Carine Roitfeld: Pirelli Calendar 2015

Carine Roitfeld: Pirelli Calendar 2015
By Bernie Rothschild

The Pirelli Calendar 2015 will be styled by the legendary Carine Roitfeld and photographed by Steven Meisel. It is the first time that the calendar will feature plus-sized models and will include Joan Smalls, Anna Ewers, Adriana Lima, Candice Huffine, Raquel Zimmermann, Gigi Hadid, Isabeli Fontana, Carolyn Murphy, Karen Elson, Natalia Vodianova, Cameron Russell, and Sasha Luss. The 2015 Pirelli theme is "FETISH" which is synonymous with the style of Carine Roitfeld. Her love of bondage fetishism is deeply associated with the way she dresses and reflected in her photo shoot styling. She even themed the 2007 Vogue Paris calendar bondage also featuring Karen Elson as photographed by David Sims which shows her love of eroticism chic.

Carine has been working with Steven Meisel a lot lately (which makes me wonder why they didn't work together during her time at Vogue Paris). It was also Roitfeld and Meisel who were responsible for the first campaign of Tom Ford for YSL Rive Gauche and I assume that it was Carine who conceptualized and styled the controversial Opium campaign featuring the naked Sophie Dahl.

Although it is the first time for Steven Meisel to photograph the prestigious Pirelli Calendar, it is the second time for Carine. She styled the 2001 edition of the calendar featuring the top models of the new millennium as photographed by Mario Testino in Naples, Italy. One thing that is noticeable is every model's silhouette looks very much like Carine Roitfeld's personal style. The high heels, the nudity, the cigarette dangling, the black dresses. Carine is really the queen of erotic and hedonist chic! She seems to be the female reincarnation of Tom Ford with a touch of Helmut Newton. I'm really very excited to see the 2015 Pirelli Calendar which is due in November and, for sure, it will be one of Carine's "greatest hits."

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Keith Me

An interesting question was posed on Fashion Spot: what is your favorite editorial from Vogue Paris in 2009? My favorite is either "No Smoking" or "Keith Me" both of which were styled à la Roitfeld of course. I've added both editorials to the Roitfeld gallery, take a minute to look at the "Keith Me" editorial and consider the thought that went into styling it. The clothing and accessories are chosen carefully as is the color and positioning of the body paint to craft images that are gorgeous, original, provocative, current. The perfect outfit for perhaps a Marrakech hotel soirée... "No Smoking" appealed to me with its irreverent humour [incidentally it was styled just around the time the stylist's son split with the model...chicken? egg? incidentally? but I digress...]. What is your favorite editorial that appeared in Vogue Paris over the last year?

Vogue Paris "Keith Me" editorial image © 2009 Condé Nast. All Rights Reserved.

Vogue Paris November 2009: Isabeli Fontana

The November issue of Vogue Paris is inspired by the idea of extreme yet original luxury and combines haute couture and street graffiti with great success. The cover features Isabeli Fontana as shot by David Sims at Milk Studios. The photos below are from my favorite editorial in the issue, "Keith Me," a take on Keith Haring's practice of painting tribal graffiti on the body of his subject. Brilliant styling par usual on the part of Carine Roitfeld, including a Louis Vuitton blanket as a tribal mini dress. Appearing in "Une Fille Un Style" this month is Iris Apfel; it is hard to believe that this stylish woman is 88 years old, what an inspiration she is! Other intriguing editorials this month: "Peintures de Guerre" and "Graffi-Couture" both styled by Emmanuelle Alt.

Vogue Paris November 2009 issue cover and editorial images © 2009 Condé Nast. All Rights Reserved.