Carine In McQueen

Inspired by the book Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty, our talented contributing editor Lee Ferguson has created a series of illustrations in tribute to McQueen's genius, choosing her favorite women to model his designs. Of course Lee envisioned Carine Roitfeld in one of his brilliant creations, complete with black fox fur, leather straps with metal rings, and a zipper running the length of the garment — c'est fantastique ! Very special thanks to Lee for continuing to share her gifts with all of us. To see more of the works in Lee's McQueen series, visit her at A Lefthanded Life.

Carine Roitfeld wearing Alexander McQueen illustration © 2012 Lee Ferguson. All Rights Reserved.

The Roitfelds: The Little Black Jacket

In her typical style, Carine Roitfeld included her children, Julia and Vladimir, in the forthcoming book The Little Black Jacket... and now the moment we have been waiting for: Vladimir Restoin-Roitfeld wearing a Chanel women's jacket! You would have to be a Roitfeld to pull off this look, quel homme !

Carine Roitfeld, Julia Restoin-Roitfeld, Vladimir Restoin-Roitfeld photographs © 2012 Chanel. All Rights Reserved.

Carine Roitfeld: The Little Black Jacket

Carine Roitfeld as Coco Chanel for The Little Black Jacket book cover photo et al © 2012 Chanel and courtesy of wwd.com.

Carine Roitfeld At Chanel's Little Black Jacket Exhibit

Last night in Tokyo, Chanel opened the exhibit The Little Black Jacket to celebrate the forthcoming book of the same name by Karl Lagerfeld and Carine Roitfeld and many of the beautiful people photographed for the book turned out to join in the fun. The exhibit launched at the G-building in Aoyama followed by a party at the New York Grill at the Park Hyatt Tokyo. One of the highlights of the evening was apparently Vladimir Restoin-Roitfeld — dapper in a Chanel woman's jacket — though I have yet to see photographic evidence. I enjoyed Carine's comment on the fashion scene in Tokyo: "They love fashion in a non-blasé way... they love it but they don't take it too seriously." The Little Black Jacket will travel to London next this autumn.

Carine Roitfeld photograph courtesy of graziadaily.co.uk. All Rights Reserved.

Carine Roitfeld As Coco Chanel

As you may have heard, Carine Roitfeld and Karl Lagerfeld will release their interpretation of a timeless icon of fashion this autumn, The Little Black Jacket: Chanel's Classic Revisited, a book that celebrates the Chanel LBJ as rethought by Lagerfeld. A fabulous range of subjects poses for the book wearing the Chanel jacket as styled by La Roitfeld and photographed by Lagerfeld. In the fun video captured back stage during the shoots, Carine dresses as Coco Chanel complete with Chanel jacket, multiple strands of pearls, and the infamous straw boater. A few of the more than 100 subjects featured in the book are Tilda Swinton, Georgia May Jagger, Alice Dellal, Yoko Ono, Claudia Schiffer, Uma Thurman, Kanye West, Baptiste Giabiconi, and Sarah Jessica Parker. The Little Black Jacket: Chanel's Classic Revisited is scheduled to publish 15 August 2012; pre-order now and save 40% and you will be among the first to receive it! Also, do not miss The Secrets of the Little Black Jacket by Chanel, a short film that peeks behind the scenes at the production of the classic jacket.

Carine Roitfeld and Karl Lagerfeld The Little Black Jacket film stills © 2012 Chanel. All Rights Reserved.