Carine Roitfeld's Last Vogue Paris Party Photos

Remember the private Vogue Paris party that Carine Roitfeld hosted in honor of Frida Giannini, Gucci's creative director... somehow the photos that originally circulated did not include Giovanna Battaglia or Emmanuelle Alt or the iconic one of Carine featured above so I have added a new collection to the photo gallery. Of course Carine ended her time with Vogue Paris with a bang... Oooo la la...

Carine Roitfeld and Giovanna Battaglia photographs courtesy of 1omagazine.com and purple-diary.com

Roitfeld And Battaglia: Milan Fashion Week Fall 2011

Vladimir Restoin-Roitfeld and Giovanna Battaglia have been spotted in Milan viewing the menswear collections for Fashion Week and they look fabulous! The outfit above featuring the leopard skirt is one of my all time favorite combinations by Giovanna, every detail is perfect. She is so beautiful — those amazing eyes — and the colors complement her exquisitely. I also like how the Suno skirt, the gorgeous green leather jacket, and the details of her accessories all work together in the outfit below to accentuate her already tiny waist, pure genius. For more fun, my lovely friend Gala has posted a collection of photos from Giovanna's modeling days with Dolce & Gabbana, she is one seriously beautiful woman. Grazie, Gala! As for the fashion choices made by Vladimir, monsieur had yet to shed his outerwear so not much to say beyond cute hat...

Vladimir Restoin-Roitfeld photograph © 2011 Boheme Noir. All Rights Reserved.
Giovanna Battaglia photographs courtesy of Stockholm Street Style and Team Peter Stigter.

Roitfeld Interviews Tom Ford

Julia Restoin-Roitfeld has shot some of the hottest photographs imaginable of herself. Yes, she created these stunning self-portraits in addition to interviewing Tom Ford for the January issue of V Magazine! Note that she is wearing Ford's new women's collection as well. Total hotness!

Julia Restoin-Roitfeld: What made you decide that this was the season to return to fashion?

Tom Ford: I told myself that I would not come back to women's fashion until I felt I had something new to say. I feel that fashion has become too serious and that the actual customer's needs have not really been addressed. Fashion needs to make one happy. It is a luxury and should enhance one's quality of life.

JRR: What inspired your collection?

TF: Real clothes for real women. I want to concentrate on my real customer. That's why I showed idealized versions of her — different women of different ages. It was about individuality, different body types, women who have their own style.

JRR: What do you think fashion needs more of right now?

TF: Spontaneity. Fashion needs to be more fun.

JRR: What personality traits does the Tom Ford woman possess?

TF: My customer has her own sense of style and knows herself well. My goal is to help women become the best version of themselves.

JRR: What is your favorite piece from the collection?

TF: I love every piece. That is like asking someone which one of their children is their favorite.

JRR: Outside fashion, what are you looking forward to this spring?

TF: I have to say more fashion. I love what I am doing right now and can't wait to start the next collection.

JRR: What was the last thing that made you laugh?

TF: I laugh a good bit so that is a hard question. I suppose a phone call I just had with Richard [Buckley] five minutes ago made me laugh pretty hard. He has a wicked sense of humor.

JRR: What's your New Year's resolution?

TF: I don't have one. I believe in living life the way that you want to live it every day, and if you do that you don't really need to have New Year's resolutions.

Photographs by Julia Restoin-Roitfeld and text © 2010 V Magazine, LLC. All Rights Reserved.

Giovanna Battaglia Arrives

Giovanna Battaglia at Fendi fashion show in Milan, Italy photograph ⓒ 2010 STREETFSN. All Rights Reserved.

Carine Roitfeld In The Crowd

Pierre-Alban HF asked me to share his wonderful photographs of Carine Roitfeld, Julia Restoin-Roitfeld, Giovanna Battaglia, and other fashion favorites with you and I am thrilled to oblige. I particularly love the playfulness between Carine and Emmanuelle Alt that he captures in the first two shots. He refers to the two women as "Icônes — drôles et impertinentes — d'une presse mode décompléxée. Carine Roitfeld et Emmanuelle Alt respirent la mode et sa liberté, son insolence." or in English, "Icons — amusing and impertinent — of a non-taboo fashion press. Carine Roitfeld and Emmanuelle Alt exude fashion and its liberty, its insolence." Please visit Pierre's site, The Crowd Magazine, to view more of his fine work. Merci mille fois, Pierre !

Carine Roitfeld

Julia Restoin-Roitfeld

Emmanuelle Alt

Geraldine Saglio

Giovanna BattagliaCarine Roitfeld et al photographs © 2010 Pierre-Alban HF. All Rights Reserved.