Carine Roitfeld: Istancool

At the end of May, ISTANBUL'74 collaborated with Visionaire to present the third annual Istanbul International Arts and Culture Festival (affectionately known as "Istancool"), a showcase for the vibrant creativity that thrives in the city of Istanbul. Carine Roitfeld turned out to support one of the world's most fascinating arts events and signed copies of her book Irreverent. When asked for her thoughts about the culture of Istanbul, Carine replied, "Istanbul is very beautiful! It's also the only city with its feet on two continents. I love the mixture of the traditional and the modern here. It's a bit irreverent too. Like my book!" Special thanks to my friend Alper Yilmaz who had the excellent fortune to meet Carine while she was in Istanbul and graciously permitted me to share his photos from the day.

Carine Roitfeld photographs © 2012 Hearst Communications, Inc. and Alper Yilmaz. All Rights Reserved.

Comments

[madeleine gallay]

Just realized how much I love her using heels in odd colors, not usually the staid classics.

She makes color look good.

[Lee]

Agree with Madeleine. Also love how she's not afraid of wearing/being photographed in the same pieces over & over (i.e. I know she wore this skirt to one of Vlad's openings).

[Francesca]

Lucky man...

[kellina]

Madeleine, agreed! CR's sense of style is immaculate in all black or amazing technicolor, she is one of a kind.

[kellina]

Absolutely, Lee! This is one of my things about her, the first time I noticed she wore the same shoes every day at Cannes I about fainted, so refreshing! so real!

[kellina]

Yes he is, Francesca! He was very excited to have talked with her for a bit. He said she is even more gorgeous in person and very sweet.

:-)

[bernie]

Shes risque coz Istanbul is so dangerous ryt now

[Renee]

Go Alpher! Oh what a night!

[Kate]

I think Carine quotes are often charming. She has a breezy, elegant way with words.

[Christine]

Ahh, she's so impeccably dressed every time she steps out! I just did a post on Carine and how to get her look over on my blog - go check it out here:

http://www.couturebay.com/2012/06/image-inspiration-carine-roitfeld.html

Love your blog, by the way!

Cheers!
Christine