Carine Roitfeld At Paris Fashion Week

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Carine Roitfeld: Fashion Gourou

Madame Figaro featured a lovely interview in their issue dated 4 October, "Carine Roitfeld, Fashion Gourou," as photographed by Benoit Peverelli. I am sorry I do not have time to translate the interview, but Thefrenchy has added the Google translation to Fashion Spot if you are desperate to know the secrets Madame Figaro is coaxing from Carine... I always enjoy Google's way with words, here's one of the better bits in this passage: "Every morning, looking me in the mirror, I wonder if I am a woman Yves Saint Laurent." These words made such an impact on me when stated thusly — when Carine Roitfeld looks in the mirror each morning, of course she does not say, "Phew, I should really work out more!"... "Oh, I have nothing to wear!"... "Mon dieu, mes cheveux !"... non! When Carine Roitfeld looks in the mirror each morning, she thinks about her favorite fashion fantasy, painting on her dark eyes, enveloping herself in the scent of YSL's Opium Body Lotion, imagining herself as an Yves Saint Laurent woman. I dare you to try it tomorrow morning....

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Update on mardi 25 octobre 2011 by kellina

I am proud to say that our amazing contributing editor Lee Ferguson was inspired to illustrate Carine's YSL dream... or is it Yves' CR dream...

Carine Roitfeld and Yves Saint Laurent illustration © 2011 Lee Ferguson. All Rights Reserved.

The Roitfelds At Paris Fashion Week

Carine Roitfeld and Julia Restoin-Roitfeld photographs © 2011 Condé Nast, terrysdiary.com, Getty Images, fashionmagazine.com, stockholm-streetstyle.com, and Self Service.

Carine Roitfeld: Irreverent Bal Des Vampires

The fashion world fulfilled their vampiric fantasies last night in Paris as they gathered for Le Bal des Vampires to celebrate Carine Roitfeld's forthcoming biography Irreverent. The clever costume party with a vampire theme found its ideal setting in Raspoutine, a subterranean Russian cabaret and caviar club illuminated by red Byzantine lamps and lined with fur and blood red velvet. Carine dressed as the perfect vampiress in black velvet Givenchy and full makeup. The illustrious guest list included Julia Restoin-Roitfeld, Vladimir Restoin-Roitfeld, Robert Konjic, Giovanna Battaglia, Haider Ackermann, Maria Grazia Chiuri, Ciara, Anna Dello Russo, Peter Dundas, Alber Elbaz, Miranda Kerr, Abbey Lee Kershaw, Karlie Kloss, Karolina Kurkova, Karl Lagerfeld, Pier Paolo Piccioli, Terry Richardson, Anja Rubik, Martine Sitbon, Dirk Standen, Mario Testino, Olivier Theyskens, Uma Thurman, Riccardo Tisci, Natalia Vodianova, Diane von Furstenberg, Alexander Wang, and Kanye West. Visit the photo gallery for more scarily sexy shots of Le Bal des Vampires.

Carine Roitfeld et al photographs © 2011 Condé Nast and courtesy of fotos.mujer.es, self service magazine, and purple.fr. All Rights Reserved.

The Roitfelds At Givenchy Afterparty

The afterparty to celebrate Riccardo Tisci's latest collection for Givenchy looks to be a mob scene, spilling into the streets of Paris ouside of L'Arc. Among the fabulous guests were of course Carine Roitfeld and Julia Restoin-Roitfeld as well as Giovanna Battaglia, Kate Lanphear, Natalia Vodianova, Liv Tyler, Erin Wasson, Naomi Campbell, Jennifer Hudson, Ciara, Ne-Yo, and Olivier Theyskens. First Sky Ferreira performed on the rooftop including her original "Sex Rules" and a rendition of "The Man Who Sold the World" by David Bowie; she was followed by Gisele. About his new collection, Tisci said: "It was such an intense season! Everyone recognizes me as a dark designer, and this collection was still true to my soul, but it showed that I can open the window to what is light, and enjoy."

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