Oh Carine

So Carine Roitfeld is leaving French Vogue and everyone is all aflutter about it. Even people who I figured never even heard of the gal. Comedians, randos, they're all tweeting about it and calling her a fashion icon and such. I have to say I never gave much thought to Ms. Roitfeld. If I had any opinion it probably had something to do with the fact that she seems very French and very cool and like one of those people who smokes cigarettes in lieu of eating food. And thus I was slightly envious of her. But I just read this article in The New York Times (www.nytimes.com/2010/12/18/fashion/18vogue.html?src=twt&twt=nytimesstyle) which sheds a bit more light into her character and I gots to say, I like her! She's kind of like, eh, I've had enough of this corporate loop-dee-doo and why not bow out while I'm on top? She's sort of twirling her hair and thinking, "There's more to me than this. I have tons of interests. Why limit myself to one career?" It's such a modern way of thinking. And thus, without so much as lifting a finger, she makes Anna Wintour look like a dork.