Roitfeld Fashion Week Exhibit

Vladimir Restoin-Roitfeld will combine forces with designer Giorgio Armani and billionaire art dealer Andy Valmorbida (the brother of his friend PC) to host a new art exhibit that begins September 15 during New York Fashion Week and continues through October 2. The focus of the exhibit is "Richard Hambleton—New York" displaying the work of one of the only living contemporaries of Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat.

Hambleton's early art involved painting chalk lines around the bodies of volunteer victims and then splashing red paint at the scene of the crime to shock innocent pedestrians. He is best known for his "Shadowman" paintings, mysterious silhouettes that he painted on buildings to startle passersby.

As to his motivation for curating exhibits Vladimir commented, "I want to work with people of my generation so I keep on looking for talent, whether it's in photography or any type of art and see where it might go. Every time it's a big project to work on and I just started in this business, but I'm just trying to enjoy it."

Vladimir Restoin-Roitfeld's Fashion Week exhibit "Three Photographers" at Collective Hardware image courtesy of papermag.com

Browse September Vogue Paris

Darlings, brilliant news—the September issue of Vogue Paris is now available to browse online via journaux.fr. I simply cannot wait to read the full-sized version, it looks like Farrah Fawcett made Carine Roitfeld's editorial this month and for "Une Fille Un Style" she chose Kasia Smutniak (spotted with Vladimir front row at Fashion Week recently). More details on that as soon as I have my hands on a copy. And let's not forget the gorgeous Lara Stone editorial...

Vogue Paris editorial image © 2009 Condé Nast. All Rights Reserved.

Update on mercredi 2 septembre 2009 by kellina

Apparently something has changed on the site and you can no longer preview Vogue Paris electronically there. My apologies!

Vogue Fashion Celebration Night

As I am sure you have heard by now, Vogue has created a new event called Fashion Celebration Night that will take place around the world on 10 September 2009. Organized by the international editions of Vogue in 13 cities from London to Delhi, New York to Moscow, Paris to Beijing, we will be enticed to enjoy shopping worldwide. In Paris, Carine Roitfeld, Emmanuelle Alt, and the Voguettes will be acting as personal shoppers among other imaginative and inspiring festivities.

Vogue Paris Fashion Celebration Night logo image © 2009 Condé Nast. All Rights Reserved.

Update on samedi 29 août 2009 by kellina

I just read that Garance Doré will be available as a personal shopper at Printemps in Paris as part of Fashion Celebration Night. Quel amusement !

Update on dimanche 6 septembre 2009 by kellina

In Milan, Julia Restoin-Roitfeld will host a party at Jil Sander as part of the celebration, read more.

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.

Brunette Lara Stone

Carine Roitfeld might just be the world's greatest living visual artist. Hyperbolic statement? I think not. She is a master at what she does. Her acumen in creating visual images using the human form and articles of clothing and accessories is unequalled. I thought Lara Stone was oddly interesting to look at as a blonde but she didn't really strike me prior to the editorial "Gloria" in the September issue of Vogue Paris whence comes the cover image. Look at these photos! Glorious! I find her mesmerizing. Why??

1. I've never seen Lara look more beautiful. She's nearly unrecognizable next to her former blond self, except for the telltale teeth. The dark hair enhances her coloring and features perfectly, adding depth to her uniqueness.

2. By dying her hair and eyebrows darker, Lara now looks more like a Roitfeld, reminding me of both Carine and Julia in different photos in this editorial. I thought she looked a bit like Julia when I first saw the cover photo and when I saw the spreads that feeling was magnified.

3. Now, imagine Julia Restoin-Roitfeld playing the part of Séverine in Belle de jour in the scene where she ascends the staircase. Voilà—voir ci-dessus !

4. Carine's goal when styling a shoot is for the reader to come away wanting to be the girl in the editorial. Do I ever! I already wanted to be Séverine only brunette. Carine Roitfeld, you rock!

Vogue Paris editorial image © 2009 Condé Nast. All Rights Reserved.