Carine Roitfeld
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| Carine Roitfeld | |
| Born | |
|---|---|
| Residence | Paris |
| Occupation | Editor |
| Title | Editor-in-chief, Paris Vogue |
| Predecessor | Joan Juliet Buck |
| Children | Julia and Vladimir |
Carine Roitfeld is the Editor-in-Chief of the French edition of Vogue, a position she has held since 2001.[1]
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[edit] Family Background
Her father, Jacques Roitfeld, who died in 1999, was a Russian film producer who worked in Berlin before he came to Paris and met her mother, who Carine describes as a "very classic Frenchwoman."[1][2] Carine describes her father as her "idol," and says that "he was always away, filming, at Cannes."[2] She describes her upbringing in the 16th arrondissment of Paris, France was "very bourgeois. I'm not saying we were in diamonds, but very, very comfortable."[1]
[edit] Personal life
Carine has two children, Julia and Vladimir, by her partner Christian Restoin, the former owner of Equipment shirts.[1][2] Julia graduated from Parsons School of Design in New York City in May 2006 and became the face of Tom Ford's fragrance Black Orchid in November 2006. [3][4]
[edit] Career
At 18, Roitfeld began modeling, having been scouted on the street in Paris by a British photographer's assistant.[2] "I wasn't a star," she says. "I was just booked for junior magazines."[2] She became a writer and then a stylist for French Elle.[1] While she was working as a freelance stylist, her daughter, Julia, was in a children's fashion shoot for Italian Vogue Bambini in 1986, photographed by Mario Testino.[1][2] Roitfeld and Testino soon after began working as a team, doing advertising work as well as shoots for American and French Vogue.[1] Roitfeld went on to work as a consultant and muse for Tom Ford at Gucci and Yves Saint Laurent for six years.[1] She was approached by Conde Nast International Chairman Jonathan Newhouse to edit French Vogue in 2001.[1] In April 2006, there were rumors that Roitfeld was being approached by Hearst Corporation to take over Glenda Bailey's editor-in-chief position at U.S. Harper's Bazaar.[5]
She has contributed to the images of Gucci, Missoni, Versace, Yves Saint Laurent, and Calvin Klein.[6]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i The Telegraph; Durrant, Sabine. November 13, 2005; If looks could kill; retrieved December 9, 2006.
- ^ a b c d e f Mower, Sarah;"Sexy Classic", American Vogue, August 2001.
- ^ Fashion Week Daily; Shi, Jim. July 25, 2006; Exclusive! Tom Ford's New Face! ; retrieved December 9, 2006.
- ^ Paper Magazine; Boardman, Mickey. April 4, 2006; Beautiful People 2006: Julia Restoin Roitfeld; retrieved December 9, 2006.
- ^ "Discuss". Fashion Week Daily, April 11, 2006; retrieved December 9, 2006.
- ^ Lutz & Patmos's Bio on Guest Designer Carine Roitfeld; retrieved December 9, 2006.
