I Want To Be A Roitfeld: Year Five

Today is 16 May, my favorite day of the year — I Want To Be A Roitfeld is five years old today! It is incredible to note that for half of a decade this site has been devoted to the Roitfeld family — Carine, Julia, and Vladimir — what adventures we have had! Best of all, the lily of the valley, or le muguet, is in bloom today, the most glorious herald of spring, the fragrance intoxicates. In case you are not in a position to smell the wondrous lily of the valley yourself, I picked you posies from my garden to celebrate the day.

First, a virtual bouquet for you, dear reader, for you are our raison d'être, without you we write for naught. Merci mille fois especially to those of you that dare to comment and offer your own opinion on our subjects.

Next, a bouquet for my incredible editorial team, Dara Block, Jascmeen Bush, Jessica Eritou, Renee Hernandez, Montse Ocejo, Bernie Rothschild, and Sarra Salib. I am continually inspired by all of you and I wholeheartedly thank each of you for contributing your talents to IWTBAR.

Finally, a special nosegay for my beloved Michael, Sweet Pea, and Walter, for the constant love and encouragement, ich liebe dich.

xx
Kellina

Joyeux anniversaire, ma geai bleue.

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Carine Roitfeld, Julia and Vladimir Restoin-Roitfeld photos courtesy of Fashion Spot. Walter photos © 2014 Kellina de Boer.

I Want To Be A Roitfeld: Year Four

Today we celebrate the anniversary of I Want To Be A Roitfeld, four amazing years with the Roitfeld family, Carine, Julia, and Vladimir, as well as their best-loveds. It has been a year filled with adventure and I love all of you for reading along, especially those of you that dare to comment, your words buoy me. I would like to thank all of the contributors to the site — the writers, the photographers, and the artists that share their incredible talents on these pages; in particular, my heartfelt thanks to my wonderful IWTBAR team for their awesome contributions and for being the source of constant inspiration: Kate Ringo Suzuki, Dara Block, Bernie Rothschild, Renee Hernandez, Jessica Eritou, and Montse Ocejo. Most special thanks to my perfect beau, Michael, je t'aime, with special recognition to Walter and Sweet Pea…

Merci mille fois for reading IWTBAR — you are the best.

xx
Kellina

Joyeux anniversaire, ma geai bleue.

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Roitfeld family photographs courtesy of Fashion Spot. Collage by Kellina de Boer.

I Want To Be A Roitfeld: Year Three

Today we are celebrating three years of I Want To Be A Roitfeld and I thank each of you for reading along. To mark the blogiversary, I thought it would be fun to look back at the amazing work created by Carine Roitfeld over the years so I have added 22 new editorials to the photo gallery as follows:

1991

"Le jean libertin"—Elle France [Mar 1991]

1992

"Monaco"—Glamour France [Sep 1992]

1993

"Gold Rush"—Marie Claire [Feb 1993]

1994

"Cocktail"—Vogue Paris [Nov 1994]

1995

The Face [May 1995]

1996

GUCCI Advertising Campaigns [1996]

1997

"Esprit Tribu"—Jalouse [1997]

1998

"Moscow holidays"—Vogue Russia [Sep 1998]

1999

"Some Like it Hot"—Vogue US [Jul 1999]

2000

"Performance"—Vogue Paris [Feb 2000]

2001

"Confused"—Upstreet [2001]

2002

"Une journee avec RoseMarie"—Vogue Paris [Aug 2002]

2003

"Baby Kate"—Vogue Paris [May 2003]

2004

"Grunge Couture"—Vogue Paris [Mar 2004]

2005

"Ska de figure"—Vogue Paris [Dec 2005]

2006

"Viva Italia Ivre de Rome"—Vogue Paris [May 2006]

2007

"Sacrément inspirée"—Vogue Paris [Sep 2007]

2008

"Hors la Loi"—Vogue Paris [Sep 2008]

2009

"Signes Particuliers"—Vogue Paris [Aug 2009]

2010

"Rive Gauche et Libre"—Vogue Paris [Sep 2010]

2011

"Big Girls Need Big Diamonds"—V Magazine #73 [Fall 2011]

2012

“Everywhere Man”—VMAN #25 [Spring/Summer 2012]

Heartfelt thanks to my wonderful IWTBAR team for their brilliant contributions: Kate Ringo Suzuki, Dara Block, Lee Ferguson, and Bernie Rothschild and to all of the writers, the photographers, and the artists that share their amazing talents through this blog. Thanks especially to my darling beau, Michael, your support means the world to me.

xx
Kellina

Joyeux anniversaire, ma geai bleue.

Editorial images © 2012 Condé Nast. All Rights Reserved.

I Want To Be A Roitfeld: Year Two

Today marks the anniversary of I Want To Be A Roitfeld, two glorious years of following the Roitfeld family: style icon and editrix extraordinaire, Carine Roitfeld, and her two brilliant and beautiful children, Julia Restoin-Roitfeld and Vladimir Restoin-Roitfeld. It has been quite the exciting year and I love all of you for reading along with the fashionable adventures of the Roitfelds. Let's take a moment to reflect on a few of the highlights over the last year:

• Carine Roitfeld hosted an amazing masked ball in honor of the 90th anniversary of Vogue Paris.
• Her friend Tom Ford guest edited the December 2010/January 2011 issue of Vogue Paris.
• On December 17, Carine Roitfeld rocked the fashion world by quitting Vogue Paris.
• We stopped by her Vogue Paris office to take one last look.
• On January 7, Emmanuelle Alt became the new editor-in-chief of Vogue Paris.
• On February 1, I decided that I could not live without Vogue Paris and introduced I Want To Be An Alt to follow Emmanuelle Alt.
• Cathy Horyn kindly mentioned I Want To Be A Roitfeld in her column for The New York Times.
• I Want To Be A Roitfeld took on a new look thanks to the banner illustration by the talented Isabelle Oziol de Pignol.
• Julia Restoin-Roitfeld confessed at last that she reads my blog.
• On March 15, I couldn't think of a better birthday present for myself than more work and launched I Want To Be A Battaglia to follow Giovanna Battaglia.

Vladimir presented several new art shows:

• Richard Hambleton in Moscow.
• Nicolas Pol in London.
• Richard Hambleton in London.
• RETNA In New York City.
• Nicolas Pol in New York City.

Julia kept busy with her work as model, art director, journalist, and photographer:

• Art directing Mark Fast's new lookbook.
• Photographing her beau Robert Konjic for VMAN.
• Modeling for Lancôme.
• Celebrating her 30th birthday in great style, gorgeous in red lace Pucci.
• Walking the runway in Tom Ford's secret show.
• Interviewing Tom Ford for V Magazine and styling and photographing herself for the editorial.

What a year! I would also like to thank every single contributor to the blog — the writers, the photographers, and the artists that lend their incredible talents to make the blog worth visiting, in particular I wish to heartily thank my brilliant editors for their wonderful words and their constant encouragement.

Most special thanks to my loverly beau, Michael, who constantly supports me in this endeavor — I could never do it without you, mtm, you pwn. Finally thanks again to YOU for reading this blog! You make it special by reading along and voicing your opinions, you are its raison d'être, you ROCK! Looking forward to another amazing year ahead with you!

xo 

Kellina

Joyeux anniversaire, ma geai bleue.

Carine Roitfeld, Julia Restoin-Roitfeld, Vladimir Restoin-Roitfeld, Giovanna Battaglia, and Olivier Zahm photographs
© 2010, 2011 Condé Nast, Getty Images, and Boheme Noir and courtesy of viperempire.blogspot.com, streetfsn.blogspot.com, ceccarini.blogspot.com, and facehunter.blogspot.com

Roitfeld At i-D 30th Anniversary Party

'Tis the season for celebrating and Julia Restoin-Roitfed is assuredly doing it with great style. In celebration of three decades of publishing, i-D threw a party sparkling with 450 stars of fashion, arts, and entertainment. Founded by Terry and Tricia Jones in August 1980, i-D has been respected ever since as the definitive primer on style, helping to launch the careers of Björk, Juergen Teller, Madonna, Mario Testino, Naomi Campbell, and Craig McDean among countless others. Pictured here giving the traditional i-D wink are Julia, Robert Konjic, Simon Harris, and Emma Summerton.

Robert Konjic, Julia Restoin-Roitfeld, Simon Harris, and Emma Summerton photograph © 2010 Condé Nast.