ASMALLWORLD Takes A Look At The Top 100 NYC Socials
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[Photo via ASW]
ASMALLWORLD has expanded. With a couple new additions to their team, including the always lovely Serena Merriman joining Sabine Heller, they have launched their first edition of “ASMALLMAGAZINE” available online to members only. Within the issue today, there is the article “Remember my name: Top Fame Gamers” in which they take a look at some of the top hundred players from Fame Game (and many writers and contributors on this site) to get the dirt. Here’s what they came up with:
Occupation: Publicist and…well, it’s complicated.
Claim to Fame: Tipping off Gawker
Low Point: Rumor has it he will star in new reality show Social Heights.
High Point: Rumor has it he will star in new reality show Social Heights.
Quote: “I want to be New York’s answer to Rachel Zoe.”
BFFs: Annabel Vartanian, Devorah Rose, Timo Weiland & the Unruly Heir boyz
Origin: Upper middle class, Massachusetts
Man Behind the Man: Gawker
Occupation: Wannabe cougar
Claim to Fame: Overusing “cheeky monkey”
Low Point: Revealing an infection to a reporter during fashion week
High Point: Raising well over a million dollars for charity: water
Quote: “I’m not British. I’m pretentious.”
BFFs: Tracy Stern, Anisha Lakhani, Susan Shin, Lara Rubin
Origin: Across the Pond
Man Behind the Woman: David Gruning
#12 Andrew Saffir
Occupation: Cinema Society king
Claim to Fame: Supplanting Peggy Siegal as New York film premiere host-magnate
Low Point: Nothing comes to mind. The man is an utter charmer.
High Point: Scoring Anna Wintour & her daughter, Bee, during Fashion Week for the premiere of The Duchess
Quote: “Cashmere sweaters are a great way to inject colour into an otherwise staid summer wardrobe.”
BFFs: Bettina Zilkha
Origin: New York
Man Behind the Man: Daniel Benedict
#17 Olivia Palermo
Occupation: Socialite
Claim to Fame: Being pretty
Low Point: Errant letter posted on the now-defunct SocialiteRank.com.
High Point: Boyfriend Johannes Huebl and upcoming reality show The City
Quote: “I may be a young girl, but behind every young girl is a powerful father.”
BFFs: Um, next question.
Origin: Connecticut
Man Behind the Woman: Patrick McMullan and Daddy
#55 Liam McMullan
Occupation: Boy
Claim to Fame: Patrick’s son
Low Point: Spencer Morgan’s July 2008 New York Observer profile
High Point: He just turned 21.
Quote: “I’ve been too high lately to be terrified of anything.”
BFFs: Stephanie Wei, Rachelle Hruska, Pops
Origin: NYC
Man Behind the Man: Patrick McMullan
#162 Arden Wohl
Occupation: Filmmaker, social rebel
Claim to Fame: Wearer of headbands
Low Point: The summer 2008 Ralph Lauren lipstick incident
High Point: Her short film Coven, narrated by Leelee Sobieski
Quote: “We’re always looking for answers. Some people are looking for it in a socialite maybe.”
BFFs: Leelee Sobieski, Mandie Erickson, Genevieve Jones, Tara Subkoff
Origin: NYC
Woman Behind the Woman: Denise Wohl
Occupation: Walker, freelance writer, fashionista and BFF
Claim to Fame: Briefly disrupting Paradise, a.k.a Jack and Lazaro of Proenza
Low Point: Rumoured to have been briefly suspended from Vogue
High Point: Being named a senior editor at Visionaire
Quote: “One minute I’m a poor Midwestern student; the next I’m seated between George Clooney and Lindsay Lohan at Bungalow 8.”
BFFs: Byrdie Bell, Bonnie Morrison, Lauren Santo Domingo, Mary Kate Olsen
Origin: St. Louis, Missouri
Man Behind the Man: Lyle Maltz
#166 David X. Prutting
Occupation: PMC photographer
Claim to Fame: Bad boy of Pat’s pack
Low Point: Fell into Alison Sarofim’s pool while on a job
High Point: Shooting Michelle Obama for Vogue
Quote: “My girlfriend thinks a bandana makes me look cool.”
BFFs: Girlfriend Chao Ngo, Cliff Comfort
Origin: New Canaan, Connecticut
Man Behind the Man: Diego Fuga
#235 Leven Rambin
Occupation: Actress
Claim to Fame: Being a Lolita
Low Point: Anointed as Julia Allison’s ‘little sister’
High Point: Love triangle with Mark Ronson and Hud Morgan
Quote: “Levin Rambin is fall TV’s Hot New Faces.”
BFFs: Kristian Laliberte, Timo Wieland, Ali Hillfiger
Origin: Houston, Texas
Man Behind the Woman: Timo Weiland
#171 Luigi Tadini
Occupation: Actor, overseer of family jewels as VP of the family business
Claim to Fame: Amanda Hearst’s BFF
Low Point: Another nice chap—we can’t find any.
High Point: Cheerleading for non-profits like Riverkeeper
Quote: “My claim to fame? What besides my Nobel, Peabody and Pulitzer? Living the next great American novel of course!”
BFFs: Amanda Hearst
Origin: Sao Paolo, Brazil
Woman Behind the Man: Amanda Hearst
#34 Devorah Rose
Occupation: Editor-in-chief of Social Life magazine
Claim to Fame: Editor-in-chief of Social Life magazine
Low Point: Rumoured to be starring in a reality show, Social Heights, with Kristian Laliberte
High Point: Completing an MFA at Columbia
Quote: “First and foremost, you need to have a strong sense of grammer.”
BFFs: Annabel Vartanian
Origin: Newton, MA and Caracas, Venezuela
Man Behind the Woman: Kristian Laliberte
#40 Peter Davis
Occupation: Freelance writer
Claim to Fame: Brother-in-law to Tinsley Mortimer & half-brother to Minnie and Topper Mortimer
Low Point: The New York Times article debacle
High Point: Winning The New York Observer’s ‘Socialite Slapdown’
Quote: (On his Facebook status) “Peter is not a socialite. He just looks like one.”
BFFs: Minnie and Tinsley
Origin: Upper East Side
Woman Behind the Man: Tinsley Mortimer
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You know, when the “high point” of your life is Devhorsey making a comment about you, it’s probably time to pack it in and go take a nap in the Andes.
December 18, 2008 1:10pm
i love this picture of Kristian! He’s so cute! Does anyone know when his show is coming out?
December 18, 2008 1:11pm
Olivia Palermo and Luigi Tadini are SMOKIN in these photos. Wow
@Anonymous Ok thanks Kristian. Go sit down now.
December 18, 2008 1:37pm
that wasn’t kristian party pants.
Oh good. Then they won’t mind me adding that your hair is seriously thinning there, Capote. Drugs aren’t a beauty elixir amirite! Looking kind of saggy too. Might want to borrow Devhorsey’s botox kit next time you guys have a sleepover to watch Jem! The Complete Series.
December 18, 2008 5:57pm
needs more dirt.. like coke bloat, etc….
oh, and what about that evil blogger EBrill?
December 18, 2008 5:58pm
she banned me!! more free speach!
Evidently she banned most of us. Oh well. It’s her blog.
December 18, 2008 6:06pm
why am I not allowed to write about jules kirby-just cuz she grew up with her boyfriend?
December 18, 2008 6:07pm
ps–party pants, I know exactly who you are. only ONE person could hate devorah and kristian so much and waste all their time doing it. how does it feel to be a walking joke.
I assure you this not hamily brill. oh zing! grouphug!!
December 18, 2008 6:49pm
leven is gorgeous. luigi is stunning. arden looks like a freak of nature. i love the coat kristian is wearing. olivia’s expression is amazing. LOVE THIS POST