CR Fashion Book 6 : Anna Cleveland by Brigitte Niedermair

[MON]

It looks okay but not sure if it will stand out from the newsstand.

 

[Les_Sucettes]

This is a nice shot, but it just doesn't look like a cover to me and I doubt it will be the cover(after all, it's not gimmicky enough)

You are right. It's not the cover, she confirmed it was not on instagram.

 

[JessRubik]

^ Yup, she said it was just a teaser.

 

[Benn98]

So glad to see Brigitte for CR FB again. Wise move, this is what I like about Carine. She's very diverse with her photographer castings.
Probably this wont be the cover, the actual one is bound to be a celeb. Wonder who.....

 

[poison84]

Carine & Kristen by Karl Lagerfeld
Anna by Brigitte Niedermair
Kylie by Michael Avedon

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[rebel]

How will it be different?

After hospital, I was thinking, What’s my issue going to be about? Because it was very late. So I kept thinking. I like Serge Gainsbourg, the French singer, and he made a beautiful song about Anjelica Huston that I love, too, called “Jolie Laide.” I think American people know this song. It means “ugly beauty,” but I think jolie laide maybe is nicer. It’s true in life and mostly in this work of fashion that the idea of beauty has changed. The whole issue will be around this idea of jolie laide—not just about the beauty, but about fashion, about pictures, about something that is more interesting.

I think it is a very good sign for women because we are not all perfect. I made a long story about Michael Avedon; I asked him to do my ugly beauties, in a way. I could not have Kate Moss, because I could not travel, so I could not have Kate Moss in this story, but she could be a part of it. She was not a perfect beauty, but finally she is one of the biggest top models, you know? It’s like Lara Stone. She is top model now, but you know when Riccardo [Tisci] introduced me to her, no one wanted her.

She wasn’t graceful or…?

She wasn’t enough skinny, [she had] too much breasts, you know. She was the fitting makeup girl for the show, nothing more. Can you imagine? And now she is one of the biggest top models. It’s like Gigi [Hadid]. She is a girl who I really pushed. She has a very special face. Some people think she isn’t beautiful, some people think she’s great, but she is not the profile of ideal beauty. Everything [in the issue] is around that, you know? And to make some more surprise, you know of course I am still very faithful to the Kardashians because I started with Kim. It was a good thing for her and it was a good thing for me—Iook at where she is now. So I still wanted someone from the Kardashian family in my magazine. It is not her, it is the younger sister, what’s her name? Kylie. I think she has a very interesting face. And Kanye will be a part of this issue, too.

I think your era of Paris Vogue, it felt very different.

Yes, I got a lot of letters. But you know, sometimes you never know what you are going to be attacked for. They attacked me for being racist because I painted Lara Stone in all the colors and in one photo she was painted in black. And I was the first one to put a girl like Liya Kebede from the cover to the entire issue, so people have a very short memory, you know. And one time I put a very oversized girl, because I have always liked oversized girls in a magazine, and I received a lot of letters, like, “Oh, why did you put this ugly girl in your magazine?”

So, looking forward to February and the shows, is there anything you have your eye on?

No, honestly. It’s like everything, you are never looking for your boyfriend and suddenly you found your boyfriend. It’s the same for designers. You know Riccardo, his show, I went for the first time in Milan because my son, he was friends with Mariacarla [Boscono], and Mariacarla gave to my son the invitation of Riccardo, and for me he was no one. And I was like, “OK, I have a car and I have a bit of time,” and I was like, “OK, let’s go.” So I went to see that show and it was totally new, totally fresh, and it was very interesting. That’s the way I met Riccardo. Of course I am going to wait for J.W Anderson because it is exciting, of course I am going to wait for Christopher Kane because I have been following him from the beginning, but you never know what is going to be.

I like to support new talent, I just regret not to support more before. It’s the next generation, we need them. It’s like Riccardo, he’s not so young anymore. I am so happy to see Hedi Slimane. I went to see his first show when he was working at YSL for men, and there was not more than 10 people in the room, and then they become like this, such a big success, so it makes you happy, you know, it makes you happy that you’ve known them for so many years. So yesterday I was backstage with Riccardo at Saint Laurent. I was between Riccardo and Hedi and it was a nice moment to be between two friends. Very talented friends. I say I am very gifted to have very talented friends. And they are friends together, too, they are old friends, as you may know.

And what about Gucci, your old stomping grounds?

I don’t know the guy [new creative director Alessandro Michele]. It was a bit like we took the assistant of the assistant. I didn’t see the men’s show, I do not know if you were in Milan.

I only saw the pictures…

What did you think? It was a bit different already…

Yes, it was different. Maybe he is even looking at J.W. Anderson a little bit, that androgyny idea.

Jonathan is a bit like the new one that everyone is looking at, he has the talent, he has a certain charisma. As for Gucci, I am more excited for the women’s show, I will say, than for the men’s show.

Full-style.com

 

[poison84]

BOUCHERIE DESNOYER
PH ARNAUD PYVKA
STYLIST MELANIE HUYNH
MODEL ALEXANDRA HOCHGUERTEL

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[dodencebt]

So I still wanted someone from the Kardashian family in my magazine. It is not her, it is the younger sister, what’s her name? Kylie.

Sums up how I feel.

 

[Lola701]

I'm sorry but CR FASHION BOOK is a joke now...
Carine is my all time favorite icon but Boucherie Desnoyer is the cheapest version they could have made of the "The Face" editorial.
I quite like her interview but it makes me sad. CR FASHION BOOK is "friend" magazine, a quite selfish product.
It's so sad to see her being so celebrity-obsessed...and being at the same time so uninspired.
Funny to see that she doesn't have any relationship with Raf Simons...even with the Dior beauty ads.
I'm kinda glad as she is putting all her celebrities obsessions in every brand she is working for.

And her comment on the Tom Ford for Gucci (bis) rumors, i hope she declined working with him at his own brand...seeing how it is now.

 

[rebel]

CR Fashion Book February 2015
Model: Lindsey Wixson
Photographer: Anthony Maule
Fashion Editor: Carine Roitfeld
Hair: Guillaume Bérard
Make-up: Topolino




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[MON]

^Boring...

 

[Thefrenchy]

This is all so bland... Nothing we haven't seen before from her.

What is tragic with Roitfeld, is her inability to reinvent herself; or at least to show some kind of evolution in her work. In the (vacant) documentary dedicated to her and the launch of CR, she says something among the lines of "I have a few tricks that always work". And it just shows in everything that she's been doing for the past few years.

On top of that, she seems to have become increasingly pretentious -- or maybe she's always been but was giving less interviews at the time?

I find it all quite sad and rather pathetic as it appears to me that she knows she's not as relevant as she used to be. And she tries so hard -without succeeding, if you ask me- to prove that she's still got it. In the end, maybe she should just focus on consulting instead of keeping up with this vanity project that is CR Fashion Book...

 

[poison84]

Carine Roitfeld Features Fresh Faces In Fashion Book

CR’S YOUTHFUL COVER STARS: Carine Roitfeld is looking at the newbies for fashion inspiration. The sixth issue of Roitfeld’s CR Fashion Book, which will hit newsstands March 5, showcases a new crop of models who recently walked the runways of New York Fashion Week. They include Kitty Hayes, Sarah Brannon, Stella Lucia, Antonina Petkovic, Issa Lish, Julia Hafstrom and Molly Bair.

The issue has two covers, a black-and-white fold-out shot by Karl Lagerfeld, and a color one by Anthony Maule. It also includes what is being called a “fantasy campaign” for spring, in which Roitfeld reimagined the key looks and ads of houses such as Altuzarra, Donna Karan, Balmain and Rick Owens. The campaign is captured by Maule, Johnny Dufort and Michael Avedon.

“After putting Beyoncé on my cover last season, I knew there was no way to top the most famous and beautiful woman in the world. So I went in the opposite direction: I chose my favorite fresh faces of the season…girls who are mostly unknown but have a special quality that sets them apart, like big ears or a strange smile,” Roitfeld told WWD. “To me, these models are fascinating because of their imperfections. They represent the new guard of jolie laide — my way of seeing beauty for 2015.”

wwd

 

[Les_Sucettes]

There is nothing sadder people feel the need to revisit themselves. What was once subtle becomes blatant.The ed with the meat is fantastically contrived.

 

[lewak]

The comment above that calls Carinne "a hag" is very disrespectful I feel.

I agree that this meat story looks a very poor re-run of "The Face". I have been slowly collecting those issues from ebay and it's clear to me that Carinne did her most innovative work for Ashley Heath at both "The Face" and "Arena Homme Plus". But she was one of the greatest stylists ever and shouldn't be talked about in such an awful way.

If you don't like CR book then don't buy it.

 

[arlekindearrabal]

^I completely agree with you. Suddenly she's a 'hack' for re-threading her past work.

 

[Spike413]

You know, it's sort of funny how today's creative people -- but especially those working within the fashion industry -- are held to such insanely high standards when it comes to changing themselves and their work. It's like, be totally different all the time because if you're not you'll be boring, but not too different because then you'll be accused of knocking off other people. Be relevant, but not too relevant because then people will start looking for reasons to hate on you.

No one would dream of knocking Van Gogh or Kahlo or Dali or Boldini or Warhol for repeating and reworking the same ideas, inspirations and subjects over and over and over again, and yet someone like Carine who's been one of the most influential editors and stylists for decades, gets called a washed up old hag for not changing what it is that she does. Like, how does that make sense? How does bashing someone for continuing to do exactly what made them famous in the first place and which made people admire them to begin with make any sense??

I just don't get it. The more I hear it or read it lately the more arbitrary it seems as a criticism.

 

[Les_Sucettes]

You know, it's sort of funny how today's creative people -- but especially those working within the fashion industry -- are held to such insanely high standards when it comes to changing themselves and their work. It's like, be totally different all the time because if you're not you'll be boring, but not too different because then you'll be accused of knocking off other people. Be relevant, but not too relevant because then people will start looking for reasons to hate on you.

No one would dream of knocking Van Gogh or Kahlo or Dali or Boldini or Warhol for repeating and reworking the same ideas, inspirations and subjects over and over and over again, and yet someone like Carine who's been one of the most influential editors and stylists for decades, gets called a washed up old hag for not changing what it is that she does. Like, how does that make sense? How does bashing someone for continuing to do exactly what made them famous in the first place and which made people admire them to begin with make any sense??

I just don't get it. The more I hear it or read it lately the more arbitrary it seems as a criticism.

No one is relevant forever and no one should be expected to, plus i do not know where you got this idea that big artists were or are immune to criticism if they have a long career always on the same note. That's not what happens at all. Commercial success does not equate with critical praise.

I think Carine is a fantastic stylist, well i bought her book that's how much i like her, but that fact does not make her work nowdays any better, and it's the work she does now we are judging. It's the work she does now she's trying to sell. She has all the right to sit on her laurels,she proved herself, what she cannot expect is to rehash her own past into something of lower quality and still get paid for it.

 

[rebel]

Ad campaigns, the CR way



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[gazebo]

^I like it, it's cheeky and fun.