The Roitfelds At Savelli Smartphone Launch

Savelli has introduced a luxurious line of smartphones especially for les femmes and they chose Julia Restoin-Roitfeld as the perfect model to front their advertising campaign. Crafted by hand in Switzerland, the line favors precious materials such as alligator, ostrich, rose gold, and diamonds. Alessandro Savelli shared his vision for the new line with WWD: “From a design perspective, this was the objective: Creating a completely disruptive design which had nothing in common with any other phone which had ever been designed before. We wanted to create a shape that was feminine, curvaceous, but at the same time extremely modern.” Of course disruptive behavior always comes at a price: these luxe little items range from $9,000 to $118,000 and are available through Harrod’s and Printemps should one be so inclined. The Savelli campaign is styled by Michaela Doasamantes and photographed by Patrick Demarchelier, watch the mood video "Jardin Secret" for more. Savelli hosted their launch party at Jacquemart-André Museum last week and guests were treated to lots of Perrier-Jouët and the sounds of house DJ Stéphane Pompougnac; of course Carine Roitfeld turned out to support her daughter's latest collaboration. Is Carine aiming for maritime chic with this look? I'd love to hear your thoughts…

Note that the work of Patrick Demarchelier is currently on display at A. Galerie in Paris, visit the lovely Ritournelle for more information about the exhibit.

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Carine Roitfeld and Julia Restoin-Roitfeld photographs © 2013 Getty Images and Condé Nast. Savelli smartphone images © 2013 Savelli. All Rights Reserved.

Julia Restoin-Roitfeld: Plush Love

In browsing my archives, I noticed a recurring theme: Julia Restoin-Roitfeld and her adorable collection of stuffed animals. She even manages to involve her beau Robert Konjic in the fun, the images of the two of them cuddling with the seal and the squirrel are the cutest. I especially love her childhood Monchichi doll and her fur rabbit which I believe is Marc Jacobs. Now Julia can share her collection of toys with her daughter, Romy, passing down the fun and adding new stuffed and furry favorites…

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Julia Restoin-Roitfeld photographs courtesy of theselby.com, i-donline.com, and herculesmagazine.com.

Perfect Gifts For Roitfeld Fans: Eclectic

Hopefully you have managed to find a gift for each person on your list but just in case, here is a collection of eclectic choices based on favorites of the Roitfeld family. No matter how challenging the recipient may be, there is something here to please anyone from sports fans to gourmands to animal lovers. What is Carine Roitfeld hoping Santa will bring for her? I saved that one for last...

Chelsea Tickets

 Didier Drogba #11 Chelsea jersey

Diptyque Tubereuse candle

Adopt a white lion via West Midland Safari Park

Château Lynch-Bages

Orchids

Juicer

Carine Roitfeld Top

Restaurant gift certificates

Paris
Toraya
Au Coin des Gourmets
Café de Flore

New York
Bar Pitti
Il Buco
Indochine
Russian Tea Room
Soba-Ya

Penaudio speakers

Art by Richard Hambleton

Carine Roitfeld Finger Puppet

amfAR contribution

Jane Sofa by Gus

Exhale Pilates DVD

Kiki de Montparnasse

Finally, what does Carine Roitfeld want for Christmas? The ultimate luxury — a private jet!

Carine Roitfeld photograph courtesy of slamxhype.com. Julia Restoin-Roitfeld photographs © 2009 Todd Selby and courtesy of Jil Sander. Vladimir Restoin-Roitfeld photograph courtesy of nowness.com. Crystal Renn photograph © 2010 Condé Nast. Product images courtesy of Amazon, amfAR, Château Lynch-Bages, Chelsea Football Club, Kiki de Montparnasse, Penaudio, Richard Hambleton, rubbishmagshop.com, privateairplanes.com, and wideningcircle.blogspot.com. All Rights Reserved.

Carine Roitfeld Finger Puppet

Readers, in the event that you have been craving a Carine Roitfeld finger puppet, behold! Rubbish Magazine has created a set of yarn puppets all knit to fit the fingers and crafted to resemble some of the greatest editrixes in fashion including Carine, Grace Coddington (Vogue), Suzy Menkes (International Herald Tribune), and Katie Grand (Love). I do not think the likeness is exact, but the puppets are very cute. For only £49.99 they certainly ought to be cute...

Carine Roitfeld Finger Puppet image courtesy of rubbishmagshop.com.

Perfect Gifts For Roitfeld Fans: Toys

Giovanna Battaglia holds her new Kindle Electronics

Kindle Wireless Reading Device
According to her tweets, Giovanna Battaglia just got a Kindle and it is cool: "My Kindle, I love it!... Is going to be my travel friend..." It is the perfect gift this season for the fashionista that never stops.

Leica Camera
Julia Restoin-Roitfeld is quite the photographer, including a stint as Dazed and Confused's Fashion Week photo blogger last February. Julia shoots with a Leica camera.

Breville Juicer
Julia credits fresh apple, carrot, and ginger juice as the secret to her flawless skin, maybe someone on your gift list could use a little health kick? Chances are they'll be glowing!

Films
Here is a sampling of the family's favorites, they would be lovely as stocking stuffers:

Inglourious Basterds

Belle de Jour

Le Mépris

 

Meet the Parents

9 1/2 Weeks

Paris, Texas

 

Little Miss Sunshine

Music

The Verve Urban Hymns

Gorillaz Demon Days

Trainspotting: Music From The Motion Picture


Toys
This is an odd little category, mostly just fun things I want to share with you:

Christian Louboutin Cat Burglar Barbie doll

Lanvin dolls

Rei Kawakubo Barbie doll
This is the gift I'd want Carine to get, hopefully she would laugh as she loves Comme des Garçons and Rei: "It's my favorite show every season, it is really inspiring, Rei Kawakubo really does things differently from everybody else and she does not follow trends."

Kiki de Montparnasse
This is where Julia likes to shop for toys, bien sûr. 

Photograph of Giovanna Battaglia's Kindle device © 2009 Giovanna Battaglia. All Rights Reserved.
Photograph of Julia Restoin-Roitfeld's Leica camera © 2009 Todd Selby. All Rights Reserved.
Christian Louboutin Cat Burglar Barbie doll image courtesy of net-a-porter.com.
Lanvin image courtesy of Condé Nast.
Rei Kawakubo Barbie doll image courtesy of colette.fr.
Cat mask image courtesy of Kiki de Montparnasse.
Product images courtesy of Amazon.