New York Fashion Week Front Row

What an amazing few days to be in New York City. First, Fashion Celebration Night, aka shopping with Vogue editors at fabulous parties in store late night complete with celebrity bartenders and DJs such as... Alexa Chung! Je l'adore. So begins New York Fashion Week and look at the gorgeous outfits that Carine and Julia Restoin-Roitfeld and Giovanna Battaglia have styled for the front row. Carine's hair color is perfect, a rich, flattering shade and I like the note of casual sophistication she hits with her "preppy look." Julia has nailed the sexy rock chic thing yet as usual looking oh so natural. Gio's hands with primary colored nails and bracelets are just the touch to break the monochromatic elegance of her outfit. And check out Genevieve Jones' groovy glasses...

With three more fashion capitals left to visit this season, couldn't we do Fashion Celebration Night for every Fashion Week? Same body of beautiful people gathered in similar gorgeous fashion locations... Paris, Milan, London, let's imagine the shopping possibilities... Highlighting the heady Fashion Week events were the dinner and party around Vladimir's latest collaboration, "Richard Hambleton—New York".

Photos of Carine Roitfeld, Julia Restoin-Roitfeld, Giovanna Battaglia, and Genevieve Jones at New York Fashion Week courtesy of Style.com

Vogue Fashion Celebration Night Recap

Apparently my intel was off: Julia Restoin-Roitfeld celebrated Vogue's special event Fashion's Night Out in New York, not Milan as I previously reported. She is pictured here with Zani Gugelmann as well as Genevieve Jones and Cécile Winckler celebrating fashion at Miu Miu's party at their Manhattan boutique. Everyone shopped late into the night while sipping champagne, surely this must have led to economic stimulation!

In Paris, Carine Roitfeld and Karl Lagerfeld did appear at Chanel as promised with the lovely addition of Emmanuelle Alt. As fate would have it, Fashion Celebration Night fell on Lagerfeld's birthday so the lucky few that gained admission to Chanel can say they partied with him on his special day. I read that a crowd of admirers followed Carine around the city as she made her way from store to store, what fun. Though I didn't see her on this video on Europe1.fr, it does give a glimpse of the vibe of the citywide fashion party. Visit Cedric Benetti's site parisdeuxieme.com for excellent candids of Carine and Karl.

Photograph of Vogue Fashion Celebration Night signage courtesy of Europe1.fr
Julia Restoin-Roitfeld and Zani Gugelmann photograph courtesy of Park Avenue Peerage
Julia Restoin-Roitfeld, Genevieve Jones, and friend photograph courtesy of zimbio.com
Photographs of Carine Roitfeld, Karl Lagerfeld, and Emmanuelle Alt at Vogue Fashion Celebration Night © 2009 Condé Nast. All Rights Reserved.

Roitfeld In Milan For Fashion's Night Out

To celebrate Fashion's Night Out with Vogue Italia on September 10, Julia Restoin-Roitfeld will be in Milan at the Jil Sander store on Via Verri for the launch of their new fragrance, Jil. Julia will host the evening with cocktails and a DJ set by Marcello Brulon sure to please guests. Here's the description in Italian from the agenda on the Vogue web site:

Dj set con Marcello Brulon; Jil cocktail. Lancio della fragranza Jil con la partecipazione di Julia Roitfeld. Proiezione del video making of della campagna pubblicitaria. Distribuzione di campioni della fragranza fino a esaurimento scorte.

Vogue Milan Fashion's Night Out logo image © 2009 Condé Nast. All Rights Reserved. 

Restoin-Roitfeld And Konjic In Croatia

Julia Restoin-Roitfeld and Robert Konjic recently sat for an interview and photos with a Croatian magazine. The pair was visiting Dubrovnik for a few days because Konjic has roots in Croatia. I love the chemistry that the couple transmits in even these few photos together. If anyone can translate the article, I would be eternally grateful for your help.

Images of Julia Restoin-Roitfeld and Robert Konjic in Dubrovnik, Croatia courtesy of fashionspot.com.

Update on mercredi 23 septembre 2009 by kellina

Krasi Genova kindly translated the text of the article from Croatian to English for all of us to enjoy. Merci mille fois, Krasi!

Julia Restoin-Roitfeld's Closet

If you like Julia Restoin-Roitfeld, you are going to love this video on Fashionair.com in which she describes the contents of her closet including all of her favorite pieces. We also get to look around her apartment since that is where the video is filmed. A couple favorite parts for me were when she rips the plastic off of an issue of Vogue Paris with abandon and when she describes her mother as "a stylist". And I had never noticed the cute little "Lara Stone gap" between Julia's front teeth before. My only complaint is that at about four minutes it is too short, bien sûr. In the photo above Julia is wearing her favorite dress in her closet, a gorgeous vintage piece she picked up at Ganesha in Ibiza and which she would never give away.

Photo still courtesy of fashionair.com

Update on lundi 13 septembre 2010 by kellina

I noticed that unfortunately this video is no longer available on Fashionair.com.