I Want To Be A Roitfeld: Please And Thank You

A lot of people are working hard here to make sure that I Want To Be A Roitfeld continues to please you. In honor of my 500th post, I would like to take a minute to thank all of them.

First, my sincerest thanks to all of the writers, artists, and photographers that have contributed to the site but especially to my witty and wonderful editorial team; as well as the talented illustrator who created our banner, Isabelle Oziol de Pignol (Accro de la Mode).

Next, very special thanks to my wonderful beau Michael who endures my endless IWTB chatter and encourages my endeavors constantly; please note that he was also kind enough to develop an Irreverent countdown clock for all of us, counting down the days until the release of Carine Roitfeld's biography — now proudly featured in the right hand navigation bar.

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Bisous!
Bisous!

Kellina

The Roitfeld Family photograph © 2008 Robert Maxwell and artandcommerce.com. All Rights Reserved. Courtesy of nytimes.com

Julia Restoin-Roitfeld: Everybody Loves Julia!

The July 2011 issue of Vogue China features this striking editorial with Julia Restoin-Roitfeld titled "Everybody Loves Julia!" and it is true, we do! I love especially the high contrast images of Julia, the background and the clothing play together to perfection. Then of course the cat adds a fine strangeness to the mix. "Everybody Loves Julia!" is the vision of Nicoletta Santoro as captured on film by Max Vadukul.

Vogue China editorial images © 2011 Condé Nast. All Rights Reserved.

The Roitfelds In Cannes, Take Two

As we wrap up another fabulous season of fashion and film at Cannes, I wanted to share one more collection of photographs of the Roitfelds with you. What are your favorite sartorial choices from Cannes this year?

The Roitfelds At Cavalli Boutique Opening Party

The Roitfelds At amfAR Cinema Against AIDS

Carine Roitfeld At De Grisogono Party

Carine Roitfeld At Elle And Dior Party

Carine Roitfeld, Julia Restoin-Roitfeld, and Vladimir Restoin-Roitfeld phototgraphs © 2011 Condé Nast, Getty Images and courtesy of bohemenoir.blogspot.com, profimedia.com, gettyimages.com, purple, tatler.ru, saywho.fr, fashionologie.com, life.com.

The Roitfelds In Cannes

The Roitfelds At amfAR Cinema Against AIDS

Carine Roitfeld wearing Givenchy with Kanye West at amfAR Cinema Against AIDS

Karl Lagerfeld, Carine Roitfeld, and Kenneth Cole at amfAR Cinema Against AIDS

Julia Restoin-Roitfeld wearing Pucci at amfAR Cinema Against AIDS

The Roitfelds At REPLAY VIP Party

Carine Roitfeld At De Grisogono Party

 Carine Roitfeld, Julia Restoin-Roitfeld, and Vladimir Restoin-Roitfeld phototgraphs © 2011 Getty Images and courtesy of head2heels-roxanne.blogspot.com, twitter.com/KennethCole, and twitter.com/InsidePublic

I Want To Be A Roitfeld: Year Two

Today marks the anniversary of I Want To Be A Roitfeld, two glorious years of following the Roitfeld family: style icon and editrix extraordinaire, Carine Roitfeld, and her two brilliant and beautiful children, Julia Restoin-Roitfeld and Vladimir Restoin-Roitfeld. It has been quite the exciting year and I love all of you for reading along with the fashionable adventures of the Roitfelds. Let's take a moment to reflect on a few of the highlights over the last year:

• Carine Roitfeld hosted an amazing masked ball in honor of the 90th anniversary of Vogue Paris.
• Her friend Tom Ford guest edited the December 2010/January 2011 issue of Vogue Paris.
• On December 17, Carine Roitfeld rocked the fashion world by quitting Vogue Paris.
• We stopped by her Vogue Paris office to take one last look.
• On January 7, Emmanuelle Alt became the new editor-in-chief of Vogue Paris.
• On February 1, I decided that I could not live without Vogue Paris and introduced I Want To Be An Alt to follow Emmanuelle Alt.
• Cathy Horyn kindly mentioned I Want To Be A Roitfeld in her column for The New York Times.
• I Want To Be A Roitfeld took on a new look thanks to the banner illustration by the talented Isabelle Oziol de Pignol.
• Julia Restoin-Roitfeld confessed at last that she reads my blog.
• On March 15, I couldn't think of a better birthday present for myself than more work and launched I Want To Be A Battaglia to follow Giovanna Battaglia.

Vladimir presented several new art shows:

• Richard Hambleton in Moscow.
• Nicolas Pol in London.
• Richard Hambleton in London.
• RETNA In New York City.
• Nicolas Pol in New York City.

Julia kept busy with her work as model, art director, journalist, and photographer:

• Art directing Mark Fast's new lookbook.
• Photographing her beau Robert Konjic for VMAN.
• Modeling for Lancôme.
• Celebrating her 30th birthday in great style, gorgeous in red lace Pucci.
• Walking the runway in Tom Ford's secret show.
• Interviewing Tom Ford for V Magazine and styling and photographing herself for the editorial.

What a year! I would also like to thank every single contributor to the blog — the writers, the photographers, and the artists that lend their incredible talents to make the blog worth visiting, in particular I wish to heartily thank my brilliant editors for their wonderful words and their constant encouragement.

Most special thanks to my loverly beau, Michael, who constantly supports me in this endeavor — I could never do it without you, mtm, you pwn. Finally thanks again to YOU for reading this blog! You make it special by reading along and voicing your opinions, you are its raison d'être, you ROCK! Looking forward to another amazing year ahead with you!

xo 

Kellina

Joyeux anniversaire, ma geai bleue.

Carine Roitfeld, Julia Restoin-Roitfeld, Vladimir Restoin-Roitfeld, Giovanna Battaglia, and Olivier Zahm photographs
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