Carine Roitfeld

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• Carine Roitfeld will release a preview of her new magazine CR Fashion Book as an insert in the upcoming issue of V Magazine, on newsstands July 5. The insert, called Issue 0, features Sebastian Faena's photography. Take a look at a behind-the-scenes video of Issue 0's creation here. [The Cut]
  

• Speaking of magazines, Gisele Bundchen will appear on the cover of the July issue of Vogue Brasil. Patrick Demarchelier reportedly shot the graffiti-inspired cover and editorial in early June, around the same time rumors of Bundchen's second pregnancy first surfaced. [Made in Brazil]
  

• The Alexander McQueen pieces featured in Daphne Guinness's clothing auction at Christie's are set to receive the highest bids tomorrow night. "The dresses and shoes offered here are classic McQueen," said the auction's curator Pat Frost. [Vogue UK]
  

• Teen Vogue will release an app for the iPhone and iPod touch this week called Teen Vogue Insider, which will give readers access to exclusive content and discounts at retailers like Clinique and H&M. [PR Newswire]
  

• Francisco Costa, Italo Zucchelli, and Ulrich Grimm — who designs Calvin Klein's shoes and accessories — are all recipients of the Accessory Council's designer of the year award this year. [WWD]
  

• Net-a-Porter opened its first office outside of the United Kingdom this week with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at its new headquarters in New York City. It also opened a distribution center in Mahwah, NJ, and plans to open an office in Hong Kong next year. [Catwalk Queen]

Editors and photographers at Condé Nast have reportedly been told they're not allowed to work on Carine Roitfeld's new biannual magazine, CR Fashion Book.

According to a few anonymous sources, Condé Nast International chairman Jonathan Newhouse has reminded Mario Testino, Craig McDean, Mert Alas, Marcus Piggot, and others who have exclusive contracts to shoot for Condé Nast titles that they legally can't work for Roitfeld. One source alleges that Newhouse has even gone so far as to strongly discourage other photographers who don't have the same contracts from working with the former Vogue Paris editor.

"Everyone is buzzing about the Condé roadblocks against Carine," one source said. "People love Carine but are more frightened of the Condé Nast machine."

Roitfeld has already culled two editors from the Condé Nast flock. Former Teen Vogue accessories editor Shiona Turini and former Vogue.it contributing fashion and market editor Michaela Dosamantes are both on the CR Fashion Book payroll.

Neither Condé Nast nor Fashion Media LLC, which operates CR Fashion Book — as well as V Magazine and V Man — has commented on the rumors. But Roitfeld said when she announced her new publication's name in April that she didn't want to challenge Vogue's dominance in any way.

"Vogue is a very beautiful magazine, an institution, and I learned so much working there," she said. "You can't put yourself into competition with a magazine like Vogue; you have to create something new, something different."

On the first leg of Karl Lagerfeld's traveling "The Little Black Jacket" tour — which features images from the book of the same name that the designer shot with Carine Roitfeld — the designer opened up about where Chanel's classic jacket belongs in fashion history.

"There are different cuts, shapes and proportions, but the basic thing is timeless," Lagerfeld explained. "There are not that many designer items you can say that about. We don't know who did the tank top; we don’t know who did the white shirt, but we know who did the little black jacket."

Lagerfeld says the book, which depicts everyone from Alexander Wang to Daphne Guinness (above) wearing the jacket, features some straightforward imagery and some in which the subjects take on different personas.

"I love the photo of Uma Thurman [resembling Marlene Dietrich], but she is not like this in life," he said. "We made Anja Rubik Japanese. She doesn't look like this either and is playing a part. The idea is the portrait of the personality, or the personality playing a part."

At the moment, one of Lagerfeld's favorite personalities is his oft-tweeted 9-month-old Siamese cat Choupette, who he admitted stealing from his male muse Baptiste Giabiconi.

"Baptiste gave her to me for Christmas to watch for two weeks when he was away but then I refused to give her back. I thought she was too cute," Lagerfeld said. She is like a kept woman. She has a strong personality. She has lunch and dinner with me on the table, with her own food. She doesn’t touch my food. She doesn't want to eat on the floor. She sleeps under a pillow and she even knows how to use an iPad. She has two personal maids, for both night and day. She is beyond spoiled."

But not spoiled enough to get her own little black jacket from Chanel. "I don't like animals in human clothes," Lagerfeld said. "I think that's very circuslike."

Below, a look at three preview clips for the exhibit, which opens in New York June 8. For a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the book, click here.

Photo: Karl Lagerfeld photographing Daphne Guinness for The Little Black Jacket.

Carine Roitfeld will stage the Cannes Film Festival's first ever fashion show next week, and all the clothes coming down the runway will be black.

Roitfeld will present the show, which reflects her ideal all-black wardrobe, during the amfAR Cinema Against AIDS Gala on May 24. And after the models leave the runway, the entire collection will be auctioned off in a single lot. Fashion houses that have contributed looks to the show include Alexander Wang, Balenciaga, Roberto Cavalli, Chanel, Christian Dior, Christopher Kane, Emilio Pucci, Fendi, Giorgio Armani, Givenchy, Louis Vuitton, and Versace.

Roitfeld is currently being filmed for the documentary Mademoiselle C., which follows her as she creates the first issue of her new magazine, CR Fashion Book.

Photo: Carine Roitfeld wears Givenchy Haute Couture at the 2012 Met Gala.

Those stories and more in our daily news roundup.

• Rihanna's second collection for Emporio Armani has been revealed — or at least the sketches of it have. The collection will include tartan-trimmed denim shorts and a distressed denim jumpsuit. "She captures the young and contemporary essence of Emporio Armani Underwear and Armani Jeans perfectly," said Giorgio Armani. [Fashion Etc.]
  

• Carine Roitfeld is putting together a staff for her new magazine, CR Fashion Book. So far, she's hired former Teen Vogue accessories director Shiona Turini and stylist Michaela Dosamantes, who was most recently a contributing fashion and market editor for Vogue.it. [The Cut]
  

• Giorgio Armani has revealed the Olympic uniforms he designed for Italy's national team. The 50-piece collection includes everything from tracksuits to suitcases and was designed under his EA7 Emporio Armani sportswear line. [Vogue UK]
  

• Abbey Lee Kershaw and Edita Vilkeviciute join Tom Cruise on the May cover of W magazine. Cruise is dressed (well, tattooed, anyway) as his character from the upcoming movie Rock of Ages, and Kershaw and Vilkeviciute stand in as glamorous groupies. [Fashion Gone Rogue]

Photo Courtesy of W magazine.

Cameras have been following Carine Roitfeld during the creation of her new magazine CR Fashion Book, and the footage will be turned into a documentary called Mademoiselle C.

Roitfeld has reportedly given director Fabien Constant "unprecedented access" to her entire life over the past few months, and he and his crew will continue filming right up until the first issue of CR Fashion Book debuts this September. The film doesn't have a release date yet, but it has already been characterized as "a lot of fun" and will include interviews with Tom Ford, Donatella Versace, and the endlessly quotable Karl Lagerfeld.

Constant and Roitfeld have worked together before — last year, he filmed her appointments during couture week to create a short film for W magazine.

A new MAC Cosmetics collaboration is nigh, and this time around the star power behind the limited-edition line will be Carine Roitfeld, former Vogue Paris editor-in-chief and all-around fashion virtuoso. The makeup collection will focus on re-creating Carine's signature smoky eye look. There will also be products to help you achieve her go-to bold brows and neutral-toned lips. In terms of product names and packaging, Carine had a say in it all, so you can expect this project to be fully fashion forward.

The list of celebrity-backed MAC makeup lines continues to grow; already on the roll are Beth Ditto, Miss Piggy, and Lady Gaga. This announcement follows all the buzz about Carine's new fashion magazine, CR Fashion Book, out this September. Good thing strong brows and natural makeup are on trend from the Fall 2012 runways: Carine Roitfeld and MAC will fit right in. Look for the new buys available in stores this Fall.