What’s the best thing about this TopShop dress?
a) The sequins.
b) The long sleeves contrasted with the plunging neckline.
c) The pricetag.
d) The cleavage, that Kate inexplicably pulls out of nowhere for this shot.
Oh. My. Gosh.
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1. Sienna’s Halloween party. Beware, boys with rented taco trucks.
2. The upcoming Purple spread on “New York’s new downtown,” to be gorgeous, exciting, cool… and featuring “New York’s usual downtown.” But you’re nobody ’til Olivier says so, right?
3. Hipsters take over the Boom Boom. Vote early, vote underage.
4. Georgia Jagger for Versace?! Bestill our fashion hearts; this is amazing.
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2 am at the Tribeca Grand. In a half hour, will these girls be crashing in their penthouse suite… or training it back to Brooklyn?
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One has cute clothes.
One has cute chimps.
Both seem fond of swirly colors and marshmallow pies.
But could Julian the Monkey really pull off the Liberty trench on Lily Cole?
Or maybe a better question: Can Lily make little kids smile like that?
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To the boy who broke my bed:
I’ve thought about all the things I could do, but they don’t count. In this town, could and can are the same difference as my heart and yours, meaning: only one of them exists.
So all the coulds – the control copy paste, the photos, the facebooks, the fits – whatever. You’re more likely to wake up with a Louboutin in your ass than to see me behave like a girl in rage.
But you must know that I am. Enraged. In rage. All of it. I know you like pictures better than words, so let’s try this:
Imagine a backwards balcony scene where he says, “Sneak downstairs and kiss me, I’m in love with you,” and she does. Then imagine after the makeout, hazy in the lamppost and hot, he punches her. Hard. And kicks in her gut. His sneaker steps on her hand. And he leaves her, in the pink nightgown, spitting blood between lip gloss.
To the boy who broke my bed:
I put it back together. All by myself.
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1. Penn Badgley’s pizza heroics downstairs at Cabin. Also, Lonely Boy, how’d you learn to eat so fast?!
2. So they’re reshooting that crazy portrait of the Factory Superstars. But with different people, supposed to represent the “new” versions. And the winners are…
3. Which young designer’s buying old Miu Miu for her new project? She’s basically deconstructing all the poof skirts, then remaking them in cheaper fabrics. Classy.
4. Having your rehab BFF close the show – super sweet.
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Paris Fashion Week is almost over, and with the invasion of double-digit months and double-back leather wedges comes a realization:
The Dress That Won’t Die may not be disappearing forever, but it’s definitely getting packed up and stashed with H&M bikinis, Converse for Target wedges, and those see-through t-shirts from American Apparel that everyone tried to pretend were from Alex Wang.
So let’s bid a fond “see ya” to TDTWD as it walks into the East Village sunset…
For now.
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Laure, 28
After arriving from Paris, Laure promptly snuck into Rose Bar, claimed an apartment with a sunbathing roof, raided Urban Outfitters, fended off various annoying celebrities, and signed up for a pole dancing class.
Just another piece of the American Dream…
[CHRIS GREENHALGH - AM I THE IMAGINARY SOCIALITE?]
What they were filming at The Jane:
INT. NEW YORK CLUB – NIGHT
An ultra exclusive club reserved for an elite New York money crowd — WALL STREETERS, MEDIA PLAYERS, SUPERMODELS, HANGERSON…
MUSIC blares, and the dance floor’s packed with the privileged, draped in Prada, dripped in sweat.
JAKE sits in a busy booth of 10 PEOPLE, coming and going — a general chaos of champagne, waiters, credit cards, and girls texting. Close to him is his oldest friend, ROBBY MANCIN, 20s, an options trader, electric in nature.
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