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Of The Minute
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| BEYOND SOHO Manhattan, restless beast that she is, has birthed yet another chi-chi district (and none too soon) The red-hot Chelsea continues to gather even more heat as design companies Commes Des Garcons, Helmut Lang and Marc Jacobs are angling to nestle in the same terrain as the Matthew Marks Gallery and the Dia Art Center. And if looking the part while looking at art isn't enough for you, rest assured that they'll be a surfeit of lounges and boites to cool your Blahnik heels in. Alongside the current and unlikely champion Empire Diner, comes the supercool Lot 61 and our sentimental favorite the intimate and earthy sidney b.--a laid back bistro that is set to be to Chlesea what Jerry's is to Soho. But that's just between us non? CLUB WARS Pt 6. NY Fashion Week is looming and the publicists are spraying faxes hither and tiither. They're talking about how Serge Becker and Eric Goode are going to bring the Limelight to Life...oops.... we mean to life as a upscale rich people haunt . Wonder if grizzled nightlife manager Steve Lewis is somehow going to be involved. ...They're talking about the opening of super-hot 2 seven 7 's fabulous new downstairs lounge ...Then there's the newly legitimate theatre space formerly known as Expo (R.I.P) now to be dubbed the Kit Kat Club, with an emphasis on decadent Cabaret-style parties courtesy of Susanne Bartsch(who was in fine form at theArista/BMG's Grammy shin-ding at Barneys.) Michele Hick's birthday party on the 28th should get that party started right...And even Speeed is promising to be convening an extra exclusive V.I.P room on the weekend of April 3. Given these options we suspect the best parties are still going to be the private suites at The Grand Hotel. Stay tuned. MARKET EXPANSION Want proof that hip-hop is now not just music, but a full blown consumer lifestyle? Consider the phenomenal market expansion of Vibe magazine . Having succesfully launched a TV show even as they acquired Spin as a sister publication, the publishers of Vibe are in the midst of creating a new off-shoot titled Blaze. The new magazine is designed to appeal to the more hardcore hip-hop fan, thus effectively competing with XXL and The Source.Was it Pete Hamil in Esquire who announced rap was a fad that wouldn't last?
Most-Awaited-Fashion-Week-Party Nur Khan's kick-off festivities for the Marilyn Gaultier agency at his new boite' Sway.
Film-Of-The Minute : Dark City. Three words. Oh- My- God. You MUST SEE This film.
CD-Of-The-Minute 1: Cannibus/"Untitled".Universal Records .Street buzz is this Jamaican born rapper with the best bone structure since MIC Geronimo is Hip-Hop's next salvation
Look-Of-The-Minute(Girls Division): This Spring all a cool girl needs is a post-punk shag and avaitor glasses. Not THAT kind of shag silly.
Read-Of-The-Minute 2. Veronica Webb Sight/Hyperion-Miramax Books.Don't hate her because she's dutiful.
Boite-Of-The-Minute Lot 61. The numbers racket just got hotter . Bye Bye Moooomba.
Male-Model-Of-The Minute Not to be confused with Charley Speed, Speedy over at DNA gives the ultimate in that 'Oh-so-famished rock star a/l/a "Richard Ashcroft" feeling.
CD-Of-The-Minute 2 Air: Moon Safari/Caroline Records . This self-described "cool French band" takes the Lounge Sound futuristic and we think you need to vibe to the languid cool of these outer space lullabies. Vive la Revoloution!
Look-Of-The-Minute (Boy Division) It all comes down to a square toed pair of dress shoes. Very I-am-a-fashion-finanacier non?
Courtesy of the new Calvin Klein and Louis Vuitton campaign, Ford's Maggie Rizer is finally begining to make sense to our eyes. This ex-ballet dancer with the ultimate "spoilt girl" face is a sure-fire VH-1 'Model Of The Year" nominee.
Club-of-The-Minute 2. ELX. The top secret after-hours convened in a loft in the deepest wilds of Brooklyn is so out-there, it takes a 30 minute ride for the super-cool caravan of models (Charlotte C. ) musicians (Goldie) and photographers (Craig McDean) to suss it out. Vito Bruno would weep.
Label-Of-The-Minute Husseyin Chalyan, has sprinted past the ubiquituos Alexander McQueen as the coolest Brit of the moment. Pervervance matters in this business .
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