Socialite Hits Up 1,310 of Her Closest E-mail Friends for Charity Donation

Memo to socialite Emma Snowdon-Jones: next time you send a mass e-mail to over one thousand of New York's media and social luminaries, try the blind-carbon-copy function! That way, one of those 1,310 people won't embarrass you by forwarding it to...

3:14 PM on Tue Aug 26 2008, by Sheila, 0 views, 65 comments
http://gawker.com/5042087/socialite-hits-up-1310-of-her-closest-e+mail-friends-for-charity-donation

How To Grow Microcelebrities In The Comfort Of Your Own Second-Tier City!

Do you live in one of those "second-tier" cities that seems woefully bereft of despicable and/or overprivileged and whatever the case self-promoting social climbing youngs? Ever find yourself reading, say, a blog…and feeling just a twinge or a...

8:07 PM on Mon Aug 25 2008, by Moe, 0 views, 253 comments
http://gawker.com/5041687/how-to-grow-microcelebrities-in-the-comfort-of-your-own-second+tier-city

Patrick McMullan Demands Your Respect

Nightlife photographer Patrick McMullan has always wanted to be respected. His pictures helped create the reputations of niche characters ranging from hipster party gods the Misshapes to famed socialgay publicist Kristian Laliberte, and McMullan...

12:13 PM on Tue Aug 12 2008, by Hamilton Nolan, 0 views, 7 comments
http://gawker.com/5036040/patrick-mcmullan-demands-your-respect

Leigh Lezark's High School Hijinks

Radar Online dug up the yearbook photos of Leigh Lezark (aka Princess Coldstare of cool-kid DJ trio the Misshapes), from her formative years at New Jersey's Toms River High! Yearbook shocker: she was voted "most changed since freshman year."...

5:40 PM on Mon May 5 2008, by Sheila, 0 views, 23 comments
http://gawker.com/387365/leigh-lezarks-high-school-hijinks

New York's Greatest Modern Eccentrics

Every city has its special weirdos. Santa Cruz, California has Pinky Valentino, who wears clown makeup and carries a tin-foil umbrella. Detroit has a bearded older guy in a jean jacket called Papa Smurf. And Seattle has so many local characters,...

3:56 AM on Thu May 1 2008, by Ryan Tate, 0 views, 98 comments
http://gawker.com/5007452/new-yorks-greatest-modern-eccentrics

Misshapes to DJ Kentucky Derby Party

Cool-kid DJ superheroes the Misshapes are DJing a Louisville party during the Kentucky Derby. Will Princess Coldstare Leigh Lezark wear a big floppy hat to the races, as is the custom? [Velocity Weekly]

4:42 PM on Wed Apr 30 2008, by Sheila, 0 views, 11 comments
http://gawker.com/385836/misshapes-to-dj-kentucky-derby-party

Is Amy Fisher The New Misshapes?

Amy Fisher, who can't make up her mind if she's happy or sad about her new sex tape, is DJ'ing at Retox Friday night. According to the press release, "The controversial sex video which Amy Fisher is featured will be displayed their.[sic]"

4:14 AM on Fri Jan 4 2008, by Joshua Stein, 0 views, 20 comments
http://gawker.com/340452/is-amy-fisher-the-new-misshapes

Plaid As Hell And Not Gonna Take It Anymore

A federal judge on Thursday refused, at least for now, to order a hearing at which the government would have to explain in detail the destruction of C.I.A. videotapes showing the harsh interrogation of two suspected Al Qaeda operatives. So while...

2:16 PM on Fri Dec 21 2007, by Alex Blagg, 0 views, 25 comments
http://gawker.com/336839/plaid-as-hell-and-not-gonna-take-it-anymore

The keffiyeh trend has reached its saturation point—we mean you, Lauren Bush!—and is now confusing cabdrivers. "You visit Saudi Arabia?" last night's cabbie asked me. "You wear something from my country!" The explanation was...

11:07 AM on Wed Oct 31 2007, by Sheila, 0 views, 62 comments
http://gawker.com/317209/

Marc Jacobs And The Destruction Of The West Village

The Marc Jacobsification of the West Village is like a slow gay manifest destiny. The ass-baring designer is opening his third store on Bleecker Street. Like the Creek, Navajo and Shoshone before them, the natives are upset. According to one West...

2:10 PM on Wed Sep 26 2007, by Joshua Stein, 0 views, 39 comments
http://gawker.com/303803/marc-jacobs-and-the-destruction-of-the-west-village