Carine Roitfeld For Balenciaga?

Rumors are swirling that Carine Roitfeld has been selected to style the house of Balenciaga following the appointment of Alexander Wang as the new creative director. In case you missed it, here are Carine's thoughts on the best person to head Balenciaga, her remarks were given on the day that the departure of Nicolas Ghesquière was announced. Note that being diplomatic, La Roitfeld does not mention a specific name, but I believe the choice to hire Wang is in keeping with her vision. I would absolutely love to see what this duo would do together for the brand. Although, what will become of the role of Marie-Amélie Sauvé at Balenciaga? Further details as they are known, bien sûr...

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Carine Roitfeld and Alexander Wang photograph courtesy of thenoircarpet.com

Roitfeld At Council Of Fashion Designers Of America Awards

Carine Roitfeld looked tough and chic in black leather on the arm of Alexander Wang at the 2012 Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) Awards at Lincoln Center in New York last night. Top honors went to Ashley and Mary-Kate Olsen for The Row for womenswear, Billy Reid for menswear, and Reed Krakoff for accessories. Congratulations to all!

2012 Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) Awards

Womenswear Designer of the Year: Ashley and Mary-Kate Olsen for The Row

Menswear Designer of the Year: Billy Reid

Accessory Designer of the Year: Reed Krakoff

Swarovski Awards for Womenswear: Joseph Altuzarra

Swarovski Awards for Menswear: Phillip Lim

Swarovski Awards for Accessory Design: Tabitha Simmons

International Award: Rei Kawakubo for Commes des Garçons (accepted by John Waters)

Media Award: Scott Schuman and Garance Doré

Founders Award: Andrew Rosen

Geoffrey Beene Lifetime Achievement Award: Tommy Hilfiger

Fashion Icon Award: Johnny Depp (accepted by John Waters)

Host: Seth Meyers

Carine Roitfeld and Alexander Wang photographs © 2012 Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images North America and bfanyc.com.

The Roitfelds At Alexander Wang

Carine Roitfeld and Julia Restoin-Roitfeld photographs courtesy of selfservicemagazine.com. All Rights Reserved.

Ninety Years Of Vogue Paris

Vogue Paris is celebrating its 90th anniversary this year and these photos clearly show what a long, strange trip it's been! If this isn't convincing enough, view the video de l'exposition Vogue Paris covers or look at the book.

Carine Roitfeld is wearing a few of her favorites: a dress by Tom Ford for Yves Saint Laurent from 2003, a black blazer, and the beloved laceup Alaïa heels. Julia Restoin-Roitfeld's white jersey dress is Alexander Wang Spring 2009.

Julia Restoin-Roitfeld

Carine Roitfeld, Lily Donaldson, and Antoine Arnault

Lara Stone and Carine Roitfeld

Inès de la Fressange and Carine Roitfeld

Lara Stone and Daria WerbowyPhotographs of Carine Roitfeld, Julia Restoin-Roitfeld, et al at "Vogue Paris Celebrates 90 Years" party courtesy of wwd.com, Getty Images, and Sipa Press.

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.