Roitfeld And Battaglia At Missoni Party

As Milan Fashion Week ended, the Missoni family hosted an intimate dinner for their friends in the industry before they dashed off to the next round of shows in Paris. Angela Missoni's beautifully appointed apartment was the scene for the soirée, notice her amazing collection of art in the background; on the evening's menu were bacalao, prosciutto crudo, smoky risotto, and plenty of wine. Celebrating the success of another season in Milan were several generations of the Missoni family members as well as Vladimir Restoin-Roitfeld, Giovanna Battaglia, Bianaca Brandolini, Fiona Scarry, and Eugenie Niarchos among others. It must be cold in Milan, Vlad is wearing his beloved Chrome Hearts beanie.

Vladimir Restoin-Roitfeld and Giovanna Battaglia photographs © 2011 Condé Nast. All Rights Reserved.

I Want To Be A Roitfeld: New Look

I am excited to share with you a brand new look for I Want To Be A Roitfeld! The lovely and talented artist Isabelle Oziol de Pignol has illustrated a wonderful new banner for the site featuring the three Roitfelds wearing my favorite outfits: Julia is characteristically adorable yet sexy in a simple white sheath paired with black Yves Saint Laurent Tributes and the Alexander McQueen skull clutch to complete her look; Carine is elegant in black leather and denim, the epitome in rock chic; Vladimir is dashing in his typical black on black ensemble. Visit Isabelle at Accro de la Mode to view more of her amazing fashion illustrations. Isabelle, je vous remercie de tout mon cœur.

I Want To Be A Roitfeld image © 2011 Kellina de Boer. All Rights Reserved.

Roitfelds At New York Fashion Week: Wild, Tough, Money

I have so many tidbits about the Roitfelds at New York Fashion Week for you! First, clearly, we see Carine Roitfeld enjoying her freedom from the bonds of Vogue Paris, errr, dancing in her booth at Indochine following her son Vladimir Restoin-Roitfeld's New York premier of RETNA. Carine is joined by makeup artist Tom Pecheux, not sure who they are beckoning to join them sur la banquette... lucky soul...

Next up, Vladimir Restoin-Roitfeld walks us through a week from his wardrobe by way of "SoHo Gallery? Black, of Course" in The New York Times. He certainly does wear a lot of black and like his mother he tends to repeat the same pieces. Poor Vlad had an unlucky week — in a mere seven days, he ruined a pair of black Dior jeans while meeting with artist José Parlá and then fell ill with a sinus infection just in time for his mother's amfAR gala benefit and his own RETNA opening the following day. But Vladimir is a trooper and he was there to make sure the show went on despite his illness. He even managed to hold down a booth at Indochine afterwards. Only to meet with another stroke of bad luck: Vlad mentioned to Swide Magazine that he and Giovanna Battaglia could not be together for their second Valentine's Day as a couple, "Her grandmother is very sick at the moment so she has to stay with her family." At least RETNA's works are selling at upwards of $30,000 apiece, hang tough, Vlad!

Both Vladimir and Julia Restoin-Roitfeld attended the party that V Man held to celebrate their Kanye West cover at which it literally rained money. Approximately $5,000 in real money and untold amounts of fake cash showered party guests on the dance floor of new hot spot Mondrian Soho including Kanye West, Keri Hilson, Alexander Wang, Harley Viera-Newton, Bryanboy, Vera Wang, Sean Lennon, Sean Avery, Zoe Kravitz, Prabal Gurung, Leigh Lezark, Brad Goreski, and Richard Chai. I hope the Roitfeld duo got lucky and picked up legit bills. View more party photos at wwd.com.

Carine Roitfeld photograph courtesy of refinery29.com, Vladimir Restoin-Roitfeld photograph © 2011 The New York Times Company, V Man party photos courtesy of stylecaster.com, Julia Restoin-Roitfeld photograph courtesy of daylife.com.

Restoin-Roitfeld's RETNA Opening Party

The debut of RETNA in New York City, Vladimir Restoin-Roitfeld's latest collaboration with Andy Valmorbida, looked to be a wild and glamorous night in typical Roitfeld fashion. The Los Angeles graffiti artist Marquis "RETNA" Lewis' “Hallelujah World Tour” attracted an eclectic crowd for the opening and the party afterwards. The evening commenced at the 560 Washington Street gallery, packing the large warehouse space in Soho before the party moved on to Indochine. The evening was not just a social success, before the show even began more than half the works had been purchased, some priced near six figures; by mid-evening 90 percent were sold. One of RETNA's works went to a very special buyer, Vladimir donated it to the live auction held earlier this week by his mother, Carine Roitfeld's favorite charity, amfAR at their annual gala event.

The pretty people on hand to celebrate RETNA included Carine Roitfeld wearing Rick Owens, Christian Restoin, Julia Restoin-Roitfeld bright in blue Pucci lace embellished with pompoms and mirrors, Robert Konjic, David Lauren, Irina Lazareanu, Olivier Zahm, Richard Phillips, Amanda Hearst, Theodora Richards, Danny Fuller, Eddie Borgo, Brian Atwood, Brian Grazer, Stacey Bendet-Eisner, Cory Kennedy, Mark “the Cobrasnake” Hunter, Stavros Niarchos, PC Valmorbida, Mary-Kate Olsen, Byrdie Bell, Frederique van der Wal, Alexandra Richards, Nick Cohen, Lily Donaldson, Stephen Gan, Jamie Johnson, and Nur Khan.

Vladimir expressed his thoughts on the artist and the industry: "I have a fascination with street art, but I haven't only been looking for street artists. We mostly try to follow our instincts and what we like when we see the works of different artists, so of course there is going to be some continuation between them, but I think street art is becoming very big right now, and [RETNA] is one of the most talented artists I've ever seen... I wanted to give art lovers in New York a chance to see his work, and I think this is going to make a lot of noise for him. It's not only fashion — I'm trying to present him to a broad audience. We are trying to break away from the conventional gallery system. An art show attracts a very limited amount of people most of the time, they’re quite — I’ll say, boring. We’re trying to make art how it should be."

Photographs courtesy of BFAnyc.com, papermag.com, wwd.com, zimbio.com.

Roitfeld And Battaliga Engaged?

I noticed this adorable little puppy in Giovanna Battaglia's Twitpics, isn't he so cute? Then my eyes focused on the gorgeous diamond on her ring finger on her left hand — WHOA!!! I realize women wear rings on various fingers these days with no particular meaning attached, but this ring screams "attached." I certainly cannot state definitively that she and Vladimir Restoin-Roitfeld are engaged to be married but this evidence strongly suggests the possibility... If anyone knows anything about the status of their relationship, please let me know. We certainly would want to be among the first to congratulate the happy couple if so...

Giovanna Battaglia photograph courtesy of Twitter.com/Batgiovanna