Tinsley Mortimer
High Society, Tinsley Mortimer's much-awaited reality show, finally premiered on the CW last night. And? Well, it's pretty much what we expected. Paul Johnson-Calderon called Jules Kirby a "beak-nosed bitch"; Ms. Kirby called him a "an AIDS victim" (he's not); and the Tinz spun around in pretty dresses, expertly avoiding the drama, except for the painfully awkward scene in which Ms.... READ MORE»
The most loathsome characters-and, therefore, inevitable stars-of High Society, Tinsley Mortimer's forthcoming reality show, will not include the socialite herself, but two peripheral characters, a network source recently told the... READ MORE»
The Post continues to report on Tinsley Mortimer's reality show shenanigans--this time, though, they play it straighter. An account of her fight with "wannabe socialite Devorah Rose" (which New York magazine says has been in the works for a while) is followed directly by reassurance from the... READ MORE»
Opening night at New York City Opera felt like New York City Opera can sometimes feel: like the Metropolitan Opera, but scrunched up. Rather than unfolding majestically along Lincoln Center like the Met's, City Opera’s red carpet was crammed into the lobby. Then, when the gala ended, those who hadn’t been invited to the post-concert dinner had to squeeze past tables crammed with flowers, candles, and salads before emerging into the cold November... READ MORE»
With bitter dismay, the Post reveals this morning that Tinsley Mortimer's impending reality show will be "as fake as her platinum blond mane." One incident of fakery recounted by a Post... READ MORE»
We have just learned that socialite Tinsley Mortimer will be getting her long-rumored reality show. Dreams really DO come true, especially for the rich and... READ MORE»
By Eliza Shapiro | September 24, 2009 | 4:24 pm
The last human being to wear Spider Silk, a textile stronger than steel and made from the silk of the golden orb spider, native to Madagascar, was one of Napoleon’s wives. She sported Spider Silk gloves. Two hundred years later, on the evening of September 23 at the American Museum of Natural History, socialite Tinsley Mortimer picked up where French aristocracy left off and valiantly wrapped a shawl made from the silk of 40,000... READ MORE»
By Sharon Barbour | July 2, 2009 | 1:36 pm
At Tinsley Mortimer and Elizabeth Meigher’s pre-4th of July party at the Samantha Thavasa boutique on Wednesday, July 2, socialites admired Ms. Mortimer’s handbag designs while discussing weekend plans for the forthcoming mass exodus out of the city. “I’m either going to to Bridgehampton or my place in the Adirondacks,” Ms. Meigher said. “We have a small family island with no phone and no TV in the Adirondacks. If I go to the Hamptons—I usually... READ MORE»
Despite the numerous Page Six reports about their rumored divorce, New York socialite Tinsley Mortimer and her hedge-funder husband, Topper Mortimer, are not separated and are, in fact, working things... READ MORE»
In January, the Daily Transom reported that the socialite Tinsley Mortimer's attendance at galas and cocktail parties was dwindling. In the first half of 2008, Ms. Mortimer was photographed attending 30 different parties; in the latter half of 2008, she was photographed at only 15. At the time, Ms.... READ MORE»
Mayor Bloomberg, Caroline Kennedy, and Joel I. Klein showed up Giorgio Armani's store opening last night because Mr. Armani is donating $1 million to The Fund for Public Schools.... READ MORE»
Tinsley Mortimer and her husband, hedge funder Topper Mortimer, are reportedly telling friends that they've been separated since December. And according to Page Six, Mr. Mortimer is responsible for the split. A unnamed source "close to the couple" tells Page Six, "Tinsley was getting fed up that their 'don't ask, don't tell' agreement was being violated by [Topper's] promiscuous ways." Judging from this quote, a part of the Mortimers' marriage "agreement" was apparently that... READ MORE»
If you don't feel like being yet another Ashley Dupre, Sarah Palin, Don Draper, or Dick Fuld for Halloween this year, consider a costume that you can whip up in less than 24 hours that will no doubt impress your social-climbing friends: the New York socialite. Throwing together a socialite costume overnight is easy. Most of what you'll need is probably already in your closet--or your friend's closet--and it has the attractiveness and comfort factor... READ MORE»
As you may recall, New York's queen bee Tinsley Mortimer has been acting as "lifestyle director" for B+B Investment Group, a real estate-focused private equity fund run by Ilan Bracha. If it may have seemed unlikely that Ms. Mortimer would be willing to step foot in something so dreary as the headquarters of a real estate company (in Plum Sykes's The Debutaunte Divorce, a character based on Ms. Mortimer says, "I only dress for... READ MORE»
Now that New York Fashion Week is but a distant memory, the front rows of Paris Fashion Week—which ends Oct. 5—are crowded with editors, socialites and actresses. At the Balmain show, Derek Blasberg sat alongside Milla Jovovich and Paul Anderson. French Vogue editor Carine Roitfeld and her daughter Julia Restoin-Roitfeld attended the Christian Dior Spring 2009 show, and Tinsley Mortimer made an appearance at Christian Lacroix. Even the ubiquitous Leigh Lezark is over there... READ MORE»
