Vogue Paris December 2010 Preview: Tom Ford

The rumor is true — Carine Roitfeld has selected Tom Ford as the guest editor for the December issue of Vogue Paris! I am still waiting on the image of the cover so in the meantime enjoy these photographs of Tom Ford's brilliant new collection for women. Decadent, luxurious, covetable... I cannot wait to see what fun he and Carine have with the December issue! The images seen here were styled by Camilla Nickerson and photographed by Steven Meisel.

Tom Ford collection photographs © 2010 Condé Nast. All Rights Reserved.

Julia Restoin-Roitfeld's 30th Birthday Party

On Friday night, Julia Restoin-Roitfeld celebrated her birthday at Indochine in New York City, hosting quite the exotic soirée. The birthday girl is stunning in red lace as is maman in black lace; note that Julia's dress was custom made for her by Peter Dundas of Pucci. Via his tweets, Derek Blasberg describes the scene: "I'm at Julia Roitfeld's 30th birthday at Indochine: its ridiculous. Its like every fashion week party rolled into a Vietnamese extravaganza!" and later that night when leaving the party Blasberg relays: "Julia Roitfeld just worked me out... Lancôme gift bag (with mens products, booyah) at her birthday party." In addition to sponsoring her party, her latest liaison Lancôme also tweeted her a sweet birthday message: "Happy birthday to our newest spokesmodel Julia Restoin-Roitfeld!" (Only 6 hours, 38 minutes after I did, but who is counting?). For more Indochine fun, check out The Unknown Hipster's drawings of parties past including one of Carine Roitfeld.

Julia Restoin-Roitfeld birthday party at Indochine photos © 2010 Cesar Casier. All Rights Reserved.

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The Roitfelds At Victoria’s Secret Extravaganza

The general public will not be privy to the show until November 30, but last night Victoria's Secret hosted its annual fashion extravaganza and of course it would not be a party without the Roitfelds. The spectacle of all spectacles went down at the Lexington Armory in New York and Carine Roitfeld and daughter Julia were seated front row. Angels (aka lingerie models) sporting wings and little else on the catwalk included Alessandra Ambrosio, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Chanel Iman, Karolina Kurkova, Adriana Lima, Candice Swanepoel, and Anne Vyalitsina. Performances by Akon and Katy Perry kept things lively. Among the other stellar guests were Giovanna Battaglia, Malin Ackerman, Tyson Beckford, Estelle, Adrian Grenier, Debbie Harry (pictured here because she is cool as hell), Kate Lanphear, Zac Posen, Russell Simmons, and Alexander Wang. Partygoers ended the evening by dancing the night away at LAVO. See more of the Victoria's Secret show at Fashion Foie Gras.

Carine Roitfeld, Julia Restoin-Roitfeld, Debbie Harry photographs courtesy of stylelite.com and © 2010 Condé Nast.

Carine Roitfeld: Néo-Moderne

The French Glamour piece shown here, "Néo-moderne," is generally considered one of the more influential editorials styled by Carine Roitfeld. Featuring Nadja Auermann (then 23) against the chic backdrop of Carine's own Parisian apartment with photography by Mario Testino, this editorial is famous for uniting Roitfeld and Testino with Tom Ford. The Gucci loafers that Carine chose for the shoot caught the eye of Ford, then creative director of Gucci, bringing together one of the sexiest troikas in fashion history. "Néo-moderne" was originally published in French Glamour in 1994 but has a remarkable timeless quality, I would wear anything pictured here.

French Glamour "Néo-moderne" editorial © 1994 Condé Nast. All Rights Reserved.