Last night, Italian luxury behemoth Salvatore Ferragamo unveiled a glossy redesign at its Fifth Avenue outpost. Despite steep competition next door— where Maison Cartier was raging with a celebration for Juste un Clou— PR stalwarts Trisha Gregory and Alex Gobo drew plenty of New York’s fashionables to the fanfare. The evening also Read More
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Isaac Mizrahi munched on an hors d’oeuvre (“I never waste an opportunity for a pig in a blanket”) and gushed to us about the virtues of his dog Harry, as well as of dog-ownership in general. He was the emcee for the ASPCA Bergh Ball last Thursday, but the guests of honor were a pack of dogs up for adoption.
They strutted across the marble floor of the Plaza’s Grand Ballroom while women in little black dresses held the ends of their stylish neon-orange leashes.
“Let me tell you, as a single girl- are you single? A dog is a man magnet!” Mr. Mizrahi said. Read More
Retail(ish) wunderkinds Alexis Maybank and Alexandra Wilkis Wilson put their noodles together one more time to pen the tell all book - By Invitation Only: How We Built Gilt and Changed the Way Millions Shop, and celebrated its launch last night in the lovely home of founder and CEO Kevin Ryan.
The Observer dropped in to inspect the lemony Read More
It’s unusual to attend an event in New York that has no photographer present, and for a certain circle it’s even unusual to attend an event where you don’t know the photographer by name. But when one sees living legend Bill Cunningham snapping away—you know you’re at a good party. Last night at the Mandarin Oriental, New Yorkers For Children threw a good party (not to mention raised over half a mil for kids in foster care).
As the room filled to capacity it became clear why Bill Cunningham was here: this night was about the dresses—almost to the point of sensory overload. Read More
The Observer has been to our fair share of red carpets; some dominated by big personalities, some by hotheaded divas, some by colossal columns of man meat, however last night truly went to the dogs (in the best way possible.)
In what might be his most adorably manipulative move yet, Cinema Society’s Andrew Saffir brought Read More
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“Have you met my friend, the fern?” said a woman in a fur coat to her friend, stroking the potted plant by the entrance to the room at the Tribeca Grand where Jarvis Cocker was DJing. The line was short, but ever expanding, and everybody was getting antsy. Supermodel Fatima Siad and her date walked delicately to the front of the line amid waves of irritation.
We made it inside just as Mr. Cocker was stepping off the stage. Pictures of Kurt Cobain in his famous white-framed sunglasses covered the fall wall, and rainbow spotlights lit the room. Tennessee Thomas was next on the turntables, and her whole set was inexplicably devoted to music from the 1960’s (perhaps because of Kurt’s mod glasses?). Nearly the entire soundtrack to Dirty Dancing was played. Read More
Since its inauguration in 2003, with the support of Sir Sean Connery and Dr. Geoffrey Scott Carroll, the “From Scotland with Love” benefit (previously referred to as “Dressed To Kilt”) has grown into the premiere Scottish themed event in the city—perhaps the country—not that Scottish runway shows are commonplace. A kick-off for Tartan Week for over the years, notable Scots have donned their ancestral clan’s tartans and paraded down the catwalk to the taunts of many a drunken laddie and lass. Personalities such as Mike Myers, Sir Connery, rocker Joan Jett, Kyle MacLachlan, Kiefer Sutherland, Chris Noth, Andie MacDowell and Alan Cumming have graced the stage to raise funds for the charity.
For its 10th anniversary spectacle, “From Scotland with Love” benefited The Wounded Warrior Project, an organization that supports American soldiers returning home from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as Cash for Kids, which benefits children living in poverty across Glasgow and Scotland. Read More
Midway through a Google chat at around 5 p.m. yesterday afternoon, The Observer caught wind of the Save Venice gala, and that it would be happening that very night – an illustrious masquerade that was “un-missable,” at least in the parlance of our chat companion.
Donning our tuxedo, we rushed out the door and picked up the cheapest harlequin mask we could find at Ricky’s – we had been told the event was mask-mandatory, a remarkable understatement considering the extravagance of the oceanic costumes seen strutting about the red carpet at 583 Park Avenue. Read More
The guests at Longchamp and Paper Magazine’s Celebrate Spring were all dressed to the nines, including a young man wearing sequined Mickey Mouse ears and a tall blonde woman whose stole was decorated with large three-dimensional teddy bears formed of golden beads. Read More
Taking our spot on the red carpet last night for the latest edition of Cinema Society, The Observer found itself giddy at the prospect of coming face to face again with French “triple threat,” as our gracious host Andrew Saffir so accurately pointed out, Melanie Laurent. Read More
