I Want To Be A Roitfeld: Year One

Today I Want To Be A Roitfeld celebrates one year chronicling the editor-in-chief of Vogue Paris, Carine Roitfeld, and her two children, Julia Restoin-Roitfeld and Vladimir Restoin-Roitfeld. When fortune smiles, we also check in with their best loveds: Christian Restoin (father of Jewels and Vladi), Robert Konjic, and Giovanna Battaglia. It has certainly been an amazing year and I would like to wholeheartedly thank you for reading along. I especially adore each of you for every single comment that you leave, you keep me motivated to continue investing myself to discover the best of the Roitfeld family for all of us.

The media mentions or links to the blog are also powerful incentives. Though they were numerous, I have compiled a list of my favorites of the year:

Sundance Channel, "French Vogue: Celebrating Ninety Years," 7 October 2009
Italian Elle, "Robert Konjic," 13 October 2009
V Magazine, "Blasberg's Best of 2009: Part One," 21 December 2009
Huffington Post, "Celebrity as Avatar," 19 January 2010
New York Magazine, "Les Enfants Are All Right," 14 February 2010
Vogue Brazil, "Quero ser um Roitfeld," 1 March 2010
Vogue Germany, "Vladimir Restoin-Roitfeld: Jungstar der Kunstszene," 1 March 2010
The Guardian, "The Measure," 13 March 2010
Gala.de, "Mode Jetset: Die Macht der Coolness," 30 March 2010
ZEIT Online, "Vogue-Chefin Carine Roitfeld: Madame Rock'n'Roll," 3 April 2010
Das Magazin, "Die Patin," 10 April 2010

Finally a very special thank you to my delightful beau, Michael, who constantly encourages this endeavor, buoys my spirits, and comments when no one else dares. Je t'aime, mtm.

Now I would like to hear from you, what are your favorite Roitfeld moments over the last year? Which fashion choices stand out? When you think back, which Vogue Paris editorials come to mind? Feel free to leave your thoughts in the comments, today is Roitfeld Day and anything goes! Thanks a million for reading my blog—you are the best.

xo
Kellina

Joyeux anniversaire, ma geai bleue.

Carine, Julia, and Vladimir Restoin-Roitfeld in Lutz and Patmos sweaters photo courtesy of lutzandpatmos.com
Carine Roitfeld and Julia Restoin-Roitfeld wearing masks photograph courtesy of guardian.co.uk

Roitfeld Family Art

Check out this adorable collage made by Julia Restoin-Roitfeld for one of her classes she took at Parsons in New York. She has assembled small images of her family members into the form of the iconic photograph of her mother Carine taken by Karl Lagerfeld. Yes, there are even tiny pictures of Julia's elusive father Christian Restoin if you squint hard. Ingénieux, n'est-ce pas ?

Restoin-Roitfeld family collage © 2010 Julia Restoin-Roitfeld. All Rights Reserved.

Giovanna Battaglia: Violets For Your Furs

Why is Giovanna Battaglia—aka Vladimir Restoin-Roitfeld's squeeze—always featured prominently on the site? Because she evokes such a visceral response in me. When I just caught sight of this photograph, I reacted by going "ch-ch-cha" with my teeth, it was my natural reply to her fierce chic. Looks styled by Giovanna for herself in the past have elicited jazz, poetry, and other symbolic references from me, she has it. And I love it. This time it is an old lyric that I prefer to be delivered by Billie Holiday, ch-ch-cha!

It was winter in Manhattan
Falling snowflakes filled the air
The streets were covered with a film of ice
But a little simple magic that I'd heard about somewhere
Changed the weather all around, just within a trice

You bought me violets for my furs
And it was spring for a while, remember?
You bought me violets for my furs
And there was April in that December
The snow drifted on the flowers and melted where it lay
The snow looked like dew on the blossoms
As on a summer day

You bought me violets for my furs
And there was blue in the wintry sky
You pinned the violets to my furs
And gave a lift to the crowds passing by
You smiled at me so sweetly
Since then one thought occurs
That we fell in love completely
The day you bought me violets for my furs

Giovanna Battaglia photograph © 2010 life.com. All Rights Reserved.
"Violets For Your Furs" lyrics © 1941 Thomas Adair. All Rights Reserved.

I Want To Be A Roitfeld Survey

It is hard to believe that I Want To Be A Roitfeld is nearly a year old but it is true and I would like to take this opportunity to survey you. I have assembled ten quick questions to gauge your interest in the site, what you like now, and what you would like to see in the future. It should take you just a couple minutes to complete it so I hope that you will feel free to share your thoughts. For the essay questions, please respond in your native language if you prefer and I will sort out the translation for myself. I am not sure if I will publish the results, but I will use this information to continuously improve the site. Click here to take the survey. Thank you for your feedback, it is the lifeblood of the site.

Roitfelds At Classy Release Party

Though Julia Restoin-Roitfeld prefers the word "elegant" to "classy" in describing her friends, she and brother Vladimir were on hand regardless to help celebrate the publication of the book Classy by Derek Blasberg. "All my friends are pretty classy, I guess. No, I don't want to say classy. All my friends are pretty elegant with good manners," Julia clarified. She is pictured here in the Prps flak jacket posing with Dasha Zhukova, editor of Pop and one of three hostesses for the event. Chloë Sevigny and Lauren Santo Domingo also shared in this honor. Others gracing the soirée at Barneys on Madison Avenue included Giovanna Battaglia, Zac Posen, Jessica Stam, Lazaro Hernandez, Jack McCollough, Lily Aldridge, Leigh Lezark, Byrdie Bell, Jen Brill, Simon Doonan, Anna Cleveland, and Nate Berkus. For more photos visit Paper Mag, Just Jared, or Harper's Bazaar.

Derek Blasberg and friend photograph © 2010 Just Jared. All Rights Reserved.
Julia Restoin-Roitfeld and Dasha Zhukova photograph © 2010 Patrick McMullan. All Rights Reserved.
Vladimir Restoin-Roitfeld photograph © 2010 Paper Publishing Company. All Rights Reserved.

Update on vendredi 9 avril 2010 by kellina

Here is a darling photo of Vladimir Restoin-Roitfeld and Giovanna Battaglia celebrating Classy.

Vladimir Restoin-Roitfeld and Giovanna Battaglia photograph courtesy of style.com