Carine Roitfeld For Tom Ford Fall/Winter 2013

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Carine Roitfeld: Vision Accomplished

There is no end to Carine Roitfeld's drive; in her latest venture with Mercedes-Benz, she acts as both creative director and fashion designer for “Vision Accomplished: Fashion Film Spring/Summer 2014.″ Teaming with stylist Stephen Gan, photographers Max von Gumppenberg and Patrick Bienert, and model Sui He, Carine lends her exquisite eye to the luxury brand to envision quite the seductive setting for their new S-Class. Sui He revs up the action in a Little Black Dress designed by Carine Roitfeld accompanied by pumps adorned with the Mercedes-Benz hood ornament made especially for the shoot by Gianvito Rossi. When asked about the inspiration for her first design, Carine shared: "This dress has a perfect knee-length, it's a perfect sweater, it's black — something you can keep forever, but with a bit of a sensual look, because it very closely follows her whole body. It's very sculptural in a simple way — exactly like the car. I think this car is very sober, chic, and very expensive looking, so I was aiming to design something exactly the same for Sui He." We can only hope this amazing creation heralds the beginning of CR's fashion line, and, if so, permit me to say — put the pedal to the metal, girl!

View the short film “Vision Accomplished: Fashion Film Spring/Summer 2014″

Browse behind-the-scenes images and stills from the campaign

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Julia Restoin-Roitfeld For Eddie Borgo Fall/Winter 2013

Eddie Borgo has selected Julia Restoin-Roitfeld as the model to front his forthcoming Fall/Winter campaign and I love the first image that is circulating. Julia looks the epitome of elegance with Borgo's "Cyprus" collection gracing her wrists, her earlobes, and her neck against her stark black clothing and her severely chic chignon. Paul Maffi shot the black-and-white photograph for the campaign. Note that Julia has art-directed campaigns for Borgo's line of jewelry previously, including a memorable spread which starred her brother's girlfriend, Giovanna Battaglia, for Spring/Summer 2011. Other stylish femmes featured by Borgo in his advertising were Tabitha Simmons, Lauren Santo Domingo, and Vanessa Traina.

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The Roitfelds For Givenchy Fall/Winter 2013

The Roitfelds For Givenchy Fall/Winter 2013
By Bernie Rothschild

The Fall/Winter campaign of Givenchy for 2013 takes the theme of family values. Riccardo Tisci chose to put his mentor, collaborator, and muse Carine Roitfeld together with her daughter Julia Restoin-Roitfeld with photography by Mert & Marcus. The campaign also features actress Amanda Seyfried, models Mariano Ontanon and Dalianah Arekion, and Spanish actor Quim Gutiérrez. But I notice that Mariacarla Boscono, another longtime muse and personal friend of Mr. Tisci, is missing but my wild guess, she's probably going to star in the eyewear and accessories campaign. Though, I find that putting Carine Roitfeld in the campaign is unnecessary. She is pretty much involved behind the scenes. But it's probably a tribute to Riccardo and Carine's friendship. As we all know, it was her who helped Riccardo Tisci when he was just a newbie in the industry. She supported him during his first collections when everyone criticized him for his "darkness" and "gothicism." It was Carine who religiously wore his designs for every occasion such as parties and Paris Fashion Week and her Vogue Paris was the first magazine to feature the design of Riccardo Tisci on the cover (December/January 2005 Kate Moss). Even with his success, Riccardo did not forget Carine, it was him who put Carine "afloat" when she left Vogue Paris. In the fashion industry where change is constant, their dedication and loyalty towards each other is amazing. Cheers to these two fashion visionaries.

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Givenchy images © 2013 Givenchy. Carine Roitfeld and Riccardo Tisci image courtesy of purple.fr.

Happy Mother's Day, Roitfeld Style

In honor of her first Mother's Day as an actual mother, Julia Restoin-Roitfeld partnered with Barneys New York to select an offering of the best gifts for both mommy and baby just in time for the special day, complete with a video of Julia in store with Simon Doonan. I find the bunny extremely desirable as well as the Norma Kamali wrap, nice work, Julia. Happy Mother's Day to mamans everywhere from IWTBAR!

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