Spotted in the Hamptons this weekend: a resurgent Fabian Basabe. Social chroniclers will remember Basabe’s light burning brightly (and briefly) in the early aughts, when he shot onto the scene on the arm of Barbara Bush and enjoyed a brief tenure as It Boy of Note. Following a flameout (in the Hamptons, too, naturally), Basabe [...]

Crystal Renn’s latest coup revealed: the holy grail of campaigns, Chanel (above). Karl Lagerfeld shot Renn and Baptiste Giabiconi in Paris for the new ads. [Fashionista]Lynn Yaeger convenes the “nutty-dressers’ convention” at the Carlyle Hotel, inviting New York’s chicest ladies-of-a-certain-age (including the legendary Iris Barrel Apfel) for a talk about their wild, Comme des Garçons-stuffed [...]

This week I was supposed to be downing vodka and caviar with Naomi Campbell in Moscow. But no, all that ash from Iceland ruined any chance of that. The good news is, I wasn’t without backup plans. Last night I hit hostess extraordinaire Rena Sindi’s dinner for Dior, alongside Tory Burch, Rachel Roy, and Tinsley [...]

Don’t get me wrong: I love a fashion show, a fashion party, and fashion week overall as much as the next fashion writer. But a change of pace isn’t always a bad idea, especially when the breath of fresh air is the shockingly chic studio and office of William Sofield, the interiors guru I first [...]

All indications to the contrary, El Museo del Barrio’s Friday night Día de los Muertos gala—the first at the museum’s newly renovated galleries—wasn’t a costume party. Looks like Christian Cota missed that memo. The designer turned up in full Day of the Dead makeup and skull necklaces that could have passed runway muster for Alexander [...]

Brazil tops the list of 2009’s emerging markets (no surprise there), but the number two slot goes to dark horse Romania. Who knew? [WWD]
If you’re looking for a seat at Monkey Bar, avoid “excessive socializing” while at the restaurant. According to Graydon Carter, this could lead to a 10 p.m. time slot (embarrassing!) or, [...]

Although the trendy neighborhood just below Houston Street isn’t exactly lacking fashion-conscious people, last night’s trio of parties helped draw a bigger crowd than usual. Early in the evening, former New York It girl and current Hollywood power wife Minnie Mortimer Gaghan was hocking her cute, completely wearable wares at a trunk show at Georgia [...]

“I’ve always liked gender-bender stuff,” said Minnie Mortimer Gaghan last night at her soirée in the glassy penthouse at the Cooper Square Hotel to preview her first full collection. True to the organic origins of the line (read: making stuff I want to wear), the designer was her own best advert, wearing a gray schoolboy [...]

It’s a dilemma I’ve heard more than one girl complain about: You spend a couple hours on your makeup and your hairdo, throw on a fancy dress to hit one of Manhattan’s galas on the benefit schedule, and then what? Drag your borrowed gown to a club and sacrifice the hem? Throw fake lashes to [...]

After taking a brief hiatus from the fashion and social scenes lately, Tinsley Mortimer—in a Schiaparelli pink McQueen dress with her hair pulled back in a loose bun—was showing off what she’s been doing with all her free time: bangs. That’s right, we can officially report that the trademark curl has taken a backseat to [...]