• Believe it or not, but some celebrities have been forced to wear the same outfit twice now that we're in the middle of a recession. Or (like Lindsay Lohan, left) they're now passing their hand-me-downs to family members. Sad times, friends, sad times. [NYDN]
• A preview of the 60 Minutes segment on Anna Wintour…
Kate Moss turns 35 today. Page Six's Richard Johnson is turning 55. Gourmet editor Ruth Reichl is celebrating her 61st. Republican fundraiser (and cosmetics company founder) Georgette Mosbacher is 62. Strokes guitarist Nick Valensi is turning 28. Dr. Laura Schlessinger is 62. And the singer Sade is 50. Weekend…
The Wall Street Journal takes a look at the massive yacht that Philippe Starck designed for Andrei Melnichenko, the 36-year-old Russian billionaire already known for his insane spending. What does the $300 million Starck-ified boat come with? Two swimming pools, helipad, hovercraft, garage, 100 audio speakers, 12…
Philippe Starck, the totally influential French designer of interiors, furniture, and consumer objects, seems to be having an existential crisis. "Everything I designed was unnecessary," he told a German publication, adding that he will retire in two years. "In future there will be no more designers. The designers of…
If it is true, per Carrie Bradshaw and Intern Alexis of De Jure Altarcations, that the Times wedding announcements is "the straight woman's sports pages," then surely the Times Sunday Real Estate section is the sentient man's Mutual Funds Report. Consider, for instance, Suzanne Slesin's "Window Shopping" column today:…
To live in Philippe Starck's new 23rd Street condos—"Gramercy Yoo By Starck"—is to contemplate an existence within the confines of the insanity of one man's vision. But buyers of the 207 studios and one-to-two bedroom apartments have at least some say as to what genre of crazy they would prefer. The units come in…
