in a dream world.

I posted this on my old blog when it first came out last March. So it may be a bit old. But regardless, I was feeling inspired due to my current assignments for school: a french composition and a magazine spread.

I just can't begin to touch upon this woman and the impact she has had on my life. Honestly, if I could be anyone in the entire world, I would choose Carine Roitfeld...hands freakin' down.

She is the editor in chief of French Vogue. She does not believe in celebrities on the covers of magazines. She does not believe in models that are too skinny. She does not believe in clothes that are too expensive.

Here is a clip from an article published in 2008 about Carine and her opposition to American ways.

"Roitfeld has been the editor-in-chief of French Vogue for the past seven years, ever since she took over from the cerebral Joan Juliet Buck. Roitfeld remade French Vogue in her own image, which is to say svelte, tough, luxurious, and wholeheartedly in love with dangling-cigarette, bare-chested fashion.

So much of the fashion world is about negotiating insecurity—exploiting it enough to make you want to buy things, but still nurturing, to keep you close. But Carine Roitfeld is like the industry’s X factor: Fashion does not, could not, make her insecure. Fashion is the place in the world where Roitfeld is most comfortable and at home.

Because of this, Roitfeld’s French Vogue is the polar opposite of most American fashion magazines. It is unconcerned with making fashion wearable or accessible to its readers. It is not inclusive: There is no advice on how to dress if you’re shaped like a pear or about to turn 50."

This is exactly how I feel about fashion. To. A. T.

And like I said, I feel as though I cannot touch on her sheer brilliance. It is just one of those things that is, and something I understand on a very real, cerebral level.

At risk of continuing and sounding a little obsessed, I leave you with these clips from an episode of CNN's Revealed, where they followed Carine around to soak up all her fabulous. Enjoy.