I always do everything my friend Tina Craig (aka, the Bagsnob) says, so when she told me to show up at the Oscar de la Renta store to meet author Tatiana Boncompagni, I complied.  Tatiana is a thoroughbred New Yorker whose mother is Italian royalty.  Her first book, Gilding Lily, tells the tale of a socialite who begins to write essays about the rich and snobbish and how she manages to navigate through the shark-infested waters of Manhattan society.  My guess is the book is a bit autobiographical.  Tatiana may be writing about fashion and society these days, but her background is in finance.  She has written for the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Financial Times and Vogue and she told me that she enjoys writing about financial indices.  I had to ask my husband what that meant.

Each fall D Magazine fashion editor, Stephanie Quadri, throws a VIP party to unveil the September issue.  This year's celebration was held at One Arts Plaza and was co-hosted by Scoop who showed their latest looks.  Once again, The Fashionistas were in full force as special guests of D.  The lobby at One Arts is cavernous, but D always attracts a big crowd so the place was packed.  Being a fashion event, everyone tried very hard to look as cool and as au currant as possible.  Even some of the men in attendance were bitten by the fashion bug including Mark Esposito who was wearing a great shirt and jacket by Burberry. Take note guys, we are watching you.