Roitfeld And Battaglia Celebrate New Year

Vladimir Restoin-Roitfeld and Giovanna Battaglia ushered in 2011 in fabulous Caribbean style at the bash hosted by friends Roman Abramovich and Dasha Zhukova at their lush island estate on St. Barth. Other friends joining the party of 250 were Francois-Henri Pinault, Salma Hayek, Diddy, Alessandra Ambrosio, Jason Statham, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Fergie, Andre Harrell, Dean Caten, Dan Caten, Renata Maciel, Demi Moore, Ashton Kutcher, George Lucas, Andrey Melnichenko, Ellen DeGeneres, Portia de Rossi, Anthony Kiedis, and Harvey Weinstein.

The Black Eyed Peas performed for guests until the power cut out dramatically at midnight as everyone cheered "Happy New Year!" A brilliant display of fireworks lit the sky while guests waited for the blackout to end. Abramovich is rumored to have spent $5 million on the party but even with all of his wealth he cannot control the elements. Luckily guests did not have to travel far in these conditions as they were welcome to stay either in the bungalows on the estate or on the flotilla of yachts secured by Abramovich for the party.

Giovanna Battaglia and Salma Hayek photograph © 2011 Matheus Mazzafera. All Rights Reserved.
Roman Abramovich estate photograph © 2011 Splash. All Rights Reserved.

Comments

[cigalechanta]

what an exciting life!

[GALA]

Woow!!!

[annalisa]

hi kellina! voici le video du defileèTom Ford S/S 2011
bisous
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NItfhi7cclc

[kellina]

Hi, Annalisa! I did see it, thanks so much. Sorry I am behind on the news but it is posted now. bisous

[kellina]

Gala — exactly!!

; )

[kellina]

I know, Cigalechanta! The beautiful people and their beautiful parties...

[Le Choix Trois]

Such a hard life........

Thanks for sharing.
Bisous!

LCT

Le Choix Trois
Fashion is all about choices. What will you choose?
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[kellina]

Hee hee, right, LCT! Tough gig but someone's got to do it...

; )

bisous!

[scrittrice]

i saw her and vladimir in st barth, last december!!

[kellina]

That is amazing, Scittrice! Did you take any photos?

[scrittrice]

unfortunately....no! they (and I, of course) were on the street and, actually, they were discussing and Giovanna was so sad... I don't know if I could say this, you'll erase my comment, if you want! :-)
anyway, Giovanna had a big Hermes shopping bag: I mean, she made shopping from Hermes in St Barth!!

[kellina]

Scittrice, on the contrary, I welcome your personal observations of Giovanna and Vladimir. Fabulous! If you have any more details, I hope you will feel free to share them. Do you think Gio may have looked sad because she regretted having just spent so much money?

; )

[scrittrice]

mmmmmm.... no, I think they were discussing for other and previous reason. Giovanna looked a little bit nervous and very sad and, with a sweet voice, asked Vladimir: "what do I have to do....?". But he was quite cold..
it was one or two days berfore the new year's eve and it was a rainy day in st barth.
I didn't see them anymore during my vacantion. I saw many other important people, even more than them, but I wanted to see them!! And I also hoped to see Carine but.......... nothing!
Kellina: do yu have any news or rumors about Carine life after Vogue?

ps: I'm glad you like my cat in the Christmas tree photos in FB!!
have a good day,
Paola

[kellina]

Oh Paola! This sounds like a very dismal scene. I wonder what the issue was. But you got to hear Giovanna's sweet voice, what luck! It sounds like you had a fabulous vacation and at least you spotted them once. If Carine was there for the party, I did not read about it. Did you hear she was?

I have no idea what Carine has planned after Vogue Paris and frankly it is driving me crazy!!! I need to know...

Love! the photo of your cat in the Christmas tree, so adorable.

: )