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"Normally, everything starts to go down, but that goes up," says Carine Roitfeld of the effect her newfound obsession with ballet has had on her posterior. "I had to give all my skirts to the seamstress, and she had to add five centimeters. That's a lot."

In a recent Harper's Bazaar profile, Roitfeld says that she works out to "try to be in shape to be a young grandma." She also says that she doesn't have time to eat — or to read her old magazine, Vogue Paris. And with good reason: in addition to launching her magazine CR Fashion Book, she's been busy working on her upcoming partnership with MAC. Read on for her thoughts on that — and more.

On working with MAC: "I'm not bad-looking, but I'm not a beauty either. I think I have character, and that is what people like in me," she says of the campaign image, which features her in a slip dress. "I think women can recognize themselves in that picture. They see, 'Oh, she's not wearing too much makeup; she's not too much dressed; she's not too much bizarre. She's very much like another woman — simple.'"

On the staff of CR Fashion Book: "I'm using new people, so I'm going to fight to make them stars. It's very risky. I like to take risks. It's very exciting in a way. It's a bit Steve Jobs, no? Each day is a new challenge to find the model, the photographer, the money, the location, you know?"

On not reading Vogue Paris: "I have not looked at French Vogue. It's like a divorce in a way. It's still very fresh; it's still very like my baby for 10 years. I prefer to take a big distance; maybe next year, it will be finished. I don't do the magazine because I want revenge — you say, revenge?"

On her trim figure: "I don't eat a lot, to be honest — never. I'm a bit like a little bird, picking all day long, but I'm not getting pasta or getting all those things, you know? So I think it's my morphology. I've always been skinny."

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• After a year-and-a-half as editor in chief of Vogue Paris, Emmanuelle Alt has introduced a redesign that features a renewed focus on the magazine's status as the only Vogue title that represents a city, not a nation. "It's the concept of the 'Parisienne.'" she said. "The 'Parisienne' is a girl who makes people dream worldwide, rightly or wrongly — a girl who represents a particular style, a taste, an allure." [WWD]
  

• "Ultimately, shoes are just a really fun mode of escapism for a woman," said Man Repeller Leandra Medine on a tour of her shoe closet. "The higher the heel, the more fantasy is put into the shoe." [Footwear News]
  

• Louis Vuitton cast Michael Phelps — now the world's most decorated Olympian — in its newest ad campaign, photographed by Annie Leibovitz. [Just Jared]
  

• Meanwhile, Chanel Iman is the face of Amazon's Fall 2012 campaign, seen below. [Modelinia]
  

• New York Magazine's fashion blog today debuted a new look that takes "a cue from the beauty of print fashion magazines with a totally new design." [The Cut]
  

• Choupette Lagerfeld is quickly gaining a name for herself in the modeling industry. "I think she has a very bright future," says V magazine editor Sarah Cristobal, who cast the cat in her September issue alongside Laetitia Casta. "She's going to have an everlasting career." [BuzzFeed Shift]

Those stories and more here in our daily news roundup.

• Donna Karan will memorialize her late husband, Stephan Weiss, with a book titled Stephan Weiss: Connecting the Dots, Portrait of a Man. The Assouline title will be on shelves this Fall and will focus on his artwork and how he supported Karan's career. "Behind every great woman is a greater man, and Stephan was mine," Karan said. [WWD]
  

• Henry Holland has teamed up with Superga on a line of shoes decorated in his signature prints, leopard, and pastel colors. "Superga is a really great brand with great technical knowledge, manufacturing and distribution, so this project really makes sense for me," he said. [Dazed Digital]
  

• Gisele Bundchen, who covered Vogue Paris's June 2012 issue, is featured in a beachy editorial lensed by Inez Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin. Emmanuelle Alt styled the spread, titled Perfect Girl. [Design Scene]
  

• Calvin Klein's ex-boyfriend Nick Gruber has completed his stay in rehab and wrote on Facebook that he's a changed man. "I am a different person. I don't want to go back to my old self," he wrote. "No more partying. Time to be a grown adult." [The Huffington Post]

Those stories and more in our daily news roundup.

• Prada CEO Patrizio Bertelli — Miuccia Prada's husband — said recently that while counterfeit Prada bags aren't necessarily good for the company, they're not bad, either. "We're happier to have them than not have them," he said. "Don't you think it's sad for a brand that no one wants to copy them?" [Styleite]
  

• Angelina Jolie's jewelry collection with Robert Procop — who designed her engagement ring for Brad Pitt — will be sold in selected stores this September. Previous sales were available by private appointment only. Proceeds from the pieces will benefit Jolie's charitable foundation the Education Partnership for Children of Conflict. [Elle]
  

• Singer Beth Ditto had some choice words for Karl Lagerfeld for calling Adele "a little too fat" earlier this year. "Karl Lagerfeld used to be this really fat, eccentric dude," she said. "To me, only a person who was fat could get away with saying something like that." [Fashion Etc.]
  

• Bryan Yambao, the blogger known as Bryanboy, has been added to the cast list for the upcoming season of America's Next Top Model. Yambao's precise role on the show is unclear, but he'll be seen alongside host Tyra Banks, as well as Kelly Cutrone, Rob Evans, and Johnny Wujek. [Stylelist]
  

• Model Karmen Pedaru is featured on the cover of a supplement to the June issue of Vogue Paris, photographed by Hans Feurer. Pedaru stars in an editorial called La Sauvage — meaning The Wild — wearing swimsuits and beach accessories inspired by nature. [The Huffington Post]
  

• The work of photographer Gordon Parks, who shot fashion for magazines like Vogue and Life in the '40s, '50s, and '60s, is on display at the International Center of Photography in New York. The exhibit celebrates Parks's 100th birthday. [The Cut]

A topless, slightly sand-covered Gisele Bundchen is the star of Vogue Paris's June issue, the first edition of the magazine that follows the publication's worldwide Health Initiative.

Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin shot the image. Readers will find stories about targeted exercise, nutrition, and an exclusive interview with Bundchen about how she keeps in shape in the magazine's features section. The issue will hit newsstands on May 24.

All 19 editions of Vogue agreed to start following a set of guidelines that will promote a healthier body image in the pages of its magazines. Like Vogue Paris and American Vogue — which yesterday debuted a cover featuring three Olympic athletes — most editions of the magazine will dedicate their June issues to the topic of health. Vogue Japan's health issue will follow in July.

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• Karlie Kloss may have found herself a new beau in Sam Bradford, the 24-year-old quarterback of the St. Louis Rams. Kloss and Bradford were photographed together this weekend at Coachella, but so far neither one has said whether they're just friends or more than friends. [Stylelist]
  

• The women of The Cut road tested one of Spring's hottest trends when they put on peplum dresses and walked around Times Square. Charlotte Cowles — clad in a Julie Haus frock — asked perfect strangers whether they liked peplums, but some didn't know what they were. [The Cut]
  

• Nicole Kidman and Clive Owen are on the May cover of W magazine — Kidman in a Prada pastel jumpsuit and Owen in a clean white shirt. The two are promoting their new HBO film Hemingway & Gellhorn, about the relationship between writer Ernest Hemingway and WWI correspondent Martha Gellhorn. [Fashion Etc.]
  

• Vogue Paris finally made its English debut today when it added a button that translates its website from French. The welcome message, punctuated by a photo of Kate Moss wrapped in a British flag, says, "If you're not in Paris, let Vogue.fr bring Paris to you." [Vogue Paris]

>> Vogue Paris will keep the promise it made on Twitter last Friday by adding an English option to its website.

Jennifer Neyt, who edits Vogue.fr, said starting Monday, April 16, the website will feature both French and British flags on its navigation bar; clicking on the Union Jack will display the website in English. For now, all the articles will be English translations of stories that were originally written in French.

Vogue Italia's website is the only other Vogue property that has an option to switch between two languages. French Vogue announced it would add the functionality last Friday when it tweeted, "France gave the US the Statue of Liberty, now we are taking Vogue.fr to the wider world... get ready for #VogueParisinEnglish."

Photo: Magdalena Frackowiak in the April 2012 issue of Vogue Paris

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• Vogue Paris tweeted that it's getting ready to launch an English edition, meaning non-French speakers the world over will finally be able to read the magazine's stories. "France gave the US the Statue of Liberty, now we are taking Vogue.fr to the wider world... get ready for #VogueParisinEnglish," the tweet read. Whether the translation will extend across both the magazine's print and Web editions remains to be seen. [Fashion Etc.]
  

• LVMH chief Bernard Arnault told his shareholders this week that Dior is extremely profitable — even without a creative director. "Profits more than doubled to 85 million euros, or $118.4 million, as sales in its own stores advanced 28 percent," he said. That must mean John Galliano's interim replacement Bill Gaytten is doing a good job. [The Cut]
  

• Victoria Beckham wears some pretty major statement jewelry on the cover of Harper's Bazaar China this month. Oh, the drama. [The Fashion Spot]