Leigh Lezark | The New York Observer

XOXO! Photographer Patrick McMullan Stars on Gossip Girl Tonight

Sun, 29 Mar 2009 20:57:53 -0400

Party photographer Patrick McMullan plays himself in an episode of Gossip Girl airing Monday night, March 30.

“I’m probably getting more attention from the coming attraction than on the show itself,” Mr. McMullan told the Daily Transom, referring to the brief half-second during which his mug appeared in a preview that aired last Monday. Since then, his many friends and colleagues—many of them Gossip Girl devotees—have been ringing him to say...

At Christian Siriano's Birthday, Talk of Misshapes Past and Present

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 14:04:21 -0500

At his birthday party Tuesday evening, Project Runway winner and increasingly legitimate designer Christian Siriano was in high spirits as he made his way around Citrine on West 21st St., pausing for impromptu dance-offs with friends and later, grinning over platters of cupcakes festooned with sparklers. (The Daily Transom didn't manage to sample one, but they looked good.)

Post-dessert, we asked Mr. Siriano if he had any special goals for the evening.

"To have...

The Peacocks of Paris Fashion Week

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 11:23:36 -0400

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...

Bijou Phillips Says Sarah Palin Wears Wrangler Jeans

Wed, 17 Sep 2008 11:49:11 -0400

The Daily Transom felt a bit odd ascending to the penthouse at Highbar to celebrate the launch of a new ad campaign for DOW XLA-a new material that's supposed to be a better choice to put in denim than Lycra and Spandex-featuring Bijou Phillips. After all, now is not exactly the time to think about purchasing premium denim. (To add insult to stock-plunging injury, we could actually see the ill-fated Lehman Brothers' headquarters from...

Leigh Lezark Was Everywhere During Fashion Week

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 10:01:00 -0400

Fashion Week—which ended Friday, Sept. 12, after eight full days and nights of parties, shows, and flashbulbs—has historically been an excellent opportunity for celebrities (and we use this term lightly) to get themselves photographed a whole lot over the course of a rather short period of time. Of course, designers rely on celebrities to show up at their shows to bring buzz (and photographers); just witness the mayhem that ensued when Jennifer...