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Carine Roitfeld’s wardrobe: how she curates

Written by Daniel P Dykes.
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She’s had more of an impact upon fashion than most, but when it comes to curating her own wardrobe how does Carine Roitfeld do it?

While explaining to The Guardian that a person’s wardrobe should be appropriate (or as she puts it, “you must never share your wardrobe with your daughter… You have to wear something for your age or you will look really ridiculous.”), Roitfeld had this to say:

You have to look every five years at your wardrobe and say: “Is it OK to wear this with my legs? Is it OK to wear sleeveless with my arms?’ Then you have a cull. It’s not nice but you have to do it.

Roitfeld’s comment comes as a part of her promotional work for her Carine Roitfeld: Irreverent book.

 
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Late one Oxford night Daniel P Dykes set about creating a fashion publication that would go someway to being an arbiter on fashion as it appeals to the emerging power generations: those who don't remember a world without the Internet and for whom work plays second fiddle to pleasure. And so Fashionising.com was born as a publication for those who were focussed not just on fashion's trends, but on society's too, and how those trends could all go to heighten the art of living. Hence, Daniel sees a future where, for those young at heart, both fashion and style are grounded in traditional quality, but with a youthful, sensualised edge. Daniel is Fashionising.com's Editor in Chief and Chairman.