A provocation in print.

Fantasties is not a retrospective — it is a fever dream. A distilled expression of Carine Roitfeld’s unapologetic vision, where fashion slips effortlessly into art, sex, cinema, religion, power, and desire.

After redefining fashion imagery during her decade as Editor-in-Chief of Vogue Paris, Roitfeld launched CR Fashion Book as a creative playground without rules. This monumental hardcover volume captures that energy in its purest form: fearless, intimate, subversive. Every page is charged with tension — beauty pushed to its edge, glamour sharpened by intellect, fantasy grounded in instinct.

Bound in a luxurious cloth slipcase, Fantasties unfolds through striking, often risqué imagery by the most influential photographers of our time — Sebastian Faena, Mario Sorrenti, Mert & Marcus, among others. Iconic figures and the next generation of muses collide across its pages, including Lady Gaga, Beyoncé, Zendaya, Megan Thee Stallion, Kaia Gerber, Barbie Ferreira, Ashley Graham, and Lily-Rose Depp — each rendered through Roitfeld’s unmistakable lens of erotic elegance and emotional gravity.

Interwoven with exclusive anecdotes and reflections from Roitfeld herself and close collaborators such as Riccardo Tisci and Gigi Hadid, the book reads like an intimate archive — personal, indulgent, and unapologetically bold.

This is a book to live with, not shelve.
A talisman for those drawn to fashion as a language of power, beauty, rebellion, and transformation.

Collector’s Note

Fantasties is a book for those who understand fashion as instinct rather than trend. It captures a rare moment where image, desire, and intellect collapse into one language — unmistakably Carine Roitfeld’s.

More than a publication, this volume functions as an object of seduction: to be returned to, lived with, and absorbed slowly. Its power lies not in chronology, but in emotion — the tension between beauty and provocation, control and abandon.

For collectors, Fantasties belongs in the company of essential fashion artifacts — books that shape taste rather than follow it. A piece of cultural memory, preserved in print, meant to remain relevant long after the moment has passed.

Publish Date: September 12, 2023 Format: Hardcover Category: Photography - Subjects & Themes - Fashion Publisher: Rizzoli Trim Size: 10-3/8 x 13-3/4 Pages: 368