(Judd Apatow, Lena Dunham)
Last night, The Standard Hotel opened up its top floor—both Le Bain and the Boom Boom Room—to toast to the success of Lena Dunham and Judd Apatow‘s new HBO series, Girls.
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She sure knows how to stay in the news cycle–Lindsay Lohan is reportedly pursuing the lecherous photographer Terry Richardson after a one-night stand; Mr. Richardson has lately been connected with the Manhattan Borough President’s press secretary Audrey Gelman. He photographed Ms. Lohan last month.
“Lindsay has been texting and phoning him nonstop Read More
After nearly two years of build-up and delays, friends of 41-year-old Frenchman André Saraiva received an email alerting them that after a battle with the New York City government, Le Baron was in fact up and running. The huddled masses outside the club who hoped of getting past the costumed bouncer proved Saraiva and his partners, such as Timothee Verrecchia, were very selective with those invitations. “My door policy is no policy. I just want it to feel like friends and family,” Saraiva says.
Opening night included Scarlett Johansson and Victoria’s Secret model Lily Donaldson, while LCD Soundsystem’s James Murphy helped increase the median age in the room along a gold staircase from the main floor to the third. Alexander Wang and the MisShapes appeared to be so at home within the walls, they looked as if club designer, Vincent Darré, physically carved them into the framework of the banquettes.
Those who have waited—and have been granted access into Le Baron’s newest lair—have been rewarded. “The waiting increased the pleasure,” Saraiva observes. Read More
