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In first, French Vogue features transgender cover model

Vogue Paris is to become the first French magazine to feature a transgender model on its cover, according the honour to Valentina Sampaio of Brazil for its March edition. Calling Sampaio the "glam standard-bearer of a cause that is on the march", the French edition of Vogue describes the 22-year-old as a "femme fatale" who happened to be born a...

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French Vogue relaunches website

With the digital age well and truly upon us, today sees the re-launch of the French Vogue website. Editor Emmanuelle Alt says, ‘is not about a re-design or facelift, it's a full-force entry into a new and quickly evolving digital world." At first glance, it seems that the new look website has taken its cues from the fashion bloggers on platforms...

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Carine Roitfeld to launch magazine

Roitfeld, former French Vogue editor, has announced she will launch her own Carine print magazine this September. "Initially I wanted it on the Internet, but it's a lot of investment, a lot of time, I do not know if it suits me," she told French newspaper L'Express. "I know that now you have to work with the Internet and the photos are of very...

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Roitfeld models for Barney's

For Barney’s AW11 campaign, former Editor in Chief of French Vogue Carine Roitfeld is photographed by Mario Sorrenti and under the creative directorship of Dennis Freedman. A few months ago, Roitfeld collaborated with the US department store as a stylist and guest editor for their catalogue. One Roitfeld for Barney's image leaked via Twitter by...