David LaChapelle celebrated the opening of his latest exhibit STILL LIFE at the Paul Kasmin Gallery in NYC on Monday night. STILL LIFE addresses the fleeting nature of humanity, fame, celebrity, and power. The exhibit is made up of photographs of destroyed celebrity wax figures. This body of work began in 2009, when LaChapelle learned […]

I’m in Miami for the week before Thanksgiving. Who is here…who isn’t here? Mickey Grendene is holding court at Casa Tua, the most fabulous and famous restaurant in Miami, along with me and Claudia Cisneros and Martin Rozenblum, Lucho Noboa and Claudia Noboa, Ines Rivera who just married Ernesto Estrata, Charlotte Freund, Fabian Basabe and […]

Designer Alvin Valley was in Los Angeles for a very special west coast trunk show. We had a chance to catch up with the designer and talk to him about his inspiration and future plans for his company: How did you get in to clothing design? I have always been inspired by clothes…I studied architecture, […]

I went to the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show this week! Monica Mitro did a fabulous job running the show with the help of Full Picture PR. My favorite beautiful models Erin Heatherton, Hilary Rhoda, Jessica Hart, all walked as well as Alessandra Ambrosia, Adriana Lima and Miranda Kerr. This year’s performances were Rihanna, Justin Bieber, […]

Designer Alvin Valley was joined by last week in Los Angeles for a very special west coast trunk show. A longtime favorite among socialites, fashionistas and celebrities alike, the brand new Alvin Valley collection debuted in LA at the G+ Gulla Jonsdottir design studio. The trunk show highlighted tailored silhouettes Alvin Valley is known for and […]

It was a lovely night at the Fountain house Fall Fette. Chairs of the evening included Byrdie Bell, Katie Zorn, Kiliaen van Rensselaer, Lil Phillips, and co-chair Melissa Berkelhammer. Committee members included Brooke and Edouard Gershel, Alison and George Brokaw, Beth Amorosi, Elizabeth Meigher, Charlotte Ronson, Ian Snow, Mario Maccioni, of the Le Cirque Restaurant […]

My sister Lauren Cooperman and her husband Andrew Beranbom and their daughters Stella and Marlee, went to a church in Red Hook and donated lots of fresh fruit, detergent, soap, toothpaste, batteries, and paper towels and pull-ups. People were extremely thankful and desperate. They bought some of cheese and people were passing them down the […]

Voting today at the Lighthouse was a little hectic! I saw so many people there including Eddie Parker Heyman, Caryn Zucker, Di Petroff and Joan Rivers. The last time I voted it was at Hunter College, which seemed much more organized than this morning—but, still, I loved to see so many people out voting. Every […]

In 1972, Sirio Maccioni was the maitre d’ of La Forêt supper club at The Pierre. Forty years later, Sirio is back to launch his namesake restaurant at the hotel, Sirio Ristorante New York. The Maccioni family invited guests to The Pierre, A Taj Hotel, New York, as they celebrated the opening of Sirio Ristorante […]