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The Socialite Rankers Speak

Our new besties over at SocialiteRank were kind enough to give The Transom's Spencer Morgan an e-mail interview, even after the piece in today's Observer. In it, the super-secretive, nameless SR Team spread open their Chanel blogging robe(s) a few inches. What lies beneath is at once tender and beastly, insightful and well-groomed. Also, they have housekeepers!

The Q&A is reprinted in its entirety below.  read more »

Countdown to Bliss

It feels so Reich! East German banker Claudia Reich nestles with Texan Army-private-turned-screenwriter Monty C. Floyd at the Plaza Ath
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It feels so Reich! East German banker Claudia Reich nestles with Texan Army-private-turned-screenwriter Monty C. Floyd at the Plaza Ath

Monty C. Floyd and Claudia Reich   Met: January 2002 Engaged: Jan. 22, 2006  read more »

Krens Relinquishes The Ramps! Ms. Dennison To Feed Starved Gugg

Thomas Krens
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Thomas Krens

Thomas Krens’ 17-year reign as director of the Solomon R.  read more »

Cuckoo for Coco (Chanel)? Not I, Full of French Fatigue

Reality check? Over-celebrated fashion idol Gabrielle Chanel.
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Reality check? Over-celebrated fashion idol Gabrielle Chanel.

Why, oh why, are we so enamored of French women?  read more »

I'm a Fashion Victim-Literally! Size-Two Crook Pulls a Hamptons Heist

I am a sucker for any accessory or garment of the moment, always the first name on a waiting list fo  read more »

I'm a Fashion Victim—Literally! Size-Two Crook Pulls a Hamptons Heist

I am a sucker for any accessory or garment of the moment, always the first name on a waiting list fo  read more »

Park Avenue Ladies Long for 'It' Bag- What Does It All Mean?

The ladies of Park Avenue have a big problem. Yes, they can't help it.  read more »

Two Kids? So Bourgeois! The New Rule of Three

Navigating the social riptides of Manhattan used to be simple.  read more »

May 4, 2005 – May 11, 2005

Wednesday 4thSome more things we're just not on board with: the warmed-over meat loaf that is the ne  read more »

Costume Drama

On the evening of Monday, May 2, as rain pelted down from the sky (as has been its wont in prior yea  read more »

Two Different Hats: Bashful Society Belle, Brash Fan of Brooklyn

For the past several years, my mother and her friends have invited me to the annual Frederick Law Ol  read more »

My Chanel Suit: Nipped, Tucked-Bon Jour, Lefty Couture?

During the 2004 election coverage, I repeatedly cringed at the unflattering ensembles I saw woman po  read more »

Power Punk: Amanda Brooks

Tuleh's sunny creative director loves getting dressed! Our Ms. Brooks!  read more »

Toodle-oo to Bohos (Phew!): 10 Snappy Fall Finds

"My shoppin' demons are hoppin'," said Tammy Faye Messner once, referring to the recklessly acquisit  read more »

Retailers Chase Hightailers: Fleece Is Very In This Fall

"Mopping," "boosting," "pulling a Winona"-call it what you will, shoplifting has become the new hot  read more »

The World According to Karl: Audacity Über Alles

"I don't like skinny people. I think it's very démodé." -Karl Lagerfeld, 1977.  read more »

Meet the Soul of Anna Nicole

Bobby Trendy
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Bobby Trendy

Are you a dove or a hawk? Do you support the Anna Nicole Show or do you want to see her overthrown?  read more »

The Crime Blotter

A Meaningful Glance- And the Jig Is UpThe members of the 19th Precinct Grand Larceny Squad experienc  read more »

The Met Gives In: Nasties Climb Stairs for Jackie O .

We spent last week in Kraków, a fine city, but not a placeone can reasonably expect to keep absolut  read more »

The Bidding, the Buying, the Bedroom

Your diarist is filing this dispatch under duress. I am surrounded by chaos.  read more »

Phyllis Stine Copes With the Paris Heat Wave

July 17. Dear Diary: C'est moi , Phyllis Stine. C'est moi . Where was I?  read more »

Phyllis Stine's Diary

J uly 14 : Morning, I think. C'est moi , dear diary, c'est moi : Phyllis Stine. So confused.  read more »

Phyllis Stine Gets Bitten by Paris

Jan. 17: Dear Diary. C'est moi . Phyllis Stine redux in Paris, France.  read more »

At Mortimer's With Carrie Donovan, the Old Navy Lady

From the oversized frames of her eyeglasses to her roaring pronouncements, the heroic fashion editor  read more »