Style File: Bianca Brandolini d’Adda
Ever present at all the best fashion shows, rising style icon Bianca Brandolini d’Adda is an Italian socialite and actress. The sister of fashion consultant Coco Brandolini, Bianca is also the girlfriend of Fiat-heir Lapo Elkann. Continue reading for additional photos of some of Bianca’s best looks.
Style File: Olympia Scarry
The artist and socialite Olympia Scarry is the grand-daughter of bestselling children’s book author and illustrator Richard Scarry and daughter of former Gucci girl Marlis Scarry. A close friend of Pop magazine editor Dasha Zhukova, with whom she often sits front row beside and was reported to share a plush flat in the Chelsea section of London, Olympia is one of the trendsetters behind the Alexander Wang / Rick Owens inspired anti-fashion look that has risen into mainstream popularity over the past few seasons. Continue reading for additional photos of Olympia’s looks.
Style File: Poppy Delevigne
Poppy Delevigne is a English socialite, model, and actress. The daughter of Pandora Stevens, head of personal shopping at Selfridges, and the granddaughter of Sir Jocelyn Stevens, who founded Radio Caroline and once published Queen magazine, Poppy is also a brand ambassador for Chanel. She has appeared in campaigns for Bamford, Anya Hindmarch and Laura Ashley and is frequently featured in Tatler magazine. In 2008 she moved to New York, where she lived for a time in the Duchess of York’s Upper East Side apartment and began to pursue an acting career, reportedly by the suggestion of fellow Brit-It girl Plum Sykes Rowland. Continuer reading for additional photos.
Style File: Clémence Poésy
Actress Clémence Poésy is another one of those enviable French girls whose style never seems to miss a beat. The one-time face of a Chloe perfume campaign, star of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire and the most recent addition to the cast of the fashionable television series Gossip Girl, Clémence is always one to look forward to in the front row and on the red carpet. Continue reading for more photos.
Style File: Julia Restoin-Roitfeld
Glamourous Julia Restoin-Roitfeld is the famously chic daughter of Vogue Paris editor Carine Roitfeld and has made a name for herself as a model for Tom Ford, Gap, and Jil Sander amongst other campaigns as well as working as a design consultant. A graduate of Parsons School of Design, Julia has also dated Stavros Niarchos and model / magazine editor Magnus Berger. Continue reading to view additional photos.
Style File: Marie de Villepin (a.k.a Marie Steiss)
Move over Carla Bruni-Sarkozy! Marie de Villepin, also known as Marie Streiss, the name she uses as a model, is the daughter of the former Prime Minister of France Dominique de Villepin, who is a contender for Presidency when Sarkozy comes up for re-election. Meanwhile Marie, who passed up the chance to study economics in order to pursue modelling, got her big break when she appeared in the October 2005 issue of the American edition of Elle and has since gone on to be the face of the Givenchy scent Angel or Demon. Continue reading to view additional photos.
Style File: Giovanna Battaglia
Italian born former Dolce and Gabanna model Giovanna Battaglia is now the fashion editor at L’Uomo Vogue and also works as a freelance stylist. One of the most stylish women sitting front row and the girlfriend of French Vogue editor Carine Roitfeld’s art dealer son Vladmir Restoin-Roitfeld (above photo), Giovanna’s looks are always elegant with some flair. Continue reading for additional photos.
Style File: Gaia Repossi
Daughter of Alberto Repossi, head of the family’s eponymous house of joallaire with headquarters in Milan, Paris, and Monte Carlo, twenty-three-year-old Gaia has been the brand’s artistic director for the past three years. In 2007 the former Sorbonne anthropology student launched the Czarina collection, signed by Ere by Repossi, with childhood friend Eugenie Niarchos in hopes of cultivating a youthful market. In October of this year Gaia and Eugenie launched the Nérée by Repossi collection with a fete at the Ritz Hotel in Paris attended by Karl Lagerfeld, Mary-Kate Olsen and every jet setter in between. Continue reading for additional photos.
Style File: Delfina Delettrez Fendi
Twenty-one-year-old jewelry designer Delfina Delettrez Fendi is the daughter of Silvia Venturini Fendi, director of accessories for the Italian luxury brand, and the French jeweler Bernard Delettrez. Although her family’s business might be associated with classic pieces for ladies who lunch, Delfina’s line of bling, which opened its first free standing store in Rome last year, has a slightly more gothic look. Likewise Delfina’s eclectic wardrobe is a sort of Helena Bonham Carter meets the trendy euro it-girl. Continue reading for additional photos.
Les Fidèles De Chanel
You may remember a few months ago a mention about Chanel’s new it-girl brand ambassadors Jen Brill, Poppy Delevingne, Leigh Lezark, Caroline Sieber, and Vanessa Traina. Well a new bit on their role for the label… Les Fidèles De Chanel, meaning the faithful ones, will (along with pal Alexa Chung who has a special relationship with Chanel), lend their support to projects and launches, while bringing their own original styles to the iconic brand. The five girls were selected for their exceptional sense of style, original beauty, and a spirit likened to that of Coco Chanel herself. Continue reading for additional photos and more about each girl.
