The Russians Are Hamptons Bound
Oh boy, I have a feeling bathing suits are going to be a whole lot smaller in the coming months. According to The New York Post the "high-flying" Russian's are about to invade the east end. These high rollers travel in packs, so if a few are looking to switch up their summer plans, this most likely means a trend is on the way.
Billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov, Russia's third richest man, and the current owner of the New Jersey Nets has been looking for an estate. This guys got a net worth of $18 billion, so money is no option. Thus far, his search has included a $15 million dollar estate in Sagaponack.
Mikhail Prokhorov [Photo via]
Another Russian on the list, is composer Igor Krutoy. This dude just threw down $23.85 million for a Gin Lane mansion in Southampton... no big deal. The best part is, it is rumored that Igor told his brokers he is going to tear it down and start from scratch. Good for you buddy. By the way, Igor and his wife just purchased a 6,000 square-foot condo for $40 million, in the Plaza hotel.
Igor Krutoy [Photo via]
Calling all Hampton gold diggers! Billionaire Russian bachelor, Igor Sosin, will also be among the wealthy Russians calling the Hamptons his home this summer season. Sosin, who owns the Russian equivilants of Home Depot, and Petco, has rented a massive home on Ox Pasture Lane in Southampton for July and August. The $860,000 estate has got a 3,000 square foot master bedroom, a carriage house, rose gardens, 50-foot water fountain, indoor and outdoor pools, a bocce court, a hot tub, a sauna and a gym.
Vassili Verrecchia Shows Off His Favorite Things In His Paris Home
While his brother, Timothee, runs the NYC office, Vassili takes on the Paris-based side of things. To gain some insight to what inspires such a creative and entrepreneurial spirit, we asked Vass to show off some of his favorite worldly and sentimental possessions in his Paris home. See where Vass's travels have taken him...
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enoughalready
June 22, 2011
1:57am
Just when you thought the crowd and the scene out there could not get any uglier....here come the Russkies!
June 24, 2011
5:15pm
ok white boi be jealous of successful russians
Itsme
June 26, 2011
2:54pm
@Enoughalready Trust me this is only the beginning before you know it Jersey Shore Hamptons will arrive and its all thanks to the lovely ignorant Winkelvoss Twins and there pathetic website....
enoughalready
June 27, 2011
3:42pm
GofaG may have accelerated the demise of Montauk but in no way, shape or form can you blame them for the demise of the Hamptons. The process began a little over 20 years ago when they began to mass produce big, ugly, multi room share houses with pools and tenhnis courts in the buggy woods in No Mans Land north of Water Mill and Bridge and below Sag Harbor. Then came the promoters, Bhampton Polo, the crap motels in parking lots (Capri, Bentley etc..) along the highway, and the stifling, box like bottle service clubs. Of course the share house losers soon carved up the houses into 1/16th shares, and armies of daytrippers from Up Island and Russian Whores joined the invasion. GofaG simply moves these Lemmings along. What I would love would be for GofaG to develop a Spy Mag like critical tone and become a satirical site which lampoons places like the Hamptons and skewers the poseurs, pricks and phonies who gather there, but, how would they then get advertisers?