At all three parties The Observer attended Saturday night, we heard the usual refrains from the people guarding the door: “You’re wasting your time;” “I can’t help you tonight, sir;” “No” (our personal favorite). We got in anyway, of course.
There were two security guards outside the entrance to the Mondrian Hotel Saturday night for Read More
In New York sightings of celebrities are commonplace but sightings of a genuine royal are rare. At last night’s Retna opening while everyone was staring at Lily Donaldson and Amanda Hearst, a member of Monaco’s royal family slipped in so subtly that no one in the crowd noticed or seemed to care. No one even Read More
Last night at The Ace Hotel we found ourselves staring at a bevy of half-naked male models standing silent and still for hours.
“I heard they’re all on mushrooms,” a partygoer told The Observer.
We hoped they were, given how long they had to play mannequin. It was GQ‘s Best New Menswear Designers party, and Read More
Five fashion bloggers from Tumblr got out of a cab at 40th and Seventh Avenue, and it looked for a moment like a clown car. They waited in the lobby of a big midtown building for 19 others to arrive to take a tour of Oscar de la Renta’s studio.
“We’re one buddy system away from Read More
It was an eyeball-to-eyeball meeting of the world’s most iconic glasses. Spectacular, you might even say. Last night, at the amfAR gala, Woody Allen spoke to The Observer about his friendship with Elton John.
“Yes, I’m excited,” Allen said in reference to the song Elton would be performing with Stevie Wonder, Gladys Knight, and Dionne Read More
It’s the first day of Fashion Week, and we’ve just started the plunge into endless runways shows, presentations, and after parties. And with constant overlap and unfeasible transportation times, there are going to be a lot of events that just can’t make the cut. Which ones to attend and which ones to skip?
One good Read More
The first show of Fashion Week is always greeted with an air of excitement. But, still, a few words to the wise on the matter.
Wear flat shoes because you will be standing around – a lot. Wear clothing that can take you from New York’s freezing weather to the furnace — like, for example, Read More
President Bill Clinton stood between two tables at last night’s amfAR gala at Cipriani Wall Street, and his renowned magnetism — unfettered by age or that new-ish slim physique — created a bottleneck of rubber-necking party-goers at the center of the ballroom. He was there to receive an award for his work in AIDS prevention, Read More
Until hours before last night’s lavish amfAR Gala at Cipriani Wall Street, the glam and star-studded Fashion Week kickoff that happens just hours before the models and their gawkers descend upon Lincoln Center, it was unclear whether or not Diane von Furstenberg, the night’s honoree, would make her appearance.
The reason? The Read More
Happy first day of Fashion Week. Here’s what’s going on.
Steven Alan is kicking off the day’s shows at Milk Studios. Go to see the the next hot thing in expensive plaid shirts you buy for your boyfriend won’t sufficiently appreciate receiving on his birthday! Also at Milk today is Vena Cava–a favorite of Blake Read More
