It's winding down, celebs are fleeing, the open bars are starting to dry up, and The Observer's 4 day long hangover is starting to catch up with us—enough of the sob story, we're going back in for more. Read More
Charlotte Ronson's collection shed the 90s-chic layering from last spring and moved into lighter pieces that together seemed to present ideas of femininity for every age -- from the patch-worked overalls and sweet floral jumpers that reminded The Observer of our own childhood, to fitted dresses that celebrated the female silhouette, and the belt-as-collar accessories Read More
“I only really party when I’m in New York or Italy,” said Kirstie Alley, between puffs on a cigarette, sitting on the dock next to the naval ship Intrepid. “And I’ve been in New York for a while now,” she finished. The Transom was floating on DJ Cassidy’s 30th birthday party; for this summer’s rendition—the Read More
For nearly a year, red-eyed connoisseurs of New York after midnight have been waiting, impatiently, for French graffiti guy Andre Saraiva to open his Manhattan branch of the notorious Paris sin den Le Baron and save the city’s nightlife. The chosen nook of Mulberry Street has been cordoned off, with little to no activity for Read More
"I think this is the most incredible day of all week," Fe Fendi (the very Italian wife of Fendi scion, Alessandro) told The Observer on Friday. A risky conjecture to make on the second day of Fashion Week--but possible, given we were chatting at the FIT Couture Council luncheon honoring fashion's high priest, Karl Lagerfeld. Read More
Though it didn't make Pitchfork's Top 200 Tracks of the 1990s (it was an honorable mention), it seems that Sonic Youth's "Kool Thing" is poised to become the official theme song of fashion's '90s revival. We've heard it at two shows so far this week -- Alex Casertano's and Charlotte Ronson's -- and Read More
High-low style is taken for granted in this age of Target capsule collections, but it still seems to inspire a certain amount of aren’t-we-wacky winking. Hence the barbecue/carnival/home cookin’ theme of Thursday night’s party honoring designer Charlotte Ronson’s “I [Heart] Ronson” line for J. C. Penney.
The Chelsea Piers fête offered pink-crusted cotton candy machines, a Read More
Daily News: Having spent yesterday's cover heralding the arrest of Philip Markoff in the "Craigslist Murder," the News today has to up the ante on its cover. The tabloids had reason to expect some developments: Mr. Markoff's arraignment would involve a certain amount of public testimony about what evidence police had of Mr. Markoff's guilt, Read More
In response to daughter Lindsay's revelatory Christmas Eve Myspace dispatch, Michael Lohan finally launched his own blog at Mikelohanonline.com. Now that we think about it, we're kind of shocked that it's taken him this long. Though the site is only a couple days old, it already contains a wealth of content: There's a Read More
As with many people around this time of the year, Lindsay Lohan is under a bit of stress. First of all, it now looks like girlfriend Samantha Ronson's recent hospitalization may have had something to do with a "nuclear" screaming match the couple had in their Los Angeles home. Immediately prior Read More
According to the Los Angeles Times, celebrity DJ Samantha Ronson is engaged in an unfortunate lawsuit with a lawyer she hired last year to protect her against the vicious things that blogs were writing about her alleged relationship with Lindsay Lohan.
At the time, Ms. Ronson wanted to file a defamation suit against Read More
It looks like Gossip Girl's Vanessa Abrams ("Jessica Szohr") has finally come around to Chuck Bass ("Ed Westwick")—the two were spotted "stealing" kisses at La Guardia Airport. [P6]
Meanwhile, Chuck may soon have a new half-brother—Lily van Der Woodsen ("Kelly Rutherford") is pregnant! [Us Weekly]
Ivana Trump is divorcing Rossano Rubicondi, Read More
The still "very much in love" Samantha Ronson and Lindsay Lohan have started attending couples therapy after a series of public fights. [P6]
At a divorce hearing yesterday, Guy Ritchie declined to go after soon-to-be ex-wife Madonna's money, opting instead to focus on obtaining joint custody of his children. [NYDN]
Ashlee Simpson Read More
Samantha Ronson has once again taken to her Myspace blog to make her opinions known. Now she's lashing out at the anti-fur activist who threw flour on girlfriend Lindsay Lohan: "The girl who threw [the flour] acted like an animal herself... I take that back, it's an insult to animals to group her in with Read More
Lindsay Lohan girlfriend, DJ, and budding political blogger Samantha Ronson has once again taken to Myspace to address the pressing issues of the day, offering up a semi-apology for one of her previous dispatches.
Following Election Day, Ms. Ronson expressed dismay that California's Proposition 2, which is designed to improve the living conditions Read More
