Lydia Hearst to Get 'Model of the Year' Laurels; Plus, Sneak Peek at Richardson Shoot for Perry Ellis

The Michael Awards—the big black-tie fashion-industry smoochfest that gives out awards and raises money for the National Children’s Leukemia Foundation—won’t be held until May 7th, but at this early date! The Transom can now exclusively reveal 2007’s model of the year: Lydia Hearst.

“It’s basically the Oscars of fashion,” she said, while picking away at Read More

Manhattan Yoga Mania: Celebrity Mat Spreads As Jivamukti Opens

Crabby? Unsatisfied careerwise? Knees hurty? Spiritually angsty? Love life askew? Well, then, why haven’t you tried yoga?

Who dares voice complaint to a friend these days? Instead of a sympathetic ear, you’ll just get a gift certificate to a beginner’s class.

All over New York City, hordes of slippery yoga evangelists prescribe the magic Read More

Sandy the Dandy

Sandy Dalal pulled a U-turn on Myrtle Avenue in Brooklyn Heights in his navy blue 1986 Toyota Land Cruiser. He was shopping for a bathtub for his first apartment, a loft in his parents’ building near the Strand Book Store in Greenwich Village. In the back seat a paint-by-numbers version of The Last Supper , Read More