Socialite Slapdown: The Final Four

The Observer‘s version of March Madness entered a new phase at midnight last night when votes were tabulated for the Final Four face-off in our Socialite Slapdown contest.

The contest—which gained a bit of heat last week when Page Six reported on socialites’ efforts to stack the votes in their favor—closes with four finalists: Publishing Read More

Snnnip! At Socialite's South American Weddingstravaganza: Mojitos, Marauding Models, Designer Wielding Scissors

“It was an experience of a lifetime. I’m never seen a more beautiful bride,” said Valentino publicist Annelise Peterson of Vogue contributing editor Lauren Davis’ Cartagena, Colombia, wedding on Tuesday, Jan. 8, to Colombian billionaire heir Andres Santo Domingo. “It definitely looked like nine years in the making,” she said, referring to the length of Read More

Kelly Killoren Bensimon Adores Cars, Jack Russell Terriers, R&B

Open-access Facebook profiles are totally hot—primarily because they can be viewed without going through the whole ‘friending’ rigmarole. In fact, one needn’t even ‘poke’ them! And that’s sweet, because ‘poking’ is completely out of the question.

So we decided to celebrate those peeps who have the gumption to announce their, say, religious Read More

Paul Johnson-Calderon No Longer Kristian Laliberte’s Frenemy

Paul Johnson-Calderon, the social butterfly and assistant to Vogue contributing editor Lauren Davis, wants to set the record straight about his failed attempt to star in a reality TV show with publicist party-boy Kristian Laliberte. (“It’s going to be The Simple Life meets The Hills,” Mr. Laliberte reportedly said.)

“There’s no more Read More

The Public-Relations Princesses

Lauren Davis, the golden-haired scion of a bottled-water fortune, was swooshing uptown in a cab from her West 30th Street office, discussing her job as the director of public relations for the fur-centric fashion house J. Mendel. Ms. Davis, 28, who has co-chaired the American Museum of Natural History’s Winter Dance for three consecutive years, Read More