The stars turned out yesterday for Tod’s, which introduced its limited-edition tome Italian Touch at its Beverly Hills store. Its subject: la dolce vita, Italian-style. “To be Italian is to be so full of life, joy, passion, and family and to have an exquisite aesthetic,” said hostess Debra Messing, who was channeling good taste via [...]

Robert De Niro, Kanye West, Bono, Edie Falco, and Debra Messing may have been downtown last night at Vanity Fair’s Eighth Annual Tribeca Film Festival party, but there were plenty of boldface table-hoppers at Graydon Carter’s newly reopened Monkey Bar in midtown. We spotted Aerin Lauder Zinterhofer, Dr. Lisa Airan, Billy Norwich, Lady Liliana Cavendish, [...]

Tamara Mellon brought some extra buzz to Cecconi’s, the new Italian restaurant on Melrose at the old Morton’s address. Her pre-Oscars luncheon on Thursday, co-hosted by fellow Brit Diana Jenkins, had the place packed. “A lot of ladies! Tamara attracts the best,” Elizabeth Banks concluded after a quick scan of the room. Debra Messing, Jamie [...]