Restoin-Roitfeld In Intermission

Daniel Magnussen launches the first Swedish issue of Intermission on April 12 and none other than Julia Restoin-Roitfeld has scored the cover. Intermission is a fashion and art magazine based in Copenhagen, Magnussen is the former editor-in-chief and creative director of He. Also featured in this issue: Magnus Berger (aka Julia's ex), Pamela Love, Pierre Hardy, Adam Kimmel, Jessica Stam, Scott Sternberg, and Greg Foley. The magazine will be on sale at Opening Ceremony stores and on European newsstands.

Julia Restoin-Roitfeld on Intermission cover image © 2010 Intermission Magazine. All Rights Reserved.

Roitfelds At Classy Release Party

Though Julia Restoin-Roitfeld prefers the word "elegant" to "classy" in describing her friends, she and brother Vladimir were on hand regardless to help celebrate the publication of the book Classy by Derek Blasberg. "All my friends are pretty classy, I guess. No, I don't want to say classy. All my friends are pretty elegant with good manners," Julia clarified. She is pictured here in the Prps flak jacket posing with Dasha Zhukova, editor of Pop and one of three hostesses for the event. Chloë Sevigny and Lauren Santo Domingo also shared in this honor. Others gracing the soirée at Barneys on Madison Avenue included Giovanna Battaglia, Zac Posen, Jessica Stam, Lazaro Hernandez, Jack McCollough, Lily Aldridge, Leigh Lezark, Byrdie Bell, Jen Brill, Simon Doonan, Anna Cleveland, and Nate Berkus. For more photos visit Paper Mag, Just Jared, or Harper's Bazaar.

Derek Blasberg and friend photograph © 2010 Just Jared. All Rights Reserved.
Julia Restoin-Roitfeld and Dasha Zhukova photograph © 2010 Patrick McMullan. All Rights Reserved.
Vladimir Restoin-Roitfeld photograph © 2010 Paper Publishing Company. All Rights Reserved.

Update on vendredi 9 avril 2010 by kellina

Here is a darling photo of Vladimir Restoin-Roitfeld and Giovanna Battaglia celebrating Classy.

Vladimir Restoin-Roitfeld and Giovanna Battaglia photograph courtesy of style.com

Humor Chic: Roitfeld And Richardson

With his latest illustration on Humor Chic, aleXsandro Palombo expresses his opinion and then some. I did not realize that the recent controversy around Terry Richardson also pulled Carine Roitfeld into the quagmire. Please read his perspective and then tell me, does La Roitfeld aid and abet in the trafficking and exploitation of underage models? Say it isn't so...

Carine Roitfeld and Terry Richardson Vogue Paris cover illustration © 2010 aleXsandro Palombo. All Rights Reserved.

Update on vendredi 30 avril 2010 by kellina

I like this:

At my photo shoot with the lengendary Terry Richardson. Praying I won't be talked into posing with a rubber chicken, dildo or nipple clamps.

— derekblasberg

Classy By Derek Blasberg

In honor of Derek Blasberg's book Classy: Exceptional Advice for the Extremely Modern Lady releasing today, I am devoting the front page to him. I will eventually include him in the Favorites section but for now let's celebrate his first book. This witty and seemingly omniscient fashion writer hails from St. Louis, Missouri, and though he claims that his own mother does not know Carine Roitfeld, Blasberg himself certainly does and can often be seen partying with her, Julia, and Vladimir. He now lives in New York City with his miniature dachshund, Monster. I have read that he would love to have a stalker and I wish I had the time to fulfill his wish. Alas, I have not so in lieu I would like to offer this fun little collage of highlights featuring Monsieur Blasberg in assorted compromising positions. Congratulations on your new book, Derek! I cannot wait to read it and I hope that it is the first of many. Also consider taking Blasberg's quiz to measure your classy quotient.

Classy: Exceptional Advice for the Extremely Modern Lady cover image courtesy of Amazon.
Derek Blasberg photographs courtesy of Condé Nast, SIPA, Twitter, and V Magazine.

Update on mercredi 7 avril 2010 by kellina

Mr. Joe Zee could not make the Classy release party last night and he sends his regrets to Monsieur Blasberg oh so adorably!

Update on mercredi 7 avril 2010 by kellina

Do you dream of breaking into the fashion industry? Read Monsieur Blasberg's first column for Teen Vogue for insider tips, he proffers fabulous advice for all aspiring editors regardless of subject. Yowzah, we are seriously heading for that stalkership if this keeps up...

Update on jeudi 8 avril 2010 by kellina

Of course there's more, this may turn out to be the longest post in the history of the site. For a quick introduction to Classy that will make you laugh aloud, visit elle.com and read an excerpt from Blasberg's book on "Vices." Angelina Jolie and vials of blood, is that true?

Battaglia: In Just-Spring

Not quite sure why Giovanna Battaglia immediately reminded me of this e.e. cummings poem but I thought I would share it with you without too much analysis nonetheless because it is a rare opportunity to read these lovely words:

in Just-
spring       when the world is mud-
luscious the little
lame balloonman

whistles       far       and wee

and eddieandbill come
running from marbles and
piracies and it's
spring

when the world is puddle-wonderful

the queer
old balloonman whistles
far       and       wee
and bettyandisbel come dancing

 from hop-scotch and jump-rope and

it's
spring
and
     the

             goat-footed

balloonMan       whistles
far
and
wee

— e.e. cummings, from Tulips and Chimneys (1923)

Giovanna looks exactly mud-luscious and puddle-wonderful here, does she not? Her shoes are perfect for hop-scotching and jump-roping and marbling and piracies! I think I like both her outfit and the poem because they capture an aspect of the early days of spring, not as colorful as the days that follow but lightening and lifting, savoring the bloom and promising more to follow.

Giovanna Battaglia photograph © 2010 Vanessa Jackman. All Rights Reserved.
"In Just-" © 1920 Edward Estlin Cummings. All Rights Reserved.