There are oh so many of these Hamptons society magazines, with party pictures galore. Which one keeps it the realest, society-wise? The New York Observer finds a shocking number of people who will discuss that question as if it were not a self-evident farce. Decry the poseurs, fawning socialite chronicler David Patrick Columbia!

"With the great bubble of prosperity, you had all these aspirants to that world," Mr.[David Patrick] Columbia continued. "But since they are not part of it, they've actually created their own world-a satellite world which they call society, which it absolutely is not. They're trying to create a hierarchy based on publicity, which is something that follows hierarchy-it doesn't precede it."

Put your feud with rival vapid magazine Hamptonite into perspective, Social Life editor Devorah Rose, pictured!

"It was like Olivia Palermo versus Tinsley," Ms. Rose chimed in. "They were trying to Olivia Palermo us!"

Call out the fakers, celebrity photog Joan Jedell!

"Social Life doesn't interest me," Ms. Jedell said, "because it's like, ‘Who are these people?'"

Break it all down, Andrew Cuomo's sister-in-law!

"When Pamela [Gross, Avenue's editor] asked me to be on the cover, I asked her, ‘Don't you see this as competition?'" Ms. Cuomo recalled. "And she said, ‘No, we only cover society. You cover affluence.'"

Now everyone go throw up on purpose!
[NYO]

A recap of this Most Vapid Feud of Our Time:
1. A ridiculous ad is posted on Craigslist seeking interns for Adrien Field and Alexandra Alexis, two vapid fauxcialites.
2. Adrien Field says the ad was fake; a tipster speculates that Kristian Laliberte put it up to make them look stupid, which he denies.
3. Kristian has now written an article for a social networking site for vapid richies, calling out his least favorite fauxcialites. No trace of irony here.
4. We're forwarded this screen grab from an alleged Laliberte Manhunt account, which has allegedly been going around. Kristian tells us, "I have no idea what this is."

Maybe it's a plant by one of his myriad rivals for the crown, another blow in an ongoing fauxcialite feud! Who knows. Hey, let's all play the quiet game!

I warn you up front that this entire post is the most insipid thing imaginable. Okay.


So! We told you this weekend about the laughable 'internship' ad for some poor sap to hold the coats of two aspiring carpet-walkers, for free, which was very sad and rage-inducing. But it was on Craigslist, which means it could be a fake. And the man himself says it is:

Neither I nor Alexandra wrote the Craigslist Ad linked to in the Gawker post. We are looking for interns (something we've been mentioning to several people) but neither of us would ever write anything as ridiculously bombastic as that post. I did get a laugh out of it though. You should be getting an email from Alexandra's publicist tomorrow morning stating the same.
Best, Adrien Field

Who would create such a vile spoof of this dynamic young combo and their quite innocent intern hunt? One tipster believes it was socialgay and lying flack Kristian Laliberte, who could be jealous that Adrien Field is trying to horn in on his title as New York's dumbest whatever:

It was at the Soho House on Tues for the Acria event where Adrien and Alexandra were both in attendance. KL was there as one of the hosts and looked disgusted when he saw them and went over to this guy, I think his name is Brett, and was like, "Ugh, the rat is here." Everyone knows that Kristian is pissed that Adrien has been getting attention for stuff he used to get it for, like the fur wearing and feels threatened by him especially since they are both apparently writing novels about similar things: social climbing.

I heard him mention Craigslist and I wouldn't be surprised at all if he sent it in himself.

There you have it, a big mystery. We emailed Kristian L. but haven't heard back yet. Needless to say—regardless of who did what—everybody involved in this is contemptible, most especially us. [Pic: Guest of a Guest]

UPDATE: Kristian Laliberte emails:

Hey,
Sadly, I have yet to have enough free time in my days to start creating fake ads. I don't even know who the second person is. I'm sure Craig's List will trace the IP address if you are willing to do a lil investigative journalism. This is mine, in case you are wondering.
x
KBL

Here's Adrien Field, a fella who loves bow ties, and here's Alexandra Alexis, a Myspace-quality singer, and we'll be goddamned if we ever heard of either one of them before, but one thing is for sure: if you watch The City, read Gawker, and know the names of people like Julia Allison and Kristian Laliberte, the only place you are fit for employment is right here. God help you.
[Craigslist; Pic via Guest of a Guest]