Where Fashion Sits

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Photos above and immediately below are of Anja Rubik at the Ritz Paris, from a 2010 story shot by Hedi Slimane for Vogue Paris (styling by Emmanuelle Alt).

Today American Vogue posted a story from its April issue featuring a Grace Coddington-styled Kate Moss in the Spring 2012 Couture collections - also shot at the hotel, which is closing for a two-year renovation starting this year. See the story here, along with a selection of images from stories throughout the magazine's run that have used the Ritz as a backdrop.

Kate Moss in Chanel Haute Couture,
photographed by Tim Walker [click to enlarge].
Vogue, April 2012.

Image of the Day

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Hedi Slimane: Dakota with Harmonica, Portrait of a California Boy, Pasadena, October 2011 – from Slimane's solo exhibition California Song, at MOCA Pacific Design Center in Los Angeles through January 22.

More and more here.

Black & Light

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Sasha Pivovarova expertly styled by Mika Mizutani and photographed by Hedi Slimane for Vogue Japan, August 2011. I love the way the light shines on that massive bracelet, and the light through sheer black in the photo below.

More from the same story here.

Ain't That

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I Love America by Hedi Slimane

Sense and Sensibility

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Carine Roitfeld photographed by Hedi Slimane.
Photo courtesy of New York magazine.

There are few people in the world whose personal flavor I admire (or career I envy) more than that of Carine Roitfeld, French Vogue's Editor-in-Chief. Roitfeld is a former stylist and muse to Tom Ford during his time at Gucci, and her sensibility informs a much edgier and better-designed version of the fashion rag presided over by her American counterpart, Anna Wintour (gleefully skewered by Meryl Streep in The Devil Wears Prada). Being an unabashed fan of both her substance and style, I am looking forward to seeing Roitfeld featured in the upcoming installment of CNN's Revealed, which follows her during the recent fashion weeks in New York and Paris. Here's a quick preview:



The full show premieres this Wednesday, March 18 at 4:30 a.m. EDT (with a first encore presentation the same day at 1:30 p.m. EDT). Be sure to tune in to what promises to be a fascinating and entertaining profile. Like just about everything she does, it seems, it's a must-see.

Carine at 19, looking like a California girl. Courtesy lefashion and Teen Vogue. You can check out more current photos at jakandjil.com, here.