Famous socialite Tinsley Mortimer has been quite the self-marketer over the years, and it’s certaintly paid off for her. No one would call into question the fact that she is one of the few leading the social circuit circus in this town. Well, at least a certain circuit of charities, galas, and fashion shows that mean the WORLD to some people, and absolutely nothing to many others. In any case, does anyone else out there every wonder where in the heck Topper Mortimer (husband) is? He is almost NEVER pictured alongside his wife, and the opportunites are many (she was photgraphed by PatrickMcmullan over 2,000 times last year alone). We admit, we are a little curious. Which is why, this Sunday’s Style Section of the Times was particularly satisfying. In an article titled “Why is the Blond Smiling?”, writer Eric Konigsberg put the spotlight on the Tinsley’s other half. Here’s what we learn:

-Topper and Tinsley eloped when they were 18. They met at private school Lawrenceville in NJ and couldn’t bear the thought of not being together after graduation. This was subsequentially annulled in the Dominican Republic. Seems his parents were not too happy about the union and forced the reluctant pair to it. Though they remarried in 2002 it may still be a somewhat sensitive subject for Topper.

-He is both “extremely proud” of his wife’s accomplishments in the fashion industry as well as obviously a little embarrassed stating:

“It’s not necessarily the type of goal that anybody should strive for, going out every night for the sake of self-promotion and getting their pictures taken,”…“And I mean, these are girls who went to good colleges. You would think they’d have something better to do.”

-Topper himself is not in any rush to be the social butterfly his wife is. He thinks that people get involved in benefits because of the credit they get and wants to see the actual results of said events. “I just never liked the whole thing with everybody trying to gain status from being involved in these charity events. I mean, I’ve always been a person who likes to take the wind out of fancy people’s sails.”

-Tinsley is quick to point out “Topper has this life in New York because he grew up here, so he doesn’t NEED the social thing. To him, it seems frivolous.”

-Topper is now working for the wealth management firm Guggenheim Partners, has remained in close touch with every single member of his elementary class from Buckley and is described as “an affable and unpretentious fellow, a workaholic” by friends. He also loves his wife, no matter what she does.

What’s Tinsley up to these days? She was one of the few American socialites (including Fabiola Beracasa, Amanda Hearst, Zani Gugelman and Bettina Zilkha) sent by Fendi to The Great Wall of China for the first ever runway event on the Great Wall.

Is this the new A Small World for NYC, or a an attempt to fill the gossip void left by the departure of socialiterank.com? Well either way, we know if there is rankings involved people are going to compete. Just for fun we searched for Tinsley Mortimer and Olivia Palermo to see where these dueling socialites rank up. Looks like Tinz has a healthy lead over her junior rival, with 167 more connections and a good deal more attention…

In any event the social method behind site seems pretty interesting. It aggregates the amount of times a person’s name shows up on the web to determine their “attention %”, and apparently they add people’s names manually (not sure what the purpose of this is, but sounds like a ton of work!). So its basically like a pre-populated social-network, if that makes sense?

[Photo courtesy of NY Mag]

This is what Tinsley Mortimer chose to wear to the Just Cavalli Flagship Boutique Store Opening. We would love to just pick her up and place her right on top of our cupcake. Why didn’t someone pull her aside and remind her that she wasn’t walking down the runway in the Betsey Johnson show nor the Heatherette one? This outfit belongs on 2 year olds ballerina birthday cake, not a woman in her late thirty’s.

Tinsley Mortimer is off her rocker. Don’t believe us? Today Jezebel reported that the socialite is BLOGGING!!!!!!!!!! This just makes us feel so much more validated about our jobs here at gofg.

Shown here again with Minnie and Dabney Mortimer at last night’s Van Cleef and Arpels party at the Hamerstein Ballroom, and then Glamour magazine’s Fashion Gives Back party wearing a dress from her new clothing line Riccimie:

In her first blog entry for Glamour, Tinsley admits that the dress she is wearing is a repeat appearance from this last weekend spent in Japan where she is launching her new clothing line and which has already sold out there. Typical. Blond girl goes to Japan and gets attention. Yawn. Anyway this is perfect cause for us to do some recycling as well. SO in honor of Tinsley’s Blogging debut, we will once again post the picture the famous Mortimer at Cipriani’s downtown from last spring. Enjoy.

Okay this seriously must be a joke. Word on the street is that Tinsley Mortimer has been named the Dior Beauty Ambassador in the U.S. She will be consulting alongside celebrity makeup artist Pati Dubroff to host Dior Beauty events and help launch their products.

The brand stated that “Her unique combination of style, visibility, and nonstop energy will help round out Dior Beauty’s roster of bold-face names, including Sharon Stone and Charlize Theron.”

Are they on drugs?! I can see having her be a spokesperson for Cipriani’s Sunday night parties (remember this?) but DIOR BEAUTY??

Who says she’s too old for this!?

So, which one of the blonde socialite sisters had an “uplifting” experience on “just another weeknight upstairs at Cipriani’s downtown”?

Hey at least we know the girl has good taste. (Christian Louboutin)…