The Roitfelds at Paris Fashion Week

Paris Men's Fashion Week is upon us once again. Here Carine Roitfeld and daughter Julia can be seen texting away while taking a little break for fresh air and sunlight between viewing the Spring/Summer 2010 collections for Hugo Boss and Louis Vuitton. I am in love with Carine's shoes and the recycled denim skirt.

Carine and Julia Restoin-Roitfeld at Paris Fashion Week, Men's Spring/Summer 2010 photo courtesy of Café Mode.

L'envers

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.

Like Mother, Like Daughter

How cute is this—when Julia Restoin-Roitfeld visits Paris, she raids her mom's closet. I love how she takes this distinctive piece and adapts it to her style. Carine chooses to wear it with a black skirt, nude legs, and black shoes—flat at that—upping the chic factor. Julia gives the garment an edgy vibe by pairing it with leather shorts, opaque black tights, and boots. Also note that she is fresh faced from a visit to her favorite Parisian destination for facials, Carita.

Julia Restoin-Roitfeld photograph courtesy of StyleandtheCity.com
Carine Roitfeld photograph courtesy of StreetPeeper.com

Council of Fashion Designers of America

2009 Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) Awards
When: June 16, 2009
Where: Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center, New York City
Host: Tracey Ullman
Notable guests: Julia Restoin-Roitfeld, Diane von Furstenberg, Brian Atwood, Erin Fetherston, Kenneth Cole, Phillip Lim, Zac Posen, Claire Danes, Daphne Guinness, Heidi Klum, Kirsten Dunst, Molly Sims, Anja Rubik, Coco Rocha, Doutzen Kroes

The Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) held its annual award ceremony honoring fashion's best. Winners included Michelle Obama, Alexander Wang, Marc Jacobs and Kate and Laura Mulleavy among others. Julia Restoin-Roitfeld looked stunning in Balmain.

CFDA Winners
Women’s Wear Designer of the Year: Kate and Laura Mulleavy for Rodarte
Men’s Wear Designer of the Year: (tie) Scott Sternberg for Band of Outsiders and Italo Zucchelli for Calvin Klein Collection
Accessory Designer of the Year: Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez for Proenza Schouler
Swarovski Award for Emerging Talent Women’s Wear: Alexander Wang
Swarovski Award for Emerging Talent Men’s Wear: Tim Hamilton
Swarovski Award for Emerging Talent Accessory Design: Justin Giunta for Subversive Jewelry
International Award: Marc Jacobs for Louis Vuitton
Board of Directors’ Special Tribute: First Lady Michelle Obama
Visit Council of Fashion Designers of America for a complete list of the winners.
Sponsor: Swarovski
Official airline: Continental Airlines
Official hotel: The Waldorf-Astoria
Official water: FIJI
Official champagne: Moet & Chandon

First Line After-party
Where: High Line Park
Host: Calvin Klein
Notable guests: Julia Restoin-Roitfeld, Edward Norton, Erin Fetherston, Lydia Hearst, Olivia Palermo, Lisamaria and Philip Falcone, Jared Kushner, Alexandra Kerry, Alicia Keys, Alexander Wang, Dree Hemingway, Francisco Costa, Italo Zuchelli, Hilary Rhoda, Zoe Saldana

Julia Restoin-Roitfeld wore a strapless black sequined Balmain mini dress with opaque black tights, black platforms, and a black clutch to the First Line after-party at the High Line Park.

CFDA After-party
Where: The Ballroom at the new Jane Hotel (the former Socialista space)
Hosts: Opening Ceremony and Black Frame
Notable guests: Julia Restoin-Roitfeld, Andy Samberg, Thakoon Panichugal, Alexander Wang, Kate and Laura Mulleavy, Kirsten Dunst, Jack McCollough, Lazaro Hernandez

Kate and Laura Mulleavy for Rodarte—winners of the CFDA Womenswear Designer of the Year Award—celebrated their success with a crowd of fashion stars and stylish party people. Julia Restoin-Roitfeld and Christian Cota look quite cozy. Since I am certain that's Julia's right shoulder in the left frame of the photo, I am including this shot of Thakoon Panichgul and Genevieve Jones cause it's just so hot.

Photograph of Julia Restoin-Roitfeld courtesy of catwalkqueen.tv. All Rights Reserved.
Photograph of Julia Restoin-Roitfeld and Christian Cota and Photograph of Thakoon Panichgul and Genevieve Jones © 2009 by Steve Eichner courtesy of WWD.com. All Rights Reserved.

Women of Fashion

Now that it's available, I thought you might be interested in the entire list of the women honored at the "25 Women of Fashion" event as well as the nine panelists responsible for the selection. The above photo of Julia Restoin-Roitfeld is from the men.style.com site; check it out as there are lots more great party pictures to see. Be sure to click on the tabs to the right of each head shot to see more photos. If you tab among the three photos of Julia, it looks as if she's dancing. The Cut offers a nice list of ten honorable mentions, other stylish women about town that somehow missed, errr, the cut.

25 WOMEN OF FASHION
1. Alexa Chung, MTV Host
2. Ana Lerario, Designer
3. Berrin Noorata, Communications Director
4. Charlotte Ronson, Designer
5. Chloë Sevigny, Actress/Designer
6. Chrissie Miller, Designer
7. Danielle Corona, Designer
8. Erika Bearman, PR Director
9. Erin Wasson, Designer/Model
10. Eugenia Gonzalez Ruiz-Olloqui, Publicist
11. Eunice Lee, Designer
12. Frances Tulk-Hart, Stylist/Photographer
13. Garance Doré, Illustrator/Photographer/Sylist
14. Harley Viera-Newton, DJ
15. Julia Restoin-Roitfeld, Art Director/Model
16. Leigh Lezark, DJ/Model/Muse
17. Lesley Thompson, PR Manager
18. Louise Roe, Writer/TV Host
19. Milla Jovovich, Actress/Model/Singer/Designer
20. Minnie Mortimer Gaghan, Designer
21. Pamela Love, Designer
22. Poppy de Villeneuve, Photographer
23. Rachel Roy, Designer
24. Sophia Hesketh, Stylist's Assistant
25. Umindi Francis, PR Director

PANELISTS
André Benjamin, OutKast
Derek Blasberg, Style.com
Olivier Zahn, Purple
Paul Sevigny, DJ
Philip Crangi, Designer
Rogan Gregory, Designer
Scott Schuman, The Sartorialist
Sean Avery, New York Rangers
Waris Ahluwalia, Designer

Julia Restoin-Roitfeld image © 2009 men.style.com