Carine Roitfeld Biography
Carine Roitfeld is a French fashion editor, model, and author who served as the former editor-in-chief of Vogue Paris from 2001 to 2011. She became the founder and editor-in-chief of CR Fashion Book, a bi-annual print magazine based in New York City, in 2012.
How old is Carine Roitfeld? – Age
She is 68 years old as of 19 September 2022. She was born in 1954 in Paris, France.
Carine Roitfeld Family – Education
Yakov Motelevich Roitfeld (Jacques Roitfeld in France) was born in Belgorod-Dnestrovsky (Bessarabian province) as one of five children (four brothers and a sister) in the family of the owner of the grocery and Moscow shop Motel Itsikovich Roitfeld. He received his law degree in St. Petersburg, practiced law there, then in Baku and Odessa. At the age of 34, he emigrated from Russia to Austria, then to Germany, and finally to Paris after the Nazis took power. His first marriage produced two children; the second produced a daughter, Karina, who was 34 years younger than her older brother. Carine Roitfeld described her mother as a “classic Frenchwoman,” while her father was described as “an idol” who was always far away.
Is Carine Roitfeld still married? – Wife
Although they are not married, Roitfeld and Christian Restoin have been together since the late 1970s.
Carine Roitfeld Children
Julia Restoin Roitfeld, born on November 12, 1980, and Vladimir Restoin Roitfeld, born in December 1984, are the couple’s two children. They were both born in Paris. Julia graduated from New York City’s Parsons School of Design in May 2006 and was named the face of Tom Ford’s fragrance Black Orchid in November 2006. Vladimir earned his bachelor’s degree in cinematic arts from the University of Southern California in 2007.
Carine Roitfeld Net Worth
He has an estimated net worth of $5 Million.
Carine Roitfeld Height
He stands at a height of 5 feet 4 inches(1.62m).
Carine Roitfeld Irreverent
Roitfeld returned to freelance styling, taking part in projects such as designing a window display for Barneys New York and compiling the large-format book Irreverent, published by Rizzoli in 2011.
Carine Roitfeld Apartment
Roitfel has a fifth-floor apartment overlooking the pristine lawn at Invalides.
Carine Roitfeld Clothing Line
Restoin founded the Equipment clothing line, which he discontinued in 2001 after Roitfeld accepted the Vogue editorship.
Carine Roitfeld Fashion Career
At the age of 18, Roitfeld began modeling after being scouted on a Parisian street by a British photographer’s assistant. She worked as a writer and stylist for French Elle. Her daughter, Julia, was in a children’s fashion shoot for Italian Vogue Bambini in 1990, photographed by Mario Testino, while she was working as a freelance stylist.
In a 2005 interview with 032c magazine, Roitfeld admitted that she was not the best stylist when she worked for French Elle for fifteen years, but something changed when she met Mario Testino. The right person at the right time for her. Soon after, Roitfeld and Testino began working as a team, doing advertising as well as shoots for American and French Vogue.
Roitfeld went on to work as a consultant and muse for Tom Ford at Gucci and Yves Saint-Laurent for six years, as well as contributing to Missoni, Versace, and Calvin Klein images. In 2001, Condé Nast International Chairman Jonathan Newhouse approached her about editing Vogue Paris. There were rumors in April 2006 that Roitfeld had been approached by the Hearst Corporation to take over Glenda Bailey’s editor-in-chief position at US Harper’s Bazaar.
She was named one of Tatler magazine’s top ten best-dressed women in January 2010. In March 2013, The Guardian named her one of the fifty best-dressed women over 50. Roitfeld left Vogue Paris after ten years to focus on personal projects on December 17, 2010. She stepped down from the magazine at the end of January 2011. On 1 February 2011, she was succeeded at Vogue Paris by Emmanuelle Alt, who had previously served as fashion director under Roitfeld.
Roitfeld returned to freelance styling, taking part in projects such as designing a window display for Barneys New York and compiling the large-format book Irreverent, published by Rizzoli in 2011. In 2012, she was appointed global fashion director at Harper’s Bazaar. The documentary Mademoiselle C, released in 2013, follows Roitfeld as she launches her magazine CR. Carine Roitfeld amassed a net worth of over two million dollars. This was possible because her work increased her worth with each passing year.
