Last night, The Daily Transom chatted with Frédéric Fekkai, the haute hair salon mogul, who was co-hosting a party with his wife, Shirin von Wulffen and Martha Stewart, who was absent because of the death of her mother, Martha Kostyra, last Friday. Guests at the cozy affair—held in the Galerie Mark, Read More
When Texas company Maritz, Wolff & Co. bought the 72-year-old
Carlyle Hotel for $130 million in January 2001, the new management assured New
Yorkers that it would make few changes to the swank, fraying hotel where John
Kennedy once kept a pad, Brooke Astor celebrated her 95th birthday, and where
everyone from Harry Truman to Read More
Don Robbie, Mall Voyeur
Once upon a time, Don Robbie lived next to Brigitte Bardot and her sister right off the lovely Boulevard Raspail in Paris. At night he danced with glamorous drag queens who carried Yorkies. And he summered in Portofino, Italy, or in Greece, eating peaches and stopping traffic. Mr. Robbie was a Read More
