In his foreword for photographer Anna Bauer’s new book Backstage, Style.com’s Tim Blanks calls the work “a benchmark for the present, and a reference point for the future.” For the book, Bauer caught intimate moments with some of fashion’s most influential people, including Karl Lagerfeld and Carine Roitfeld, in between shows on Polaroid film. [Nowness]Tallulah [...]

Today we published a preview of Carine Roitfeld’s new book Irreverent, which Rizzoli is releasing in mid-October. Roitfeld watchers will recall many of the images we’ve posted. There’s Carine as arch provocateur, staging a portrait of the luminous Eniko Mihalik with an octogenarian’s hands, and another with a nude model sipping from an enormous bottle [...]

Don’t dare to blame Carine Roitfeld for porno chic. In a conversation with Karl Lagerfeld for Interview’s September issue, Roitfeld dishes on why she prefers the term “erotic chic,” her anti-boredom syndrome, and more. [Interview]Kate Moss wants to make sure her new house in Highgate is equipped with all the luxuries a supermodel could desire, [...]

Can you ever get too much Carine Roitfeld? Not if she has anything to do with it. Since her February departure as editor in chief of Paris Vogue, the French powerhouse has worked with the likes of Karl Lagerfeld, Terry Richardson, and Mario Sorrenti for Barneys’ upcoming catalog and advertising campaign (she’s even a model [...]

Twenty-five for 25—that’s the Beyoncé way of giving. The singer, who headlined at Glastonbury this weekend, sent her sister 25 pairs of designer shoes for her 25th birthday Friday. Where do we sign up? [Page Six]Heidi Klum has jumped back into the jewelry business. After a Van Cleef & Arpels lawsuit put the kibosh on [...]

It remains to be seen whether Carine Roitfeld has a new magazine up her couture sleeves, but she seems to have several styling gigs in store. First there was her Chanel Fall 2011 ad campaign, and now a Jean Paul Gaultier spot, shot by Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin with Kristen McMenamy, has hit [...]

Mugler creative director Nicola Formichetti is kicking things in a kinky direction for his men’s show on Wednesday. The “uncensored” versions of his new video series, with a guest appearance by the band Jessica 6’s Nomi Ruiz, will air on Xtube, a user-generated porn site, the day after the show. [WWD]Debbie Harry helped make punk [...]

It’s “Cosmic Love” between Gucci’s Frida Giannini and Florence Welch. After meeting the ginger songstress at the Grammys this year, the designer says she was so struck by Welch’s presence that she inspired Gucci’s Fall ‘11 collection. Why? She’s got the “self-assured look that goes hand in hand with the Gucci woman,” Giannini says. [Vogue [...]

You never know what you’re going to get when you step inside a photo booth—but if you’re decked out in Chanel, and styled by Carine Roitfeld, as Freja is in the new Chanel campaign, odds are, the results will be pretty good. [Fashionologie]House of Waris designer Waris Ahluwalia—”not a lady who lunches,” he says, “but [...]

Picking out a Mother’s Day gift is hard enough (though a little easier if you consult our handy guide). And when mom is the former editor in chief of Paris Vogue, well…But at his gallery opening last night, Vladimir Restoin-Roitfeld didn’t seem too stressed. “I’m going to be here and my mom is in London [...]