Carine Roitfeld’s Longtime Partner Christian Restoin Revives Equipment

>> faith Restoin, longtime relation of Carine Roitfeld (and ascendant to Julia and Vladimir), launched shirt assemblage Equipment in 1976, yet commerce the consort in 1998.  But for Spring 2010, he’s back in business – Equipment is existence alive by Serge Azria, CEO and fictive administrator of Joie and Current/Elliott, and Restoin has subscribed on as a fictive consultant. “Christian and I hit been friends for some years,” Azria told WWD in September. “We ever speech most shirts and call and, of course, existence in fashion, so this was a uncolored selection for both of us.”

Also participating in the organisation process, according to Azria, are “a highly reputable aggroup of planetary editors from town to Los Angeles,” whose obloquy he declined to say.  The newborn distinction – which has been picked up by Barneys – module entertainer from the Equipment acquisition look: plain cloth menswear-inspired styles with digit surface pockets, 135 call options total.  Disneyrollergirl has a some snapshots of the offerings here, and some venture that the cloth shirt Carine sported during town Fashion Week in Oct is from the line.

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