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How to Dress French, According to Carine Roitfeld
Fashion
By Kate Finnigan
Viva
Even in a posh Parisian hotel at 10am on a Tuesday morning, Carine Roitfeld rocks a fierce look. Black pencil skirt, fishnet tights, a white shrunken T-shirt printed with her own image, a leopard-print coat thrown over her shoulders - it’s vintage haute-punk Roitfeld, down to the smudgy black eyeliner and mussy brown hair.
Roitfeld's sexy uniform is usually a smattering of luxe, hot labels - Givenchy, Tom Ford or Christopher Kane - but today it's head-to-toe high street. Everything she's wearing she has designed as part of her new collaboration with the Japanese chain Uniqlo. "Honestly, it feels like me. I don't feel different," she says, with a Gallic shrug. "I'm wearing Uniqlo [but] I feel exactly the same."
Roitfeld, 61, who is much softer and warmer in person than her rock'n'roll image might suggest, is the former editor-in-chief of French Vogue who, by the end of her decade-long tenure at the magazine, had become as much renowned for her edgy, sexy personal style as her risque editorials. In the Nineties she had established her name as Tom Ford's stylist during the designer's Gucci years, when the campaign imagery they shot with Mario Testino created the definitive gl
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Photo: Eric Ryan/2011 Eric Ryan
Known for her smokey-eye makeup, mussy brown hair, and perpetual tan, Carine Roitfeld exudes that sexy, slightly undone attitude that French women are celebrated for. As the editor of French Vogue from 2001 to 2011, she developed a trademark look of pencil skirts, sharp stilettos, and silky collared shirts (usually made by Equipment, the brand founded by her longtime partner Christian Restoin) unbuttoned to show a glimpse of her lacy black bra. She’s also a fan of luxurious furs, black leather, and the occasional sheer red-carpet gown, but almost never wears color. Enjoy our look back at her wardrobe choices through the years.
February 2014 Where: At Paris fashion week. Photo: YoungJun Koo/I’M KOO
February 20, 2014 Where: At the Max Mara Show during Milan Fashion Week Womenswear Autumn/Winter 2014. Photo: Jacopo Raule/2014 Jacopo Raule
February 2014 Where: At Couture Spring 2014 Paris fashion week. Photo: YoungJun Koo/YoungJun Koo/I’M KOO
January 2014 Where: At Couture Spring 2014 Paris fashion week. Photo: YoungJun Koo/I’M KOO
January 20, 2014 Where: At the Schiaparelli show as part of Paris Fashion Week Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2014. Photo: Pierre Suu/2014 Getty Im...Janua • [ fee day 12:00 ] In bow to to interpretation order slant [Important]
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