By Drew Grant 7/10/12 6:50pm

Shindigger

Waris Ahluwalia, Marissa Montgomery, Alexander Soros (Patrick McMullan)

Hammer Goes Hamptons: The Rapper of Yore Performs at Unmasking Gala Thrown by Soros Scion

Saturday night the skies grew ominous as The Observer rounded the bend toward Fairview Farm, located right on the water in Bridgehampton. Luckily, we were greeted by giant white tents arranged for “Unmasked,” the Alexander Soros Foundation’s Global Witness Gala.

Like his father, 26-year-old Alexander Soros is quickly becoming a well-known figure on the philanthropic scene, most noticeably with a donation of $250,000 to Jewish Funds for Justice. Although this was his foundation’s first public event, the names on the host committee were enough to fill a Weinstein dinner party. Read More

By Kat Stoeffel 7/02/12 5:45pm

Nightlife

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Loren Kramar, Avery Singer, Daniele Frazier

Hard-to-Explain Start-Up ‘The Cools’ Throws Hard-to-Describe Party

School may be out for the summer, but the downtown kids were in attendance at the Old School Wednesday evening for a so-called “jamborée” in honor of Olivier van Themsche’s start-up, The Cools.

The Cools is a social shopping site that’s sort of like Etsy, but for people who live in New York or Paris or want to look like they do. A “jamborée,” The Observer learned, is sort of like a party, but with shopping and performances.

To date, life has mercifully failed to imitate social networks. But wandering the three floors of the converted Nolita elementary school was not entirely unlike discovering new designers and boutiques while clicking around The Cools. The site boasts a list of “curators” like Erin Fetherston and Kathy Grayson, who drew a line down the block, but there was no list.  Read More

By Alexandria Symonds 9/15/10 6:47pm

Parties

What Does Heaven Look Like to Terence Koh?

At the 10th-anniversary party for Style.com last night, it seemed statement jackets were the order of the evening: immediately upon entering the party, we ran across the artist Terence Koh, who was wearing an immaculate white one with befeathered shoulders. He looked a bit like an art-world angel — and he informed The Observer that Read More

By Irina Aleksander 4/08/08 7:27pm

Are They … Experienced? New York Celebrities Talk Politics

“I’m starting to get upset," said Melissa George, the pretty blonde with the pouty lips and cat-like eyes who plays Laura on the HBO series In Treatment. "I want Hillary to get it.”

Ms. George was standing around with her husband, Claudio Dabed, looking healthy and politically-minded in a floral minidress at a cocktail party Read More