Charlotte Casiraghi, the daughter of Princess Caroline celebrated her 18th birthday at a series of parties so airtight on press that even Casiraghi’s closest friends were asked to leave cameras at the door. “It’s a pity no one sees the dress,” said Karl Lagerfeld of the flesh-toned Chanel couture confection she wore to the ball Even the sketches were destroyed. “WWD
The Atkins headquarters in Manhattan, where Dr Atkins slipped, fell and died last year, has been bought by the Kabbalah Centre, thanks to Madonna.
Brothers Laurent and Frederick Lesort are opening a new club in New York for “a limited number of private membership opportunities for a dynamic group of individuals,” Among the members are Miramax honcho Harvey Weinstein, PR whizzes Lizzie Grubman, Aerin Lauder, Lauren Davis and Cornelia Guest, the A-listers who pay the $850 annual fee will have access to a private lounge protected by a high-tech fingerprint scanning system. And they won’t have to shlep all the way down to the Meatpacking District: Frederick’s is conveniently located at Fifth Ave. and 58th NYD.
Bruce Weber has designed a men’s collection, including swim trunks and cowboy shirts, and labeled it “Weber Built.”
Elsa Klensch, the fashion TV Journo from CNN has written her first book “Live at 10:00, Dead at 10:15” an Agatha Christie-esque murder mystery centered around a family-owned fashion house where everyone — from the hot young designer to the publicist to the magazine editor — has a motive to kill. WWD
Karl Lagerfeld went on the French ‘Who wants to be a Millionaire” with model Carla Bruni and won lots of money for a charity.
Athina Onassis has put the Greek Island Skorpios on sale for $360 Million.Cheap
Corsica is the new St Tropez (says Vogue) stay at La Villa http://www.hotel-lavilla.com Balenciaga is doing a line from the archives called Balenciaga edition.
Madonna has bought the film rights to the book “Model; The ugly business of being beautiful”.
Off to Cyprus? Stay at the groovy, simple, chic hotel The Almyra http://www.cyprushotelsonline.net/almyra.htm.
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