By Elise Knutsen and Matt Chaban 10/28/11 11:30am

Machers

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Madonna, 152 East 81st Street

Dirty Old Men Downtown: 10 Uptown Guys in Search of Love and a Decent Loft

Earlier this week, the Village got a new neighbor: Alec Baldwin bought a new downtown home at Devonshire House, taking over the massive duplex penthouse. He appears to be making room in the city’s hipper environs for his new girlfriend, Hilaria Thomas, who will likely prefer the neighborhood to his previous home in the star-studded 300 Central Park West.

It’s a well-worn path. Indeed, Mr. Baldwin is only the latest in a line of older uptown dudes to to head downtown in search of love. Read More

By Matt Chaban 2/06/11 11:20pm

Manhattan Transfers

Elie Tahari’s New Fit at 860 Fifth

Elie Tahari has been called “the king of the jacket” for the $500 million business-forward fashion label that bears his name. Yet the Israeli-born designer could also be called the king of real estate for his nine-figure property portfolio. Still, for years there was one tiny piece of Manhattan he could never have until now, Read More

By Michael Miller 10/27/09 11:54pm

Eva-Licious! Actress Topples Tray; Designers Weave Through Festive Week

Big week for the fashion crowd!

On the eighth floor of Saks on Oct. 20, CFDA president Steven Kolb hosted a party for his organization’s American Fashion Cookbook, now in its second printing, though Mr. Kolb admitted: “If we were to do a recipe quiz with all the designers in the cookbook and asked Read More

By Irina Aleksander 9/29/09 11:30pm

Designer Wife Rory Tahari Wants to Be Your List Mistress

A decade ago, Rory Heather Green, a driven 26-year-old television producer from Atlanta with a broadcast journalism degree from Boston University, attended the 46th birthday party of Elie Tahari—a fashion designer known for his tailored lady suits, and a noted bachelor—and fell in love. But before she could marry Tahari the person, she had to Read More

By Michael Miller 9/11/09 1:58am

We Love Ya, Tahari: Designer Says Magic Word of Season is ‘Short’

Spirits were high at designer Elie Tahari’s show on the first day of Fashion Week, in the Israeli-born designer’s showroom kitty corner to Bryant Park.
“We’re expecting excitement,” Mr. Tahari said of the week to come. “We’re expecting the stores to cheer up from this tough year, and,” he paused, “for the press to also Read More

By Caroline Bankoff 11/14/08 9:46pm

Rory Tahari Sells a Book of Checklists

According to Publishers Marketplace (subscription required), Rory Tahari—the vice chairman and creative director of husband Elie Tahari‘s eponymous label—has scored her first-ever book deal. The project, a "collection of approximately 75 checklists on topics including parenting, moving, traveling, financial planning, taking care of your home, preparing for a hospital stay, planning a funeral, and Read More