Patrick Mcmullan | The New York Observer

What Are Hampton Celebs Searching For? Love, Margaritas, Dignity

Tue, 18 Aug 2009 19:27:56 -0400

Publicist Peggy Siegel’s Aug. 15 screening of My One and Only, a film about extremely tanned actor George Hamilton’s childhood, starring Renée Zelleweger, was hosted at a beautiful private home in Bridgehampton. Outside, guests were ushered down a stairwell and to a large screening room with a concession stand, which many seemed to find more impressive than the screening room itself.

The film is a sweet road story in which a mother...

Paula Froelich's Mercurial World: 'Society Is Pretty Much Dead,' Says Sassy Page Six Vet

Wed, 22 Apr 2009 07:00:00 -0400

Gossip writer Paula Froelich opened the front door to her one-bedroom Soho apartment on a recent evening, wearing a flattering emerald dress with puffy sleeves and woolly, moccasin-style slippers.

She had one hour, she warned, before she had to run out and meet Daily Candy founder Dany Levy and socialite Gigi Howard for an 8 p.m. dinner at Minetta Tavern. But she wanted to make sure the Daily...

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...

Socialites Come Out of Hibernation for Patrick McMullan at Elaine's

Wed, 11 Feb 2009 11:49:08 -0500

It's been a long, cold, economically devastating winter, but at Elaine's on Tuesday night for Patrick McMullan's party celebrating his 20 years with Interview magazine, the crowd was partying as though the events of the past few months were a bad hallucination. Or maybe everyone was hibernating in St. Barths, Tulum, Vermont, upstate New York, Paris? In any case, with Fashion Week looming, the party people—socialites young and old, the models, the notable PR...

Patrick McMullan's 'Iconic' Images, Altered by Son Liam, Are For Sale

Wed, 12 Nov 2008 11:18:34 -0500

The last time we checked in with Jeff Goldstein, the sometimes testy, but always charming former club promoter who parlayed throwing parties while still in high school with friends like Shoshanna Lonstein (who went to the all-girls school Nightingale-Bamford) and Claire Bernard (who went to Riverdale) into a hip clothing store for the party kids that have since grown up, he was talking about making Blue & Cream on the Bowery into a "lifestyle."...

Page Six Magazine's Liam McMullan On New Column: 'It's Going to Be More About What I See Than What I Do'

Mon, 03 Nov 2008 15:17:27 -0500

As we learned from the Village Voice's Michael Musto, Liam McMullan, whom The Observer's Spencer Morgan profiled in June, will be replacing Lydia Hearst as a columnist for Page Six Magazine. We gave Mr. McMullan, son of nightlife photographer Patrick McMullan, a call to find out what we could expect from the weekly dispatch, the first installment of which—a chronicle of his Halloween activities featuring a stop at the Accompanied Literary Society's masquerade—has already...

The Transom in Print, Oct. 15, 2008: Socialite Halloween!; Kim Hastreiter's Book on Geoffrey Beene; Chris Wilson's Tall Tale

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 10:15:44 -0400

Irina Aleksander called around to find out the costumes prominent New Yorkers are wearing this Halloween. Celerie Kemble's going to need a lot of hairspray!

Ms. Aleksander also moseyed down to Diane von Furstenberg's meatpacking district store, where the fashion empress was throwing a party for Paper mag's Kim Hastreiter's new book about Geoffrey Beene.

And Spencer Morgan rang his old friend Chris Wilson to find out the real story behind his scandalous tale of...

Patrick McMullan's Young-Man-About-Town Son, Liam, Turns 21, Gets New Pants

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 17:35:50 -0400

On Monday evening, a passel of young women were observed entering the Chelsea Hotel and telling the front desk attendant that they were going to the penthouse apartment of the photographer and documentary filmmaker Sam Bassett. Holding court in Mr. Bassett's rooftop garden was the party photographer (and iPhone magazine publisher!) Patrick McMullan and the artist Laurie Ogle. The pair, who dated in the '80s, are the parents of Liam McMullan, who was celebrating...

Stephanie Goes Bombs-A-Wei From Plane In Lark with Liam McMullan

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 19:34:50 -0400

On Saturday, Aug. 23, several hundred people gathered at Stone Meadow Farm, an estate in East Hampton where Mariah Carey recently got hitched, to celebrate the 125th birthday of the American Red Cross. Russell Simmons, whose eponymous jewelry line was one of the evening’s sponsors, told us that it had been the summer of Barack Obama, as well as yoga, the environment, PETA, the Humane Society and fund-raisers (his July 19 Art for...

Marc Jacobs Flips and Reverses Tardy Trend

Mon, 25 Feb 2008 13:41:06 -0500

Harper’s Bazaar has all sorts of fun ideas tucked up its couture sleeve. The latest: recreating the Marc Jacobs spring ’08 runway show as a spoof, to be snapped by famed fashion photog Peter Lindbergh. This clip shows the on-set happenings at the magazine shoot. And make sure to keep your eyes peeled for the famous faces assembled in the “front row”—yup, that’s Marcia Gay Harden sitting near party photographer Patrick McMullan. Meanwhile,...

Meet Zena Scharf: Patrick McMullan's Warrior Princess

Mon, 18 Feb 2008 12:31:14 -0500

Zena Scharf, the 24-year-old daughter of painter Kenny Scharf, has recently joined fashion photographer Patrick McMullan’s staff, where she works in the art department. She said it’s a nice place to work: "I’ve known him my whole life, basically.” When we ran into Ms. Scharf, she was on hand to help her pal-cum-boss at a party he was co-hosting on Thursday, Feb. 14, at uptown boutique The Parker. Ms. Scharf, who spent...

At Izzy Gold Party Uptown, Annabel Vartanian Praises Pals

Fri, 15 Feb 2008 11:58:50 -0500

The Parker, a small boutique on Madison Ave. near 78th Street, was overflowing last night with an eclectic mix of partygoers who had come to celebrate downtown designer-DJ Izzy Gold’s new, limited-edition “Kiss Kiss” T-shirt. The design of the soft, gray item was inspired by Patrick McMullan’s 1996 book of the same name—a weighty chunk of pages, it features the party photog’s favorite kissing pics taken over his 25-year career. (Later on, after the...

New York's Hottest Society Clan of 2007!

Thu, 20 Dec 2007 13:54:09 -0500

Who can claim the title of 2007’s most socially social New York society clan? In a major year-end party wrap cobbled together by Style.com, the aesthetically-inclined Web site asks—and, thank gawd, answers—that very question.

On one side of the party divide is the Peter and Minnie Davis/Tinsley Mortimer team. (Mr. and Ms. Davis are, for those who didn’t know, Ms. Mortimer’s siblings-in-law.) On the other:...

Amanda Lepore Celebrates Her Birthday, Celebrates Her Birthday

Thu, 06 Dec 2007 13:40:00 -0500

Out of The Daily Transom mailbag yesterday came an extra special invitation. Like a pair of beacons on a foggy horizon, all pink and precious, was the announcement of Amanda Lepore’s birthday party, which will be held at Star Lounge tonight. Then we realized that the fog wasn’t fog at all—it was déjà vu! Ms. Lepore, the transgender fashion icon made famous as the face of fashion label Heatherette and MAC...

Swanky Society Dames Go Mad for McMullan: Photographer Patrick Promoting Heck Out of Book

Tue, 04 Dec 2007 23:40:38 -0500

“I enjoy parties, as you might know,” photographer Patrick McMullan told the Transom on Monday, Dec. 3, at the Valentino boutique on Madison Avenue, where the socialite Muffie Potter Aston was hosting the third—yes, third—fete for his new book Glamour Girls (Harry N. Abrams, $75). “There’s hip-hop glamour girls, society glamour girls, the grand dames, there’s young girls,” he said.

“He is a glamorous man who brings out the glamour in all...

Noel Ashman: Ivy Supersonic Has 'A Lot of Problems'

Mon, 12 Nov 2007 15:50:31 -0500

We just heard from Plumm co-owner Noel Ashman, who called the Daily Transom back in order to respond to party promoter Ivy Supersonic’s most recent allegations, which can be found by clicking here.

According to Mr. Ashman, Plumm’s general manager notified the police after he discovered the vandalism. “That’s what he does when anyone vandalizes something of that nature.” Nobody recorded any phone conversations with her, he...

[em]Absolute[/em] Returns: Fewer Pages, Higher Prices

Wed, 29 Nov 2006 11:29:33 -0500

The relaunched Absolute arrived today, looking very similar to its previous incarnation, which shuttered shortly before the March 2006 issue hit newsstands. Under its new ownership, Michigan-based Hour Media, Absolute will only be distributed through a controlled circulation of super-rich New Yorkers. (Free copies will go to households that make over $500,000 a year). But one can still subscribe: six issues for $90. Previously, it was sold on newsstands for $8 an issue....

Patrick McMullan Parties Again

Thu, 23 Feb 2006 13:29:36 -0500

"Patrick, can we take a picture?" said a voice in the crowd encircling Patrick McMullan as he autographed copies of his new book, KISS KISS, a pictorial history of the glitterati locking lips. "Yes. I can dish it out, but I can take it," Mr. McMullan said, looping an arm around the admiring guest. "A lot of photographers, they can't take it, but I can." Last week's party was at the transgenderly named new bar-restaurant PRE:POST....