Carine Roitfeld In St. Tropez

10 TV captured the atmosphere at the Chanel show in St. Tropez and though Carine Roitfeld appears only in small bits, one of these bits is the hottest I have seen yet of her. Pay attention and at 3:15 in the video you can see Carine tapping out the beat on her knee and getting into the music, she is the epitome in sexy chic. J'aaaaadore.

Carine Roitfeld at Chanel in St. Tropez still photograph courtesy of 10television.wordpress.com

Carine Roitfeld At Chanel

As I imagine you have heard by now, Karl Lagerfeld showed the Chanel resort collection in St. Tropez yesterday and Carine Roitfeld was front row as expected. I am continually blown away by the creative settings that Lagerfeld conjures as the perfect backdrop to his designs. This is no exception, it may even be my favorite — models promenading along the docks in St. Tropez ending with Georgia May Jagger cruising in on a motorbike while her daddy croons "Let's Spend The Night Together" in the background. Pardonnez-moi, savez-vous le chemin de Saint-Tropez?

Carine Roitfeld at Chanel in St. Tropez photographs courtesy of 10magazine.com

Update on mercredi 12 mai 2010 by kellina

Perhaps like me you had heretofore overlooked the fact that Karl Lagerfeld's short film Remember Now is available, Part I and Part II. Enjoy!

Roitfeld Chairs ANDAM

Carine Roitfeld leads the panel of judges for the ANDAM Fashion Award this year and the list of nominees for 2010 has just been announced. The chosen designers are Mark Fast, Calla Haynes, Bouchra Jarrar, Francesco Scognamiglio, Alexandre Vauthier, and Hakaan Yildirim. The winner will be named in June.

ANDAM (which translates into English as National Association for the Development of the Fashion Arts) provides generous support for emerging designers by offering the world's biggest international fashion prize. The ANDAM Fashion Award increased about 38 percent this year to 220,000 euros (approximately $278,000) which exceeds other comparable prizes such as the CFDA/Vogue US Award, the BFC/Vogue UK Award, or the Swiss Textile Award. Candidates for the prize must either reside in or plan to operate the business out of France; be under forty years of age; have marketed commercially at least one season but have generated less than 1.5 million euros internationally in 2009; and cannot have won recent ANDAM grants or other endowments.

Upon agreeing to chair this year's panel, Carine said: "I am happy and proud to be offering my experience and contributing to the selection of tomorrow's talents. Providing support for young designers is an integral part of our mission at Vogue Paris, as well as a deep personal commitment of mine.” Other respected experts on the jury include Hilary Alexander, Paul Benyamine, Nathalie Dufour, Alber Elbaz, Pamela Golbin, Jefferson Hack, Gene Krell, Humberto Leon, Sarah Lerfel, Virginie Mouzat, Jean-Jacques Picart, and Jean-Pierre Simon. Ten private partners join together in support of this effort: Diesel Group, Galeries Lafayette, Gucci Group, Hudson’s Bay Company, L’Oréal Professionnel, Longchamp, LVMH Group, Only The Brave, Saks Fifth Avenue, and The Pierre Bergé and Yves Saint Laurent Foundation.

Carine Roitfeld photograph courtesy of kanyeuniversecity.com

Update on vendredi 14 mai 2010 by kellina

Vogue UK speaks with Hakaan Yildirim on his ANDAM nomination.

Update on lundi 28 juin 2010 by kellina

Hakaan Yildirim has been announced as the winner of the 2010 ANDAM Fashion Award.

Roitfeld Family Art

Check out this adorable collage made by Julia Restoin-Roitfeld for one of her classes she took at Parsons in New York. She has assembled small images of her family members into the form of the iconic photograph of her mother Carine taken by Karl Lagerfeld. Yes, there are even tiny pictures of Julia's elusive father Christian Restoin if you squint hard. Ingénieux, n'est-ce pas ?

Restoin-Roitfeld family collage © 2010 Julia Restoin-Roitfeld. All Rights Reserved.

Red Hot Roitfeld

Carine Roitfeld styled the Givenchy Autumn/Winter advertising campaign pictured here and it is red hot. Appearing minimal on the surface, the textures fascinate me. The campaign stars house muse Mariacarla Boscono, along with models Malgosia Bela, Willy Cartier, Jonathan Marquez, Catherine McNeil, Simon Nessman, Paolo Roldan, Joan Smalls, Lea T, and Ming Xi; the photography is by Mert Alas and Marcus Piggot.

Givenchy designer Riccardo Tisci points out that he chose a transexual as one of the models to exemplify the masculine/feminine dichotomy that pervades his design. His personal assistant and former house model Leo is now known as Lea T and as Tisci says, "She’s always been very feminine: superfragile, very aristocratic. She’s part of the family.” The campaign will appear in the July issue of L'Uomo Vogue.

Givenchy Autumn/Winter advertising campaign images courtesy of models.com