self improvement

The final look

Menace to Society: Wannabe It Girl Gets a Style Makeover

I’ve always been a great lover of fashion. I own a range of ball gowns and multicolor high tops, which can be pressed into duty as day or evening wear. I have at least four pairs of jeans, a few from recognized labels. (Well, someone would probably recognize them.) I even went to Bloomingdale’s last year after watching that Oprah episode and found out my bra size. It turned out I was wearing 36B when I was actually…larger than that. Double-letter larger.

I don’t even own a mirror; that’s how confident I am of my look.

Admittedly, my sense of style is somewhat singular. I’m creative, funky. I pair pieces that the “fashion world,” as it’s called, would label a “Don’t”—but then I’ll wear them for weeks at a time. Who says a $200 black cocktail dress can’t be worn with a lumpy blue grandma sweater, some purple Uggs, and a cape? Who says that maroon doesn’t go with red? People with mirrors, I bet.

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It’s Money That Matters in the Hamptons

“Of course I do!” said Rudolph Giuliani jovially when the Transom asked if he remembered the 1987 release of the original Wall Street. “I was the U.S. attorney when that movie was done the first time. It was about my cases! Boeski, Milken, Levine. Sure. I remember it in great detail–the accurate parts Read More

Get A Load of Those Mellons! Newlywed Banking Heir Buys at The Pierre

Matthew Mellon has money to spare but that doesn’t mean the 46-year-old newlywed doesn’t drive a hard bargain. The heir to the Pittsburgh banking fortune and his recently wed wife, society siren and former Ralph Lauren designer, Rachel Hanley Mellon, just snagged a bargain two-bedroom at The Pierre. According to city records, the couple paid Read More