Giovanna Battaglia Fix

I don't know about you but it seems to me like many days have lapsed since Giovanna Battaglia, fashion director for Vogue Gioiello and Vogue Pelle as well as Vladimir Restoin-Roitfeld's girlfriend, appeared on the site. Let us rectify that with no further ado... Tamu McPherson of All the Pretty Birds captured this classic shot of Giovanna in midstep, simply elegant. I love every detail right down to the ringlet springing off to one side. Gio is posed outside of the Gianfranco Ferrè Men's Spring 2011 show in Milan.

Giovanna Battaglia photograph © 2010 All the Pretty Birds. All Rights Reserved.

Update on mercredi 1 septembre 2010 by kellina

For more Gio, visit Giampaolo Sgura's web site to see the covers that he photographed and Giovanna styled for Vogue Gioello's 30th anniversary.

Vogue UK's Next Fashion Blogger?

Remember my lovely friend Lula at The Subject I Know Best and her illustrations of Carine Roitfeld, Anna Dello Russo, Giovanna Battaglia and others that I posted recently? Her art is so cool that she inspired ADR and Gio themselves to tweet about it. Exciting news, Lula has been selected for Vogue UK's short list to become the latest famous street style fashion blogger! Vogue UK is searching for its next generation of bloggers and Lula's enchanting illustrations capture the street vibe perfectly. Her letter of introduction for the contest is adorable as well, a lovely touch. The winner of Vogue UK's contest will maintain a daily blog on the web site. The panel of judges from Vogue UK for the contest are: Robin Derrick, Creative Director; Emily Sheffield, Deputy Editor; Jaime Perlman, Art Director; and Michael Trow, Picture Editor. Lula, we wish you the very best of luck in the contest!

Lula-The Subject I Know Best image © 2010 Condé Nast. All Rights Reserved.

Julia Restoin-Roitfeld: It Girl

Julia Restoin-Roitfeld appears in an article titled "Fashion's New It Girls" by Derek Blasberg for the September issue of Harper's Bazaar. Though I do not think any of these girls are actually "new" to the scene, it is an interesting read nonetheless. Also on the list of "young, single, excitable, sexually liberated women" (to paraphrase Blasberg) filling the front row at fashion shows: Giovanna Battaglia, Lou Doillon, Bianca and Coco Brandolini d'Adda, Gaia Repossi, Margherita Missoni, Eugénie Niarchos, Charlotte Dellal, Delfina Delettrez Fendi, Shala Monroque, Caroline Sieber, Sophia Hesketh, Joséphine de La Baume, Natalia Vodianova, Dasha Zhukova, Lauren and Tatiana Santo Domingo, Alexia Niedzielski, Clémence Poésy, and Joana Preiss.

Julia Restoin-Roitfeld, Giovanna Battaglia, Lou Doillon photographs © 2010 Getty Images. All Rights Reserved.

Giovanna Battaglia's Fall Shopping Guide

Ready or not, autumn is just around the corner — Giovanna Battaglia predicts the trends to follow for fall fashion. Style.com selected Gio and 22 other influential stylists to share their shopping lists for the next season and the selections are right on. For her list of must have items, Giovanna chose a vest by Giambattista Valli in Mongolian fur and patchwork fox, a Givenchy clutch and gloves in red leather embroidered with sequins and crystals, and the sheer silk polka dot dress by Dolce & Gabbana that Carine Roitfeld has been spotted wearing. Note that the divine Anna Dello Russo is also among the stylists picked to voice their favorites for fall.

Giovanna Battaglia image © 2010 Condé Nast. All Rights Reserved.

Lula As Carine Roitfeld

Check out these clever illustrations of Carine Roitfeld and her fashion posse created by my lovely friend Lula, they are like little trading cards to collect. Pictured perfectly here are Carine, Anna Dello Russo, Giovanna Battaglia, Julia Restoin-Roitfeld, and Olivier Zahm. Visit Lula at The Subject I Know Best to see more of her cool way of illustrating fashion's brightest stars.

Fashion illustrations © 2010 Lula — The Subject I Know Best. All Rights Reserved.

Update on dimanche 25 juillet 2010 by kellina

According to their Twitter accounts, at least two of the subjects featured are happy with the likeness... Giovanna Battaglia and Anna Dello Russo are talking about the cute illustrations!! Giovanna has added the images to her Twitpics as well.