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.

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.

Vogue Paris September 2009: Lara Stone

Leave it to Carine Roitfeld to come up with Lara Stone as a brunette for the cover of the September issue of Vogue Paris. Lara looks amazing, done up in a classic hairstyle, all antique cameos and lace. She was photographed for this gorgeous cover by Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott. The issue also promises to reveal secrets for sublime hair and heroines that inspire us with their beauty, style, and courage.

Vogue Paris September 2009 issue cover image © 2009 Condé Nast. All Rights Reserved.

Update on jeudi 8 octobre 2009 by kellina

Sooo cute, I just watched the video of the 90th anniversary party for Vogue Paris—Lara Stone declares that "the brunette one" is her favorite cover and delights in the fact that her own mother did not recognize her as a brunette. Très adorable.

Vogue Paris Translation: Editorial, August 2009

Below is my best attempt to translate Carine Roitfeld's editorial for the August 2009 issue of Vogue Paris. I think that is Carine's handwriting in the margins of the collage of designer photos which served as a mood board for the issue.

C'est une première dans Vogue. Un parti pris insufflé par une tendance qui caractérise a plupart des maisons de mode dans la zone de turbulences que nous traversons : le retour aux racines, le recentrage, sur ses lignes de force, l'expression haut et fort de son identité. Quand l'horizon est incertain, l'avenir une piste de sables mouvants, plonger dans l'origine de son succès est un refuge. D'où l'idée de ce numéro exceptionnel, totalement orchestré par les photographes Inez Van Lamsweerde et Vinoodh Matadin, qui mettent en scène et réinterprètent en 64 total looks la singularité et la force de caractère des plus grands créateurs d'aujourd'hui. Du tailleur Chanel au smoking Saint Laurent, en passant par l'épure absolue de Balenciaga ou l'éros ‹‹tragi-sophistiqué›› des Dolce & Gabbana, les silhouettes qui se succèdent vont à l'essentiel. Tout comme la sélection subjective des chocs culturels de la rentrée auxquels nous croyons. Un message clair et stylé dont l'unique but est de susciter le désir. Et d'envisager l'automne à venir comme une saison de plaisirs.

This is a first in Vogue. In part given breath by a tendency which has characterized the majority of the houses of fashion in the zone of turbulence that we are traversing: to return to their roots, recentring, on their lines of force; the expression high and strong of their identity. When the horizon is uncertain, the future a moving sand track, to plunge into the origin of success is like a refuge. The idea for this exceptional number was completely orchestrated by photographers Inez Van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin, in which we reinterpret 64 total looks with the singularity and the force of character of the greatest creators of today. From the Chanel suit to the Saint Laurent smoking, while passing by the absolute purity of Balenciaga or the tragic-sophisticated eros of Dolce & Gabbana, the silhouettes which follow one another capture the essence. All like the subjective selection of the cultural shocks of the reentry in which we believe. A clear message and style of which the single goal is to cause desire. And to consider the autumn to come as a season of pleasures.

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

The Sartorialist In Print

Carine Roitfeld is featured in a new book being published tomorrow when one of the world's best street style blogs becomes a printed volume. Get your copy of The Sartorialist by Scott Schuman today to see what they are wearing on the streets worldwide, including Australia, Italy, France, and the United States. Other notable subjects include Lou Doillon, Franca Sozzani, Irina Lazareanu, and many more all captured with that unique touch that graces each of Schuman's beautiful candid shots.

The Sartorialist cover image courtesy of Amazon

Update on jeudi 8 octobre 2009 by kellina

If you'd like to take a peek inside The Sartorialist, Susie Bubble has recorded a video of herself flipping through the book.