Tuesday, May 20, 2008

anna vs carine: where it all began...

Carine



Born in Paris on 19 September 1954. "But I am not French. I am Parisian. I don't love the French."

Her father, Jacques Roitfeld, was a Russian film producer.
Her mother was, according to Carine, a "very classic Frenchwoman."

She describes her upbringing as "very bourgeois. I'm not saying we were in diamonds, but very, very comfortable."

Carine was very competitive at school until the age of 16. Then everything changed. She "got bored" and discovered nightclubs.

At 18, Roitfeld began modeling. "I was not a big model. My face was too much in advance"



Anna



Born November 3, 1949 in London.

Her father, Charles Vere Wintour, CBE, was an editor of The Evening Standard.
Her mother, Eleanor ("Nonie") Trego Baker, the daughter of a Harvard law professor.

Anna's childhood has been described as "silver spoon"

She has had her signature haircut since she was 14. Her first fashion job was as a retail assistant at the famous boutique Biba at age of 15.

She dropped out of North London Collegiate School at the age of 16, where she frequently rebelled against the dress code by taking up her skirts. She had a habit of dating well-connected older men.

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