19 Facts About Carine Roitfeld

Carine Roitfeld is the former editor-in-chief of Vogue Paris, a position she held from 2001 to 2011.

Carine Roitfeld's father, Yakov Motelevich Roitfeld, was born in Belgorod-Dnestrovsky, one of five children in the family of the owner of the grocery and Moscow shop Motel Itsikovich Roitfeld.

Carine Roitfeld received his law degree in St Petersburg, practiced law there, then in Baku and Odesa.

Carine Roitfeld had two children from his first marriage, the second had a daughter, Karina, who was 34 years younger than her older brother.

Carine Roitfeld herself described her mother as a "classic Frenchwoman", she called her father "an idol", emphasizing that he was always far away.

At 18, Roitfeld began modeling, having been scouted on a street in Paris by a British photographer's assistant.

Carine Roitfeld became a writer and then a stylist for French Elle.

Carine Roitfeld went on to work as a consultant for and muse to Tom Ford at Gucci and Yves Saint-Laurent for six years and contributed to the images of Missoni, Versace, and Calvin Klein.

Carine Roitfeld was approached by Conde Nast's International Chairman Jonathan Newhouse to edit Vogue Paris in 2001.

Carine Roitfeld was listed as one of the fifty best-dressed over 50 by The Guardian in March 2013.

On 17 December 2010, Carine Roitfeld resigned after ten years at Vogue Paris to concentrate on personal projects.

Carine Roitfeld left the magazine at the end of January 2011.

Carine Roitfeld is accused of lending a Balenciaga pre-collection to Max Mara as part of a consulting mission, with Max Mara allegedly drawing inspiration without ethical constraints.

Carine Roitfeld was succeeded at Vogue Paris on 1 February 2011 by Emmanuelle Alt, who had served as fashion director under Roitfeld.

Carine Roitfeld returned to freelance styling, working on both the Fall 2011 and Spring 2012 Chanel campaigns, took part in projects such as designing a window display for Barneys New York and compiled the large-format book Irreverent, published by Rizzoli in 2011.

Carine Roitfeld joined Harper's Bazaar as global fashion director in 2012.

Carine Roitfeld ended up forming a net worth of over two million.

Restoin was the creator of the Equipment clothing line, which he closed in 2001 after Carine Roitfeld accepted the Vogue editorship.

The couple have two children, Julia Restoin Carine Roitfeld who was born on 12 November 1980 and Vladimir Restoin Carine Roitfeld born in December 1984.