♦ André Leon Talley urged fashion students at the Art Institute of Philadelphia to vote, "no matter who your candidate is," and said of Anna Wintour: "She is not that person in 'The Devil Wears Prada.' She is like Catherine the Great of Russia. She has kept that magazine on top, raised money for the Met and for the…
♦ Last night Karl Lagerfeld was in town to celebrate the Chanel Mobile Art exhibition with a cocktail party in Central Park. Undeterred by the chilly weather and/or enticed by the chance to be photographed in Chanel: Kate Bosworth and James Rousseau, Glenda Bailey, Linda Wells, Agyness Deyn and Albert Hammond Jr., …
♦ Samantha Ronson refused to DJ an event at Rubyfruit, allegedly because she doesn't spin at gay or lesbian bars. Her rep, of course, denies this. [P6]
♦ David Spade didn't turn up at Eric Trump's charity golf tournament in New Jersey last week because he thought it was taking place at Trump's LA course. [P6]
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Petra Nemcova (left) taking a stroll through the Village after lunch at Da Silvano ... Sarah Jessica Parker leaving her townhouse in the West Village ... Jeremy Piven taking a walk downtown with a mystery blonde ... Whitney Port eating a salad with friends ... Uma Thurman walking down the front steps of her West…
♦ At Marc Jacobs, there were lots of celebs like Helena Christensen, Elijah Wood, Nicole Richie, Stephanie Seymour, Kelly Osbourne, Sofia Coppola, Winona Ryder, and Jennifer Lopez, and the elaborate, adventurous, world travel-inspired clothes got high marks—but all of the above was entirely eclipsed by the presence…
Erstwhile supermodel Helena Christensen likes 'em young: After dalliances with Josh Hartnett and the late Heath Ledger, she's now hot and heavy with Interpol singer Paul Banks, who's ten years her junior. The two were papped sunbathing in Miami, which is the most attention Banks (who used to date Vice photographer…
After using Maggie Gyllenhaal in last year's ads, British sexy underwear label Agent Provocateur are again looking at New Yorkers for this fall's campaign: Helena Christensen and Paz de la Huerta are in the running. Modeling lingerie would be an appropriate gig for the occasional actress and Zac Posen muse,…
[Model Helena Christensen with actress Gwyneth Paltrow the Food Bank's Can-Do awards last night in New York; image via Bauer-Griffin]
Danish-born Christensen was one of the top supermodels of the 1990s. Now semi-retired, she's branched out into photography, design, and activism.
You know who else was in that elevator with Heath Ledger and Kate Bosworth? Helena Christensen. You know who was spotted last night at Freeman's? Just Heath Ledger and Helena Christensen. Oh and also Page Six says they had dinner at Wakiya, too.
One happy Danish boy last night. David, a 20-year-old kid brother visiting New York, tags along to the Cubbyhole in...
