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THE COUNTRY-CLUB GIRL When Kelly and Monaco’s Prince Rainier III announced their engagement at the Philadelphia Country Club, in January 1956, many of Kelly’s friends were surprised: the two had only known each other for a few months. From Snap/Rex Features/courtesy of the Victoria & Albert Museum.

HIGH SOCIETY Kelly stunned once again in classic lace, this time at the celebration of her civil marriage to Rainier. The main ceremony, the next day, would feature Kelly in a truly incredible full wedding gown of lace and silk faille. Her entire trousseau was designed and sewn by the costume masters at MGM. From Snap/Rex Features/courtesy of the Victoria & Albert Museum.

POMP & POLISH One icon begets another: Kelly’s frequent use of Hermès’s haut à courroies bag—most notably to shield her first pregnancy from the paparazzi—led the leather purse to be dubbed the “Kelly” bag, a tag that remains today. And her sunglasses are still en vogue; in the summertime, downtown Manhattan is brimming with those frames. From Dalmas/Sipa Press.

THE FAD HATTER It’s hard now to appreciate the importance of millinery in Kelly’s age—as an expression of fashion and taste, regardless of utilitarian function. Some Monegasque elite whispered that Kelly’s hats were too flamboyant for the palace. Courtesy of the Consulate General of Monaco, New York.

EARTH ANGEL The cover of the Victoria & Albert exhibition’s catalogue features Kelly in an Oleg Cassini dress that she wore at a shoot for Cosmopolitan. Before she met Prince Rainier, Kelly was briefly engaged to Cassini, who helped develop the flattering cuts and styles that would come to be known as her style. © The Estate of Erwin Bluemfeld, 2009/courtesy of the Victoria & Albert Museum.

GLORY BE TO GRACE A month before her big Oscar win, the Philadelphia Museum of Art awarded singer Marian Anderson, Kelly, and conductor Eugene Ormandy (to Kelly’s left) special distinctions for “giving glory to the arts.” Again, Kelly adorned herself with fresh flowers, this time in a corsage of orchids. From Rue des Archives/the Granger Collection, New York.

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Mercedes Benz Fashion Week Spring 2010 New York, NY

It’sssss time! I’m not one to be star struck but fashion week is different & this year, you better bet that I’m going snap some shots of the outfits that are coming in and out of those tents. If you live in NY, I hope that you are able to enjoy next week’s festivities!  Here’s the schedule for all you stalkers. Enjoy the sightings!

THURSDAY FEBRUARY 11, 2010
9 AM	MACKAGE SALON
10 AM	BCBGMAXAZRIA TENT
11 AM	RICHARD CHAI PROMENADE
1 PM	DUCKIE BROWN SALON
2 PM	TONI MATICEVSKI Altman Building, 135 West 18th Street
3 PM	PORTS 1961 PROMENADE
5:30 – 7:30 PM	LA PERLA 540 West 26th Street
6 PM	FARAH ANGSANA SALON
7 PM	THE HEART TRUTH’S RED DRESS COLLECTION 2010 TENT
8 PM	MIK CIRE by ERIC KIM Promenade

FRIDAY FEBRUARY 12, 2010
9 AM	CYNTHIA STEFFE SALON
10 AM	PROJECT RUNWAY TENT
11 AM	YIGAL AZROUËL PROMENADE
12 PM	MICHAEL ANGEL SALON
3 PM	CHRISTIAN SIRIANO PROMENADE
6 PM	NICOLE MILLER SALON
6 PM	FASHION FOR RELIEF™ – HAITI NYC, 2010 TENT
8 PM	CHARLOTTE RONSON PROMENADE
9 PM	VENEXIANA SALON

SATURDAY FEBRUARY 13, 2010
10 AM	LACOSTE TENT
11 AM	GEORGES CHAKRA PROMENADE
1 PM	ANDY & DEBB SALON
2 PM	ADAM PROMENADE
3 PM	ACADEMY OF ART UNIVERSITY TENT
4 PM	PRABAL GURUNG SALON
6 PM	TWINKLE BY WENLAN PROMENADE
7 PM	IRINA SHABAYEVA 508 West 37th Street
8 PM	ARISE MAGAZINE AFRICAN COLLECTIVE – PART III TENT

SUNDAY FEBRUARY 14, 2010
10 AM	LELA ROSE SALON
11 AM	LUCA LUCA PROMENADE
12 PM	MALANDRINO 556 West 22nd Street
1 PM	DKNY 711 Greenwich Street
2 PM	REBECCA TAYLOR SALON
2 PM	CALVIN KLEIN COLLECTION MEN’S 205 West 39th Street, Ground Floor
3 PM	HERVÉ LÉGER by MAX AZRIA PROMENADE
4 PM	DIANE VON FURSTENBERG TENT
5 PM	TONYCOHEN SALON
5 PM	Y-3 643 Park Avenue
8 PM	CUSTO BARCELONA TENT
9 PM	VASSILIOS KOSTETSOS SALON

MONDAY FEBRUARY 15, 2010
9 AM	ZAC POSEN Altman Building, 135 West 18th Street
10 AM	CAROLINA HERRERA TENT
11 AM	CARLOS MIELE PROMENADE
12 PM	JILL STUART New York Public Library, Astor Hall
1 PM	TRACY REESE SALON
2 PM	DONNA KARAN COLLECTION 711 Greenwich Street
3 PM	MONIQUE LHUILLIER PROMENADE
4 PM	YEOHLEE 225 West 35th Street
5 PM	TADASHI SHOJI SALON
6 PM	ECCO DOMANI FASHION FOUNDATION TENT
7 PM	PERRY ELLIS PROMENADE

TUESDAY FEBRUARY 16, 2010
9 AM	ELIE TAHARI SALON
10 AM	BADGLEY MISCHKA TENT
11 AM	VERA WANG PROMENADE
12 PM	MÍMKHO 450 West 31st Street
1 PM	PAMELLA ROLAND SALON
2 PM	MAX AZRIA TENT
3 PM	DENNIS BASSO PROMENADE
5 PM	DIESEL BLACK GOLD 115 West 41st Street
6 PM	THUY SALON
7 PM	TIBI PROMENADE
8 PM	NARCISO RODRIGUEZ TENT
9 PM	TONI FRANCESC SALON

WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 17, 2010
9 AM	TORY BURCH SALON
10 AM	MICHAEL KORS TENT
11 AM	NANETTE LEPORE PROMENADE
2 PM	3.1 PHILLIP LIM TENT
3 PM	MILLY by MICHELLE SMITH PROMENADE
4 PM	REED KRAKOFF 548 West 22nd Street
5 PM	ALEXANDRE HERCHCOVITCH SALON
6 PM	ANNA SUI TENT
7 PM	BRIAN REYES PROMENADE

THURSDAY FEBRUARY 18, 2010
9 AM	RALPH LAUREN 275 Hudson Street
10 AM	RALPH LAUREN 275 Hudson Street
11 AM	RALPH LAUREN 275 Hudson Street
12 PM	ISAAC MIZRAHI TENT
1 PM	TRIAS PROMENADE
2 PM	DAVIDELFIN SALON
3 PM	CALVIN KLEIN COLLECTION WOMEN’S 205 West 39th Street, Ground Floor
4 PM	CALVIN KLEIN COLLECTION WOMEN’S 205 West 39th Street, Ground Floor
4:30 – 6:30 PM	LEIFSDOTTIR 15 East 27th Street
5 PM	J. MENDEL SALON
6 PM	NAEEM KHAN PROMENADE
8 PM	TOMMY HILFIGER TENT

SCHEDULE SUBJECT TO CHANGE. A trade/industry event with entry by invitation only. Not open to the public. Invitations are for the private use of each designer and its designated guests and may not be sold to or through concierge services, internet resellers or in any other manner. The Tent, Promenade and Salon are in the Bryant Park Tents, Sixth Avenue at 41st Street. v.37.30.01.10

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Chicago Cab Drivers Want to Charge

Puking Passengers $50

Daily Intel, NY Magazine

9/25/09 at 1:31 PM

NY Magazine, Photo: istockphoto

Chicago cab drivers are lobbying the city council to allow them to add a $50 surcharge to the fares of people who puke in taxicabs. As bad as we feel for taxi drivers who have to pause, mid-shift, and scrape Jagermeister-scented vom off the floors and or seats of their vehicles, we hope this is not something that catches on in New York, as it strikes us as a very bad idea.

For instance:

• This is precisely what cabs are for, to drive drunk people home! If people won’t get in a cab because they’re afraid they’re going to barf, we’re just going to have people all over the sidewalks, passed out in their own vomit.
• You just puked in a cab! Your night is already bad. The last thing you need is to lose $50.
• Plus, you probably don’t have $50, because obviously you spent all your money at the bar.
• There are just too many loopholes where we can see wily New York taxi drivers taking advantage. For instance, everyone knows that one’s first instinct when puking in a cab is to puke inside one’s own handbag. (Everyone knows that, right?) Would you then, having sacrificed the entire contents of your bag or, say, ruined a very nice pashmina, not that that’s ever happened to anyone, be required to pay a fine merely because the pine-scented air inside the cab now carries a trace of barf? What if you puked out the window of the cab while it was moving pretty quickly, like across the Brooklyn Bridge or something, leaving only a slight spattering on the tire? Would you have to pay $50 for that? And what if you had the foresight when stuck in traffic to actually open the door and barf onto the ground? Would the act of vomiting make you liable, even though the horrified stares of passersby are clearly punishment enough?

We think not, and furthermore, we think it would really be terrible to put people in the position of having to argue drunkenly about these things late at night. So let’s all just do our part to keep this from happening: Should you puke in a cab, tip your driver nicely, and help keep New York a place where we can at least barf without getting gouged.

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The Sartorialist’s Scott Schuman Thinks the Recession Helps People Reinvent Their Clothes

Name: Scott Schuman
Age: 41
Neighborhood: Chelsea
Occupation: Fashion photographer and creator of street-style blog the Sartorialist. His new book of the same name is out this week from Penguin.

Who’s your favorite New Yorker, living or dead, real or fictional?
Ralph Kramden from The Honeymooners.

What’s the best meal you’ve eaten in New York?
The chicken enchilada at Rocking Horse Cafe.

In one sentence, what do you actually do all day in your job?
I take photos of whatever cool, interesting characters I run into on the streets of whatever city I am in that day — Paris, Milan, Stockholm, London, or New York.

Would you still live here on a $35,000 salary?
Yes.

What’s the last thing you saw on Broadway?
Wicked, with my kids.

Do you give money to panhandlers?
Definitely not.

What’s your drink?
Don’t ask.

How often do you prepare your own meals?
Not often.

What’s your favorite medication?
Häagen-Dazs coffee ice cream.

What’s hanging above your sofa?
Nothing; I don’t have a sofa.

How much is too much to spend on a haircut?
$40.

When’s bedtime?
11:30 p.m.

Which do you prefer, the old Times Square or the new Times Square?
Old Times Square.

What do you think of Donald Trump?
Nothing.

What do you hate most about living in New York?
The cashiers at grocery stores.

Who is your mortal enemy?
I have no mortal enemies — that I am aware of.

When’s the last time you drove a car?
Last weekend, to Montauk.

How has the Wall Street crash affected you?
I think it’s helped in a small way; people come to my site to find inspiration and ways to reinterpret the clothing they already have.

Times, Post, or Daily News?
The Post, because of the sports section.

Where do you go to be alone?
It used to be the Krizia store, because there was never anyone in there — so now I guess I will have to find a new spot.

What makes someone a New Yorker?
When they remember what “that” place was four restaurants ago.

By: Carolyn Murnick