December 18, 2010

INTERVIEW | Carine Quit

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After being editor in chief for ten years, Carine Roitfeld resigned from her accomplished position at French Vogue yesterday.
She said she decided that a decade in a job that ultimately might have limited her creativity was enough.

In an interview earlier this year by The New York Times she talks about censure and the restriuctions at Vogue:


How do you feel about the magazine at 90?

In 90 years, we haven’t changed the mood of the magazine. It’s still very audacious. It’s still about beauty. It’s still about excess. It’s still very avant-garde. When we started to do the research, we discovered the same mood in the past, so we are very happy to feel that we are still looking like the iconic Vogue of Newton and Guy Bourdin. We try to be sophisticated, while a little on the edge all the time. But what I can see is that now, the censoring is bigger than it was 20, 30 or 40 years ago. I think we have less freedom. Today some pictures would not even be publishable. It’s not just about the nudity, but when you talk about things politically, the military, kids, it would all be politically incorrect and not publishable today.

How does that make you feel as an editor?

That we have to fight to keep this un-politically correct attitude of French Vogue, but it’s more and more difficult to be able do that. You cannot smoke, you cannot show arms, you cannot show little girls, because everyone now is very anxious not to have problems with the law. Everything we do now is like walking in high heels on the ice, but we keep trying to do it.

How do you remain personally engaged with fashion when everyone else can see it online?

It’s still exciting to me, because when I am going to a fashion show, I’m not just looking at the clothes. I’m looking at the mood, I’m listening to the music, so sometimes, I can be a bit disappointed in one, two or three shows, and then I see a great one and my energy goes up again. There were some big fashion moments last week in Italy, like when you go to Prada, and wonder what’s she going to do this time, or at Dolce & Gabbana, and you are almost ready to cry. Maybe I still like the clothes. I don’t see them just to wear them, I see them as a piece of art sometimes.

12 comments:

FELIX NINA said...

zij heeft zo'n geweldige stijl! dit is ook echt een prachtige foto van haar! xo

We love the sweet life said...

I am gonna miss her so much!

minnja said...

I love that post :)))))))

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Lara Woodbine said...

Great post, beautiful picture!

love, fashion a la caprice<33

WILDFLOWER said...

Wow yes interesting! I have always adored Carine. What a beauty! Wonder what she will do next?

Petitebine said...

Prachtige foto van haar!
Jammer dat ze stopt :(

Julie said...

She is really beautiful :) Gonna miss her.

Pliine said...

I think it's too bad for Vogue Paris :(
I don't know what's Vogue is going to be without her ...
Nice photo ;)

Alisa said...

she is right... and it's a big loss for French Vogue.

jill said...

I just saw this post... I saw Carine at several of the shows in London, at one (I forget which) she was late because she was at Alexander McQueen's funeral and I was holding her seat to help stop people from sitting on it (as a favour to the girls working there) and she just slipped in before it started, so I was basically in her seat facing her across the runway and I noticed just that about her: she seemed enthralled and genuinely really into the show.

And I had just seen her at the Armani art launch that her son, Vladimir had curated. So I was so surprised to hear she had quit, but this interview helps understand perhaps why. Thanks for putting this together. I'm guessing that's a photo of her when she modelled? I always wondered what she looked like as a model.

Thanks for a great post - lovely blog!

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