While those of us in the Northeast were dodging snowdrifts this holiday weekend, a few of our luckier compatriots were hitting the beach. Tamara Mellon headed down to St. Bart’s for a little sand and sun—not to mention some fabulous company, like pals Marc and Lorenzo. And while the island paradise inspires some to a [...]

Dennis Basso knows high-low. To wit, the luxury furrier sells to some of the richest women in America and then courts the other 99 percent with his QVC wares. It’s also how Basso spends his time abroad. Take his week in London, which started with a midnight television appearance on Today’s Special Value (the U.K.’s [...]

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 [...]

Is Michelle Obama the fashion industry’s one-woman stimulus package? Designers up and down Seventh Avenue (and the rest of us) are kinda, sorta hoping so.
In other pre-inaugural news: Feeling conflicted about how compulsively attached you are to your beloved mobile device of choice? Take solace. Barack Obama can’t live without his, either. Although, we [...]

As far as sweeping up British fashion awards go, 2008 was a good year to be a girl and/or in shoes. Luella Bartley, London fashion’s homecoming queen (she came back from New York a couple of seasons ago), took the chunk of Swarovski crystal labeled Designer of the Year; Louise Goldin competed against Danielle Scutt [...]