The Sartorialist

the first one looks like something out of Fellini…wonderful.

She is the EPITOME of chic, and these photos capture that. Great job!

she’s amazing.
i LOVE the shoes and hat.

the texture and color of the first outfit compliment her skin and hair colour and puncutates her already long legs. Eye-catching but not in a “look at me” way. Chic.

The second outift plays the hat well but it is very age inapproriate. Frankly, denim and a skull shirt crosses the line into trashy and doesn’t do anyone any favours.

anyone can id the Hat ? it's beautiful love it <3 i know the total look from AlAIA….

merci

R.K

She knows what she’s doing congratulations!! sexy, femenin, playful, not taking fashion to seriously I love these two pictures, I’ll jump into my closet right now to see what can be done..

She looks like something out of a cinema flick. It’s the hat maybe. I watched her saunter into the Gramercy Rose Bar once, totally same effect.

she truly is an icon of style! never out of fashion!

where are the shoes from? i think i need them to complete my collection! they’re beautiful!

Holy cow! That gal can wear clothes like nobody’s business.

Same shoes, but pass on the skull and cross bones. Come on.

The dress and shoes look gorgeous in the top pic. The hat needs to go in both pics though. In fact, the whole ensemble in the second picture needs to go!

Love the punch of one very neutral color:
http://thestorialist.blogspot.com/2008/07/monday-july-28-2008-on-streetcarine.html

That’s quite an interpretation of the flapper dress in — jersey, is it? Interesting. Wouldn’t suit me at all, but interesting.

The denim skirt and black tee is more in my line, though I’d nix the skull (I’m just not into deathwear) and super-high heels. For me anyway. I’d fall off of them. The hat — do like.

when i grow up, i want to be a ‘woman of a certain age’.

wow.

This woman is awesome: part gothic muse and punk rock mistress and all deadly sleek chic. Carine (along with Melanie Ward) are two of the greatest stylist this industry has to offer– no hype, just pure brilliance. Her work at French Vogue is inspiration.

I’m just a bit green with eny you work with her Sart ;-)

–PLO

She looks great.

For the person that asked – the hat is from Balenciaga and the dress and shoes are from Alaia.

I actually surprise myself by saying that I like both looks on her. I do love the way that she makes the heels and hat work so differently with the two looks. We’ve seen her in that dress before. Cool. I have to laugh – no at but with the first commenter – but I can’t see anyone going out “for a walk” in those heels, plus or minus the denim. ;-)

I didn’t even realize that the accessories were the same until someone pointed it out — two amazing looks. She continues to inspire.

Love Carine always :)

Scott I walked pass you on the street today!
But I was in a bad mood (mad at my boss) so I didn’t say hi…
Well, hope to run into you again and would definitely say hi!

Well, come on. It’s Carine. Would you expect less? The girl can’t help it.

She’s got a rockin’ body and unreproachable good taste/style (as she should with her job). But still her eyes and her smile are her best features IMO.

Her casual style is especially righteous to me. Although I wouldn’t personally rock 4″ heels with a denim skirt she works the hell out of it. Love the hat too. I even dig the shoes although normally I really hate gladiators – they’re much too fashionable to be interesting but Carine knows how to pull it together in a very organic way and she never looks like the clothes are wearing her. She makes it look effortless.

God, I hope I look this good when I’m her age.

who makes these shoes?

I LOVE THE HAT.

Haha I thought she promised that she would never wear jeans/denim since it wasn`t for her. (In a New York Magazine profile I think?)

picture no 2, funky

The hat is Balenciaga Homme SS 08. I see her very often with it !

Just when I needed it, thanks for posting a picture of my idol. Thanks.

She’s awesome! so chic, so very french. She’s practically an icon.

I believe The New York Times used a picture of her in the Nude Alaia yesterday (styles section). Your posting, though, is better: we can see how she uses her hat and shoes for two completely different outfits. Moral of the posting- look at everything that is being offered for the season, think of what you already got in your closet, and go for a few pieces that you can wear to the bitter end! If it works for a fashion editor, it works for us! Jorge from W Palm Beach

she is so great, i have to cry in envy!
please dear lord, let me look that great when i’m 53.

Haha, clever post! It’s amazing how well the hat + shoes work in both outfits… :3

The first photo is very chic.

The second photo makes her look like trailer trash.

She has such a great style!
The hat with the shoes… wow!

Wonderful dress in the first picture and I applaud her foregoing unneeded accessories BUT the hat looks goofy, in both guises.

The hat is balenciaga dress and shoes Alaia

These are gorgeous. I wish more women in America wore whatever hats they wanted instead of just what is super stylish at the time.

Beautiful woman, beautiful dress, cool hat. The shoes, however are merely fashionable, not stylish. Although beige, they still stumpify her legs.

Ratty denim skirt and skull tee? Really? Meh.

Suzette

It’s her daring that makes her so sexy. I love that she is unafraid to mix and match. A great woman of style.

Stunning dress on the first pic. I want one!

Often when she wears a dress that was on the runway, she looks better than the model. You need a great figure for that dress.

The beige dress is horrible: the trim around the neckline, the runching, the whole thing looks like it’s off a second-rate market stall somewhere in a middle-English town. The one thing I can find to say in its favour is that her figure looks stunning in it.

The second photo is even worse! It reminds me of something from, say, New Look’s ‘teen’ collection.

I do, however, adore the shoes.

So sultry! So sexy! So chic! Carine Roitfeld is one of the only women who can make a jean skirt look elegant! And that nude dress is just stunning, especially with the monochromatic shoes and hat!

This is the first time this summer that I’ve seen those open-toed boots (or are these hybrid gladiators?) and they don’t make me want to hurl. They actaully look good in these applications! It’s definitely the color of the leather. And she’s proof positive that you can be super hot no matter how old you are – you just have to have the right attitude!

I love Carinne, BUT, are you guys seriously telling me that you like the second outfit? And that hat?

always look amazing, i love her sense of style !

It doesn’t really matter what she’s wearing, she makes it sing. And she can’t look ‘age inappropriate’, because she’s simply ageless.

Bluebell

She looks amazing in the first pic! It’s amazing what accessories can do for an outfit. The outfit would be no big deal without the hat but the hat pulls everything together and looks great with her shoes.

J’adore Carine!!!!! For me her and Emmanuelle Alt are the two greatest of all the editors!!! They have such panache and naughty style, that it makes everyone of their looks desireable…Anna Wintour take some notes!!!!

Gorgeous!!

Precisely the reason why I read Vogue Paris instead of Vogue US. Ms. Roitfeld’s magazine truly brings the reader into a fashion experience, one that hasn’t been seen since that late 80′s and early 90′s. She is fashion. I love her…

Utterly fabulous! LOVE the shoes!

The dress fits her very nicely. I really like the details on it, along with the hat and shoes.

Not a fan of the top in the second shot.

Love the heels, denim skirt and t-shirt – great look ! But I am sorry, you have to loose that hat – it ruins the whole outfit. Another hat could work, if it was more ‘fitted’ maybe …. but that looks like something Grandad would go fishing in.