Former Vogue Paris editor Carine Roitfeld and Stephen Gan, her partner in CR Fashion Book, are officially over, a source tells us.
In July, Page Six revealed that a rift had torn the top fashionistas apart, with a source telling us they “had a major falling out,” and that things had gotten so bad, they were only speaking through lawyers.
At the time, an insider close to the pair insisted to us: “They are working together more than ever,” and, “Lawyers are there for business . . . but they are good friends who still speak to each other and there is no drama.”
Now, amid more drama, they are parting ways, with another source telling us Roitfeld will take her high-end fashion book — whose covers have featured Kate Upton, Beyoncé and Gigi Hadid — off of Gan’s Fashion Media Group roster.
“Stephen refused to let Carine negotiate a new contract,” said the source. “When she asked to change a few terms, he threw a hissy fit and told her, ‘If you feel that way, then you should just leave.’”
Gan, who founded another high-end magazine, Visionaire, also acts as creative director for Harper’s Bazaar, where Roitfeld was named global fashion director in 2012. We hear things reached a boiling point between the pair during a recent shoot for Roitfeld’s annual Icons issue for Bazaar — when Chanel designer Karl Lagerfeld showed up seven hours late to photograph Kim Kardashian and Kanye West for the September cover story.
“Kanye was disappointed to learn there was no concept,” said the source. “Scrambling, Stephen came up with the ‘selfies’ idea . . . Kanye later expressed his disappointment to Carine, and she blamed Stephen for failing to come up with an idea.”
Page Six reported in 2014 that Gan and Cecilia Dean, his partner in V magazine, also split. Reps for West told us Lagerfeld wasn’t late for the shoot, reps for Roitfeld had no comment and reps for Gan and Bazaar didn’t respond to requests for comment by deadline.