I realize I went on and on about the interview in The Guardian with Carine yesterday, but I hadn't seen this photo yet. The Margiela python boots, s-ss-sssigh. Equally great is the title as caption, "Carine Roitfeld: Fashion's sharpest operator." Cue Sade stage left. Yes, this is distinctly the lair of one sharp serpentine. Note the June photo from Le Calendrier 2008 Vogue Paris in the background. As if you had trouble spotting it. And let's not overlook the fact that she is coiled ever so parfait on the arm of the sofa. In such small details, she is so unique. Of course we've all sat on arms of sofas. But was it during magazine interviews in our 50s?
Carine Roitfeld, Vogue Paris office photograph © 2009 Guardian News and Media Limited. All Rights Reserved.