Vladimir Restoin-Roitfeld: Disco King

Wow. Vladimir Restoin-Roitfeld was apparently in high spirits at Ferragamo's stellar launch party for their newest fragrance Attimo at The Standard in New York. Sources say it was a red hot night at the latest hot spot, Le Bain, with DJ Kiss spinning. When Vladi wasn't busy trying out the round rooftop bed with hostess Chiara Clemente, he hung out underneath the disco ball downstairs lifting his girlfriend Giovanna Battaglia into the air, twirling her around, and, my personal favorite, "generally snogging." You know a party is in full swing when the general snogging starts... Many thanks to the lovely and talented Brent Murray for his kind permission to share his photographs from the evening with you.

Vladimir Restoin-Roitfeld and Giovanna Battaglia photographs © 2010 Brent Murray. All Rights Reserved.

Giovanna Battaglia's Style

In looking through my collection of photographs of Giovanna Battaglia, I simply must share a few of them with you. I began composing the shots pictured here with the idea that I would talk to you about how Gio excels at combining a single piece with others to invent completely different looks as with the purple skirt and the shirt dress...

Then I was gripped by Giovanna's inimitable sense of color and I began having difficulty being an editor — how to choose the very best among so many dynamic looks? It confounds me every time, she uses color so simply and so correctly it seems natural that we would all do it. Yet this trait is soooo Gio! That's why I included the shot below with the yellow heel and the green coat, rather than giving in to my preference to show her stunning reuse of the pink and green Prada shoes. With that yellow heel, I would never think of the bright green jacket mais, bien sûr... Giovanna Battaglia, I salute your style.

Giovanna Battaglia photographs courtesy of Fashion Spot

Battaglia: People And Jewelry

Watch Giovanna Battaglia at work! She and other editors styled a feature titled "People and Their Own Jewelry" for the May issue of Vogue Gioiello; sneak a peek behind the scenes at the shoot in the video on the Vogue Italia web site. You can see Giovanna styling Eugenie Niarchos and Gaia Repossi, the team that designs the line of Czarina rings worn by Carine Roitfeld, Julia Restoin-Roitfeld, and many others with influential style. Even Garance Doré admits to coveting one....

Vogue Gioiello May 2010 editorial images © 2010 Condé Nast. All Rights Reserved.

Roitfeld Love

I don't know about you but I feel warm and sunny when looking at these images of the Roitfelds at Cannes so in lieu of something newsworthy I figured — just smile.

Carine Roitfeld, Vladimir Restoin-Roitfeld, Giovanna Battaglia, Julia Restoin-Roitfeld, Robert Konjic photos by wwd.com.

The Roitfelds In Cannes: She's A Rainbow

The Rolling Stones seem to set the tone for the festivities in southern France of late, so let's wrap up the 63rd Cannes Film Festival with a colorful collage of photos of the Roitfeld family and friends to the tune of "She's A Rainbow":

Have you seen her all in gold
Like a queen in days of old 

She shoots colors all around 

Like a sunset going down 

Have you seen the lady fairer

She comes in colors everywhere; 

She combs her hair 

She's like a rainbow 

Coming colors in the air 

Oh, everywhere 

She comes in colors

Photographs courtesy of Getty Images, Giampaolo Sgura, Stefano Gabbana, Giovanna Battaglia, and 10magazine.com. Enhanced and color coded by Kellina de Boer.
"She's A Rainbow" lyrics © 1967 Mick Jagger and Keith Richards. All Rights Reserved.