Vogue Bar At Hôtel de Crillon

The Vogue Bar opens at Hôtel de Crillon today and the menu looks superb. Enjoy "Carine's Tea Time," a mélange of Absolut vodka, green tea syrup, lime juice, and mint blossom water or "Julia's Rose," a blend of Absolut vodka, rose syrup, and apple and cranberry juices. Perhaps you are in the mood for a "Tom Ford's Apple Martini" or a "Suprême Emmanuelle Smoothie." Additionally, the news from Paris Fashion Week is being broadcast on flatscreens for those taking a break from the front row and makeup artists will be on hand for consultations and touch ups. Be sure to get there quickly: this new spot to see and be seen will last only through March 13.

Vogue Bar at Hôtel de Crillon photographs courtesy of crillon.com.

Follow Carine Roitfeld On Twitter

 

Now through March 10, Carine Roitfeld and other Vogue Paris editors will be tweeting about Paris Fashion Week! This marks Carine's debut on Twitter, so follow along to see the latest fashions from Paris through her eyes. Her initial impressions of the collections from the front row are sure to be incroyable. Follow Carine's live remarks at VogueParisLive.

Image of Vogue Paris' Twitter account courtesy of Twitter.

Update on vendredi 5 mars 2010 by kellina

Behind the scenes at Hôtel de Crillon: behold the Twitter station for Vogue Paris!

Carine Roitfeld: Album Of A Woman Of Fashion

News flash: Rizzoli is publishing an entire 300 page hardcover book devoted to Carine Roitfeld! Due to release October 19, Carine Roitfeld: Album of a Woman of Fashion looks at the amazing life of fashion's top editor and stylist. As an added delight, Olivier Zahm of Purple Magazine serves as editor for the book. It is currently available for pre-order on Amazon UK only.

Carine Roitfeld photograph by Mario Testino courtesy of Vogue US

Update on jeudi 8 juillet 2010 by kellina

Rizzoli has pushed the release date for Olivier Zahm's book Carine Roitfeld: Album of a Woman of Fashion to next fall. More exciting, they have issued an invitation to Roitfeld fans to send a personal question for Carine to inquire@purple.fr; if she chooses to answer your question, it will appear in the book. I have verified the authenticity of the request.

Restoin-Roitfeld Opens Hambleton In Milan

"Richard Hambleton—New York" opened with a special preview in Milan as Vladimir Restoin-Roitfeld, Andy Valmorbida, and Giorgio Armani combined forces to bring the work of pop expressionist Richard Hambleton to a new city amidst the Fashion Week festivities. “We have been really lucky,” admits Vladimir, “Many had tried to get Richard out of hibernation and persuade him to do a show, but he decided to go with us because we never talked about money. For us it was always about the art.” Hambleton, also known as "the godfather of street art," is considered to be on par with artists such as Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat.

The chic opening at Armani/Teatro was attended by Carine Roitfeld, Julia Restoin-Roitfeld, Robert Konjic, Giovanna Battaglia, Roberta Armani, Bianca Brandolini d’Adda, Maria Buccellati, Pierre and Andrea Casiraghi, Giuseppe Cipriani, Conrad de Kwiatkowski, Luca del Bono, Lapo Elkann, Fawaz Gruosi, Margherita Missoni, Martina Mondadori, Eugenie and Stavros Niarchos, Clive Owen, Marco Perego, Eva Riccobono, Aby Rosen, Tatiana Santo Domingo, Lola Schnabel, Franca Sozzani, Mario Testino, Francesca Versace, Francesco Vezzoli, and Dasha Zhukova among others. The afterparty followed at Armani Privé celebrating into the wee hours. "Richard Hambleton—New York" runs March 1 – 12 in Milan; if you cannot make it, another Hambleton exhibition is in the works for this autumn in Beijing.

Carine Roitfeld, Robert Konjic, Julia Restoin-Roitfeld, Giovanna Battaglia photograph © 2010 Guest of a Guest
Vladimir Restoin-Roitfeld and Carine Roitfeld photograph © 2010 Getty Images. All Rights Reserved.

Update on mardi 26 octobre 2010 by kellina

Here is an excellent video of the "Richard Hambleton—New York" opening in Milan. Carine Roitfeld appears on camera for the first time beginning at 2:26 and is seen again briefly at dinner. Be sure to watch until the end to catch Vladimir Restoin-Roitfeld dancing at 4:06.

The Roitfelds At London Fashion Week

Forgive me for being so far behind in the photo collections, here at last are Carine Roitfeld, Julia Restoin-Roitfeld, Giovanna Battaglia and others pictured during London Fashion Week Fall/Winter 2010. In reviewing their sartorial choices for the shows, I feel like I'm playing Battleship—some definite hits and a few considerable misses in my humble estimation—but see for yourself...

Julia Restoin-Roitfeld photograph courtesy of daylife.com
Giovanna Battaglia photograph courtesy of teampeterstigter.com