déshabillez-moi›› évoque ses rencontres, le cinéma, ses chansons, ses amours et son inséparable fourreau noir. ‹‹Je suis un drapeau ! un drapeau noir, mais un fameux drapeau !››, dit-elle. Du coup, même Kate Moss se met au noir. Au cuir noir. L'effect est instantané. Plus parisienne, tu meurs...

Paris: two syllables and an eternal aura. Two syllables only to evoke a stream of universal images. The scintillating Eiffel Tower, the Seine entwined by the lights of the Bateaux Mouches at night, the staccato of stiletto heels on paving stones in the rain, the allure of this present freedom... A stainless inspiration originates in this issue for the return to routine.

It is the first time that Marion Cotillard appears on the cover of Vogue. Now a worldwide celebrity due to her convincing interpretation of Piaf, ambassadress of a very French house, eyes like fields of lavender, she is an ideal Parisienne: curious, committed, daring, globe trotter, intensely vibrant.

All of these qualities Marion Cotillard shares with another Parisian treasure. Juliette Gréco, legend of Saint-Germain-des-Prés, mischievous devourer of the words of Sartre, Prévert, and Gainsbourg. Reputedly never one to hold her tongue, her interpretation of "Déshabillez-moi" (or in English, "undress me") evokes her encounters, her films, her songs, her loves and her inseparable black sheath. "I am a flag! a black flag, but a famous flag!" she says. So even Kate Moss turns to black. To black leather. The effect is instant. More Parisienne, you die...

Vogue Paris editorial image © 2010 Condé Nast. All Rights Reserved.

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Reader Comments (2)

Not the first time Cotillard was on the cover of VOGUE -- she and her NINE costars were on the cover of the November 2009 VOGUE US, and she was by herself on the cover of the August 2010 VOGUE US. On the other hand, all the Marionistas are delighted she is, for the first time, on the cover of VOGUE PARIS.
27 septembre 2010 | Unregistered Commenterkitvancleave
Oh, Kit, thank you for your comment but of course when Carine Roitfeld says "Vogue" she means "Vogue Paris" and this is definitely Marion's first time featured on their cover.
27 septembre 2010 | Registered Commenterkellina

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