Today’s girl crush is Julia Roitfeld, daughter of French Vogue’s Editor-in-Chief, Carine. Her minimalist pad was captured on camera by The Selby and I just adore its sumptuous mixture of textures (feathers, brass, wood, cowhide, lucite…). Plus how fantastic are her visible freckles, slightly gapped teeth and sultry, disheveled hair? Oh to be French!
Remember my favorite French Vogue with Sofia Coppola on the cover? Imagine my joy when I found this fashion illustration today based on the famous cover! Très chic, non? I just adore her dark, sultry pose against the pretty blush pink. I want it framed in my dressing room. That is, when I make it big and have a dressing room…le sigh.
Looking back at these pages from the January 2005 French Vogue featuring Sofia Coppola evokes such memories! My French “sister” Maud laughed when I picked up a copy from the newsstand in Paris. You see, we both knew I couldn’t actually read the half of it. I was after the pictures anywho—can you blame me? Maud laughed again when I “read” the magazine the entire train ride to Provence for the holiday. I couldn’t get over the fantastically candid photos and bright, collage-like layouts. I still can’t! What I would give to see my beloved American Vogue loosen up and strew polaroids and wonky-cut silhouettes across their pages! After the holidays I bid Maud au revoir, but French Sofia joined me en route to Italy, then Greece, Switzerland and a year later, stateside. I simply couldn’t part with it. In fact, I plan to frame the layout below with the pink post-it. No, not because I can read it—simply because it’s beautiful.
(images from Dec/Jan ’05 French Vogue)