Roitfeld Styles Gaultier Campaign

Carine Roitfeld fashioned the new campaign for Jean Paul Gaultier's Spring/Summer 2010 line and it is hot. I love the military textures, the lighting, the aspect of romantic mystique that pervades the sultry street scene. The model is Dree Hemingway photographed by Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin. If you see any other images in this campaign, please do let me know.

Jean Paul Gaultier Spring/Summer 2010 campaign image © 2010 Jean Paul Gaultier

Carine Roitfeld Is In

This is so last year, but since I cannot find a 2010 edition it must suffice. The New York Post published their Out & In for 2009, amusing and largely still relevant. Note that this is not their complete list but the best outtakes. Of course La Roitfeld is IN.

OUT: Carrie Bradshaw
IN: Serena van der Woodsen

OUT: Pitying Jennifer Aniston
IN: Disliking Jennifer Aniston

OUT: Cocktails
IN: Booze

OUT: Disliking Paris Hilton
IN: Pitying Paris Hilton

OUT: The iPhone
IN: Hoping Steve Jobs isn't at death's doorstep so Apple can keep releasing new iPhones

OUT: Investment bankers
IN: Bankruptcy lawyers

OUT: Bush
IN: Obama

OUT: Pining for the broke-ass New York of old
IN: The broke-ass New York of new

OUT: Irony
IN: Irony (Weird, isn't it?)

OUT: Tween stars
IN: Legal tender

OUT: House music
IN: Dance rock

OUT: Comebacks
IN: Staying gone

OUT: eBay
IN: propertyroom.com

OUT: Oversharing bloggers
IN: Journalists

OUT: Accountability
IN: Bailouts

OUT: Nightlife on Ludlow Street
IN: Nightlife on Broome Street

OUT: $2 subway fare
IN: Hell, you might as well take a cab

OUT: Saying Brooklyn's cool
IN: Going to Brooklyn

OUT: Hummers
IN: Hybrids

OUT: Commercials
IN: Viral marketing

OUT: Evangelists
IN: Intellectuals

OUT: Anime
IN: Superhero movies

OUT: Deejays
IN: Musicians

OUT: All things retro
IN: Invention

OUT: The Eldridge
IN: Chloe

OUT: Memoirs
IN: Documentaries

OUT: Xenophobia
IN: Patriotism

OUT: Bryant Park tents
IN: Intimate showrooms

OUT: American leading men
IN: Foreign leading men

OUT: Watching "Saturday Night Live" on TV
IN: Watching "Saturday Night Live" clips online

OUT: Full-figured models, actresses as models
IN: Actual models

OUT: Ultimate Fighting
IN: Gotham Girls Roller Derby

OUT: Meaningless sex
IN: Meaningless sex while thinking about James Franco

OUT: Drinking wine out of fine Riedel stemware
IN: Drinking cheap swill out of baby bottles

OUT: Celeb chefs
IN: Cult butchers

OUT: Vacations
IN: Staycations

OUT: Anna Wintour
IN: Carine Roitfeld

OUT: Stocks
IN: Gold bullion

OUT: Buying Grey Goose in a club
IN: Sneaking Mad Dog into a club

OUT: TV weasel Jeremy Piven
IN: Real-life weasel Jeremy Piven

OUT: Throwing fruit
IN: Throwing shoes

OUT: Bikram
IN: Drinking yourself into a comatose state

OUT: Credit
IN: Cold, hard cash

OUT: Landlords
IN: Tenants

OUT: Auto industry
IN: Delicious, reliable soup

OUT: Office holiday parties
IN: Office cuddle parties

Courtesy of The New York Post
Carine Roitfeld photograph courtesy of Fashion Spot

Vogue Paris Translation: Editorial, December 2009/January 2010

Below is my translation from French to English of Carine Roitfeld's editorial for the December/January issue of Vogue Paris. Those that expressed curiosity as to the selection of Laetitia Casta as the guest editor for the issue can gain insight into Carine's thoughts on the process here. I regret that I am so late with the translation this month but I did not find my copy of VP until the 23rd despite constant checking of my favorite outlets. Fabulous news for readers regarding future translations: my ever so thoughtful and sweet beau reads my blog and he heeded the lists I made— one of the many lovely gifts under the tree for me this year was a subscription to Vogue Paris!  [Merci bcp et mtm ftw!]

On ne veut évidemment pas la réduire à ça, pourtant c'est la première chose qui saute aux yeux. La beauté astrale, les yeux couleur océan, les jambes de panthère, le sourire qui fait pschitt... Cette merveilleuse présence, cette puissance photogénique ont été un sésame pour Laetitia Casta, devenue en un éclair le top model français le plus adulé de l'histoire, universellement convoité. Vogue, sa couverture, elle connaît.

Il se trouve que la plastique ravageuse couve un incendie. Un besoin vital de froisser l'image, d'explorer plus loin, quitte à y laisser des plumes. On peut citer presque au hasard le théâtre, un désir de baptême du feu dans la peau d'Ondine, le cinéma, l'épreuve du trac à vif face à l'ogre Depardieu ou sous l'oeil sans pitié de Raoul Ruiz. Jacques Weber dit qu'il ‹‹est sidéré par sa spontanéité, sa liberté absolue et sa justesse dans l'intuition››. Pour Depardieu, ‹‹elle est simplement intelligente. Elle a la vocation››.

Modèle de femme française, ‹‹icône de la joie hexagonale, grand public et allurée››, pour citer l'écrivain Claude Arnaud qui l'a rencontrée, Laetitia Casta est l'invitée exceptionnelle de ce numéro de noël. Elle en a composé le générique, de la Corse à Pedro Almodovar, de Gerard Depardieu à Nastassja Kinski, en passant par le souvenir d'Yves Saint Laurent.

Il y a des choses qu'on n'explique pas mais qui crèvent d'évidence : la Casta a l'étoffe des grandes. Clin d'oeil du destin : dans deux mois, elle sera une incandescente Brigitte Bardot sur grand écran. Les dés sont lancés.

One cannot reduce her to this obviously, yet it is the first thing that strikes the eyes. The astral beauty, the eyes the color of the ocean, the legs of the panther, the smile that makes one fizzy... This marvelous presence, this photogenic power has been a sesame for Laetitia Casta, becoming in a flash the French top model most revered in history, universally coveted. Vogue, her cover, she knows.

It is discovered that plastic smolders devestatingly in a fire. A vital need to offend the image, to go higher, even leaving feathers. We can cite almost at random the theater, a desire for baptism by fire in the skin of Ondine, the cinema, the test of stagefright is a raw deal against the ogre Depardieu or under the merciless eye of Raoul Ruiz. Jacques Weber said he "is stunned by her spontaneity, her absolute freedom, and her accurate intuition." For Depardieu, "She is simply smart. She has the vocation."

The model French woman, "icon of hexagonal joy, widely public and alluring," to quote the writer Claude Arnaud who met her, Laetitia Casta is the guest editor of the exceptional Christmas issue. She has written the generic, from Corsica to Pedro Almodovar, from Gerard Depardieu to Nastassja Kinski, through the memory of Yves Saint Laurent.

There are things which one does not explain that burst with obviousness: Casta has the makings of a major. Wink of fate: in two months, she will be an incandescent Brigitte Bardot on the big screen. The dice are cast.

[Editor's note: Laetitia Casta plays the part of Bardot in Serge Gainsbourg, vie héroïque due to release on January 20.]

Vogue Paris editorial image © 2010 Condé Nast. All Rights Reserved.

I Want To Be A Roitfeld In V Magazine

Whooot!! Derek Blasberg mentioned I Want To Be A Roitfeld in his "Blasberg's Best of 2009" for V Magazine, essentially noting that this is the chicest resource on the chicest family in the world. Je vous remercie mille fois, Derek, très sympa. I wanted to document this moment as well as Carine Roitfeld's stunning flexibility.

Carine Roitfeld and Lady Amanda Harlech photograph © 2009 V Magazine, LLC.  All Rights Reserved.

Perfect Gifts For Roitfeld Fans: Toys

Giovanna Battaglia holds her new Kindle Electronics

Kindle Wireless Reading Device
According to her tweets, Giovanna Battaglia just got a Kindle and it is cool: "My Kindle, I love it!... Is going to be my travel friend..." It is the perfect gift this season for the fashionista that never stops.

Leica Camera
Julia Restoin-Roitfeld is quite the photographer, including a stint as Dazed and Confused's Fashion Week photo blogger last February. Julia shoots with a Leica camera.

Breville Juicer
Julia credits fresh apple, carrot, and ginger juice as the secret to her flawless skin, maybe someone on your gift list could use a little health kick? Chances are they'll be glowing!

Films
Here is a sampling of the family's favorites, they would be lovely as stocking stuffers:

Inglourious Basterds

Belle de Jour

Le Mépris

 

Meet the Parents

9 1/2 Weeks

Paris, Texas

 

Little Miss Sunshine

Music

The Verve Urban Hymns

Gorillaz Demon Days

Trainspotting: Music From The Motion Picture


Toys
This is an odd little category, mostly just fun things I want to share with you:

Christian Louboutin Cat Burglar Barbie doll

Lanvin dolls

Rei Kawakubo Barbie doll
This is the gift I'd want Carine to get, hopefully she would laugh as she loves Comme des Garçons and Rei: "It's my favorite show every season, it is really inspiring, Rei Kawakubo really does things differently from everybody else and she does not follow trends."

Kiki de Montparnasse
This is where Julia likes to shop for toys, bien sûr. 

Photograph of Giovanna Battaglia's Kindle device © 2009 Giovanna Battaglia. All Rights Reserved.
Photograph of Julia Restoin-Roitfeld's Leica camera © 2009 Todd Selby. All Rights Reserved.
Christian Louboutin Cat Burglar Barbie doll image courtesy of net-a-porter.com.
Lanvin image courtesy of Condé Nast.
Rei Kawakubo Barbie doll image courtesy of colette.fr.
Cat mask image courtesy of Kiki de Montparnasse.
Product images courtesy of Amazon.