Somesing A Leedle Osé

Just wanted to share with you one of my favorite impersonations. Did you see the April issue of Vogue Paris?! Did you note Carine's biting wit in the editorial "No Smoking" featuring none other than her son's girlfriend, Lily Donaldson, as a bad pregnant woman/mommy?!

Jezebel nailed it in writing:

"You just know Patrick Demarchelier was snapping away when Carine said, in her smoky French Barbara Walters diction, 'Leelee? Now we do somesing a leedle osé. Shoot up widt zee bottul. Pretend shoot up. Peuhfect. Yes.'."

Girl with a Satchel offers an equally intriguing commentary on the April Vogue Paris.

Lily Donaldson image © 2009 Condé Nast. All Rights Reserved.

Julia Restoin-Roitfeld On Page Six

Julia Restoin-Roitfeld recently did a Page Six interview complete with behind the scenes video.† As she herself describes it, it's all very sexy chic, very provocative, all about selling ideas, feminine but tomboyish.

Also, if anyone is at a loss for the perfect gift for me, the Wolford Medallion Tights that Julia is wearing are sure to add a certain allure to virtually any girl, non?

† I had posted the video but then I couldn't view the blog from my phone so the embedded link had to go. It's available on the New York Post site, click and then enter "Behind the Scenes: Julia Restoin." Interestingly she does not use the name "Roitfeld" here.

Julia Restoin-Roitfeld photograph © 2009 Matt Jones. All Rights Reserved.

Update on jeudi 11 juin 2009 by kellina

OMG, I am so excited, I just ordered these!! They are on sale through Saks Fifth Avenue for $45.90 instead of $78; be sure to enter the promotional code SAKSSHIP9 to receive free shipping.

Julia For Jil

Julia Restoin-Roitfeld has made a new deal to be the face for a fragrance by Jil Sander called "Jil" being released by Coty in August. Photographer Jan Welters will shoot the campaign as well as a behind-the-scenes video which was recently available online but pulled temporarily. As New York Magazine points out, the video boasts irony as well: "She wears a sheer top and talks about being an independent woman." I did catch it on YouTube and mostly I am sad that her English keeps improving. Do you remember her endearing French-tinged phrasings just a few months back? Watch the last year's Gap campaign video for example.

Jil Sander's "Jil" by Coty campaign photo courtesy of Jil Sander and New York Magazine

The Roitfelds in Cannes

With Carine Roitfeld co-chairing the Cannes Film Festival this year, the Roitfeld dresses are sure to be incroyable. Since they rocked the Balmain and the Lanvin so royally last year, we're sure to see more of these designers.

Look at how beautifully Julia Restoin-Roitfeld has done so of late, not in the black on black we crave, but in glistening emerald Balmain at the Museum of Natural History's Winter Dance...

Then of course she looked amazing in sizzling hot pink Balmain to fête the David Lynch/Christian Louboutin Opening at The Garage in Moscow.

All this goodness aside, I'd like to see the Roitfelds spend Cannes clad head to toe in Alaïa. Though Carine is sublime in the Alaïa shoes in the first photo, I vote for all-Alaïa ensembles for both to help sooth the insults he received from some people with regard to the Met charity. I don't even want to add to it by voicing the actual rudeness displayed by some people, but Julia and Carine are lovely in Alaïa and j'adore the sentiment.

Carine Roitfeld and Juila Restoin-Roitfeld mother/daughter photograph © 2009 Sugar, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Juila Restoin-Roitfeld in pink Balmain photograph © 2009 Condé Nast Digital. All Rights Reserved.
Juila Restoin-Roitfeld in green Balmain photograph © 2009 New York Media LLC. All Rights Reserved.

Update on vendredi 22 mai 2009 by kellina

Carine chose a Givenchy gown paired with Alaïa shoes for the sixteenth annual amfAR Cinema Against AIDS gala event so I was partially right. Best of all, they are the same shoes as last year at Cannes! Carine Roitfeld is the best thing that ever happened to fashion.

The Roitfeld Family

I can't feign any longer, it's time to unleash my primal urges at last: I want to be a Roitfeld. And so do you. Hence I Want To Be A Roitfeld is established as a mechanism to communicate this desire among all similarly cursed. Because life would be so easy as a Roitfeld, so glamorous, so chic. We'd be blessed with brainy beauty, effortless appeal, and les talons—oooo la la ! Browse the site for all of the information about the family that is made publicly available. Because I know that you can never get enough Roitfeld.