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vendredi

août262011

Julia Restoin-Roitfeld For Hanii Y

vendredi 26 août 2011

Hanii Y chose Julia Restoin-Roitfeld as the gorgeous face for their advertising campaign for Fall 2011, "Uptown Bohemian," and lucky for us there are plenty of images and even two backstage videos! The modern yet classic line by Hanii Y is stunning and Julia looks impeccably chic and sexy throughout the images styled by Natasha Royt and photographed by Jan Welter.

For more of the campaign:

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mercredi

août242011

Julia Restoin-Roitfeld And Emilio De La Morena

mercredi 24 août 2011

Industrie Magazine published a fun piece earlier this month entitled "A Day in the Life of Emilio de la Morena" following the designer for the day and with whom do you suppose he is pictured enjoying a leisurely café? That's right, Julia Restoin-Roitfeld! Visit Industrie to see the full story in all its cartoonish glory or read more about Emilio de la Morena as one of Julia's Favorites.

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lundi

août222011

Carine Roitfeld By Arabella Proffer

lundi 22 août 2011

I am delighted to present this portrait of Carine Roitfeld, painted especially for I Want To Be A Roitfeld by the talented and gracious Arabella Proffer. The original painting is 5" x 6" oil on paper and depicts Carine against the backdrop of her chic Parisian apartment. Arabella is an artist and designer who refers to herself as an unabashed Mannerist. She was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, then moved from coast to coast until settling in Cleveland, Ohio, at least for now. For more of Arabella's wonderful art, please be sure to visit her at arabellaproffer.com. Thank you very much for sharing your talent with all of us, Arabella!

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samedi

août202011

Julia Restoin-Roitfeld For Oyster

samedi 20 août 2011

Oyster just published issue 94 featuring cover girl Kristy Hume and inside are a few lovely shots of Julia Restoin-Roitfeld by Roger Dekker. Among other pithy thoughts, Julia relates in the interview with Alice Cavanagh, "I love the whole aesthetic world. I love beautiful images. That is what drove me to art direction. I love Helmut Newton pictures because I like how the women are strong and Amazonian, but... I really don’t follow trends; I don’t know all the new designers. I am not a fashion victim." More fabulous people to be found in the issue: Sébastien Tellier, John Waters, Brad Elterman, George Lewis Jr. also known as Twin Shadow, Eva Michon, Celia Rowlson-Hall, Kinga Burza, and Binki Shapiro in Rodarte's Fall/Winter collection as photographed by Lauren Dukoff. Visit the photo gallery for more shots of Julia, I love the strong resemblance to her mother in this one.

Julia Restoin-Roitfeld for Oyster photographs courtesy of thevine.com.au

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jeudi

août182011

I Want To Be A Roitfeld: Stylish Blogger Award

jeudi 18 août 2011

It is time to recognize a few of my favorite people in the wide world of blogs! I cannot believe that eight
Kate Ringo Suzuki, Everyday Glamour months have elapsed since my best blog friend, Kate Ringo Suzuki from Everyday Glamour, blessed me with the Stylish Blogger Award last December, but finally here we are... I am so excited to be able to use this award to acknowledge all of the fabulous people who continue to inspire me, and I hope that you know you are the top of the list, Kate! Thanks a million for your constant support from the very beginning of this site, your encouragement and positive attitude always inspire me, your friendship means the world to me, and you are one of my favorite writers.

Leslie Rowlands, La Maison FouNote that the lovely Leslie Rowlands from La Maison Fou kindly honored me with the same award a couple weeks later so I am now awarding it to thirty others instead of the standard fifteen. All right, so my list grew closer to forty once I made it... I am sticking to only ten facts though! Wait until you read them, you may be glad I limited myself thusly...

Thank you so much, Kate and Leslie, it is a distinct honor to be nominated by both of you!

Ten Facts About Me:

I really want to be Lou Doillon but I Want To Be A Birkin Gainsbourg Doillon seemed awkward back in May 2009. I do use "Lou" as my Starbucks name, in tribute to both Mademoiselle Doillon and my beloved granny.
One of my fondest artistic memories is addressing my family's Christmas cards each year. I learned calligraphy at an early age and my mother was more than happy to delegate this particular task to me.
If I could change one of my physical features, it would be my feet.
My favorite color is black.
I love that my birthday falls on the Ides of March. Half lion, half lamb, definitely.
I think schools should require students to recite poetry from memory in order to graduate. Song lyrics don't count. Maybe revive the McGuffey reader, too, those were the days...
I borrowed Roots by Alex Haley from my elementary school library. Upon checkout, the librarian snorted derisively. "You'll never read that!" I don't know exactly how many times I renewed it, but I assure you that I read every word. Thanks, Jean! There is nothing I enjoy like a challenge. I also recommend it heartily as one of the most moving books I have ever read.
I like to be alone. This used to concern me until I realized I am a writer.
Language is my true love, followed closely by music and art. So I guess you could say summarily that expression is my true love. Succinct expression is my true love. There, phew!
My fondest wish is for a role in a Godard film. Since we are wishing, specifically I want to play the part of Lou Doillon in her biopic as filmed by Godard, now we've come full circle.