Gawker: pocket change

Prescott Hahn

Nick Denton — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 08:52:24 EDT

Anyone know the self-satisfied and self-styled "hedge fund manager" in this photo from last week's Fashion Meets Finance mixer? His name is Prescott Hahn, and we suspect he'll be of interest. [Photo of the event, a Manhattan mingler for wealthy guys and the fashion girls who love them, from the New York Post. And here's Gawker's original report from this gold-digger's ball.]

Fashion, Finance Douche-Dating Event: For People Who Deserve Each Other

Sheila — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 11:52:06 EDT

"Ladies," yells the website for Pocket Change's Fashion Meets Finance event, which promises to enjoin members of two of the most vapid, vicious professions. "You no longer need to worry that the cute guy at the bar works in advertising... in New York City you are defined by what you do and the dating world has to follow the same rules. The claim 'I am in finance' is a heavily weighted statement.'" It's heavy 'cause they're trying to compensate! But seriously: "Women in fashion need men who can facilitate their pre-30 marriage/retirement plan, and men in finance need women who will allow them to leverage their career in their dating equity." Let's meet some of the potential attendees who have RSVP'd to tonight's event!

It was hard finding the appropriate candidates to feature, seeing as how the site is flooded with fake people, entering as a joke. But we think we found some attractive candidates—there's still time to sign up and meet them yourself!

Ladies, meet Aaron McCann! He works at Ackman-Ziff, makes between $200,000 and $299,000 a year was featured in Gotham magazine's "Guide to Gold Digging" in 2007.

Gentlemen, here's Gracey! As you can see, she's cute, blonde, and is a creative coordinator at the Wall Group fashion agency. She only makes under $50K a year though—she could really use your equity!

And finally, here's Bill. He's VP of "Compliance" for Citigroup—maybe he'll find a fashion lady to comply with him tonight.

Join Us In Quashing The Latest "Richard Nouveau" Publicity Stunt Again

Emily Gould — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 13:10:00 EST

Last week, everyone got all faux-horrified about the "Natural Selection Speed Date," an event co-sponsored by Urban Hostess and New York mag that grabbed Radar's attention with its grossout pitch: ""Society has taught us to not publicly acknowledge the obvious. Women want money in a man, men want beauty in a woman—this is a factual force of nature...This genetic cleansing is how the wealthy stays [sic] beautiful." But this "event" is just the latest Pocket Change publicity stunt, so we're going to go through the motions now of asking you to join us in ignoring it, in the hopes that this will make it go away. Who is "Nouveau?" Why does this exist? Well, here's the answer to the former. The latter still has us scratching our heads and fantasizing about moving to an organic commune on the outskirts of Portland.

Breaking: Rich Losers, Hot Morons To Mate In Manahttan [Radar]

Earlier: Join Us In Quashing the Latest "Richard Nouveau" Publicity Stunt