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Atoosa Rubenstein's Last Minute E-Shopping Nightmare Before Christmas

Alpha kitty and fancy kept woman Atoosa Rubenstein is too busy to shop for her Christmas presents in the real world: "I've got things to do, places to be, an online fashion series to launch on Friday." Cannot. Wait. In the meantime, though, we can follow Atoosa's clicking from one department store website to another via her 'Creative Consumer' column. The goal here isn't bargain-hunting, she explains: "I'd rather pay double whatever those early-morning shoppers saved to avoid the rush. Yes, it's a luxury even to make a statement like that. But this column is about just that: cyber-shopping the luxury market." Despite this stated cash-burning ethos, though, the 'Toos is not all about frivolity. "For a shopping site to get an Alpha Kitty Meow of Approval ... it really ought to have a charity (or at least a green) component." More »

3:40 PM on Thu Dec 13 2007
By Emily Gould
3,134 views, 36 comments

Latest by lizzybennet: @notthatpopular: That's her husband's name. Smart of her to take, it too. Many have made this error. her maiden name I couldn't begin to recall how it's spelled. Beghnar or Baghngar or something. more »

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Is Being An Alpha Kitty About "Being A Better Wife And Cook For My Husband"?

"It's going to be a salon; I hope my apartment can be a place that Alpha Kitties, men and women who are interesting in New York, will want to come by, shoot videos together, and just hang out, figure out how to do interesting things together," former Seventeen editor Atoosa Rubenstein tells the Observer of her plans for the 3,007 square foot loft she and her financier husband just snagged for the bargain price of $3.07 million. Her salon will, of course, also double as a temple to the domestic arts: "I wanted to focus on building a home again," hence that comment about cooking for her DH. All of which begs the question: what the hell is an Alpha Kitty supposed to be, anyway? She's a businessperson, but she's a housewife! She's "men and women who are interesting in New York"? Wait... wasn't she was supposed to be a teenage girl? 'Toosing and turning in confusion, we did a little research. More »

12:30 PM on Wed Sep 26 2007
By Emily Gould
5,837 views, 88 comments

Latest by n/a: This is why I stick with Hello Kitty. more »

You will die. This is a piece about the home decor of "alpha kitties." It is headlined "Fierce by day and all frills by night." Oh wow. [LAT]

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