One would think it was the Fourth of July from the amount of red, white and blue. The patriotic triumvirate was everywhere at the Diet Pepsi Style Studio Fashion Show at The Box at Lincoln Center. Coke lovers (The cola! We know it's fashion week, so we're being clear) beware: the star Read More
I am surprised there were no poofs caught in the net of that Russian spy haul last week. The connection between espionage and the "friends of Dorothy" is well documented. Paging Guy Burgess, Anthony Blount and other tweedy inverts!
It all makes perfect sense: We gays have a much greater familiarity than the Read More
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What has beloved former Barneys CEO Howard Socol been doing since his retirement from the luxury department store?
"He's a mensch! He's just extremely altruistic; he's been mentoring a lot of designers and helping them with their business model," Barneys creative director and Observer columnist Simon Doonan told the Transom. Mr. Socol's mentees include Narcisco Read More
Bright pink was the color scheme at a “Barbie Loves Jonathan Adler” fete at Mr. Adler’s Soho boutique Wednesday night. The 43-year-old interior designer and former judge of Bravo’s short-lived Top Design was recently chosen to create a new Malibu Dream House in honor of the doll’s 50th anniversary. “The funnest part for me was Read More
On Thursday, June 25, revelers piled into Jonathan Adler's Madison Avenue store to celebrate the launch of his older brother David E. Adler’s new book, Snap Judgment (FT Press). The book is about our instincts with money, and when we should obey them or avoid them at all costs, no pun intended! "I could probably Read More
Over the past year or so, several young, attractive Brits that go by the lovely name Poppy have surfaced in New York society. Herewith, our weekly guide to keeping all the Poppys straight.
When the Daily Transom rang Poppy King, the downtown lipstick designer whose clients include actresses Eva Mendes, Lindsay Lohan and the model Iman, Read More
This morning, Observer columnist Simon Doonan unveiled the holiday windows at Barneys—where he toils as Creative Director by day—to the press.
"This year, I noticed that everyone was talking about the counterculture," he said, explaining his "Have a Hippie Holiday" theme via books by Sheila Weller (Girls Like Us: Carole King, Joni Mitchell, Read More
Do financial reporters care what the candidates think, wonders Felix Gillette. "Few in the world of financial reporting found much to say about either Mr. McCain or Senator Barack Obama’s responses to the unfolding crisis that week. After all, should business reporters really care more about Mr. McCain’s 'commission of technicians' than, say, Henry Read More
These words were spoken by Jonathan Adler to the startled officiant at our big fat gay Jewish wedding. Yes, on Thursday, Sept. 18, as reported in The New York Times the following Sunday, Mr. Adler and I tied the Read More
Italian designer Mila Schon has died at the age of 91. [Reuters]
Dominican model Arlenis Sosa, who is 19, will be the new face of Lancome. [WWD]
The Observer’s own Simon Doonan thinks that Sarah Palin is more “LensCrafters Lady” Read More
