Kate Beckinsale looks incredible in a skintight white dress and black latex sleeves as she heads to The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon in New York
Michael Douglas, 78, is dapper alongside son Dylan, 22, as they lead celebrities at star-studded Broadway opening of Good Night, Oscar in New York City 'Blowtorching pieces of toast!' Brooklyn Beckham gets a roasting over his grilled cheese sandwich as he shares another cooking tutorial Ms Mercer is known as the author's more low-key younger sister who chose to travel the world with her boyfriend instead of taking Ms Mortimer's New York society cue.Ī source revealed the real-life people behind Ms Mortimer's characters to the New York Post The character of Minty's younger sister, Darby Davenport, appears to have been modelled on Ms Mortimer's younger sister Dabney Mercer.ĭarby is Minty’s more down-to-earth and wiser younger sister. According to the New York Pots, part of the reason the real-life couple split is because Ms Mortimer strived for the spotlight, while her husband actively shunned it. The book describes Tripp du Pont as an Upper East Side playboy from old money who sweeps Minty off her feet but doesn’t approve of her self-promotion and camera-ready attitude. The author's estranged husband looks to have inspired the character of Tripp du Pont, Minty’s boyfriend. Tinsley made it physical when she elbowed Olivia to the ground during a fashion show.' Page Six wrote about the pair's battle to 'reign over New York social life. In 2007, Page Six reported on the conflict between Miss Palermo, a then up-and-comer on the social scene (who found herself at the center of a controversy when she sent an email to fellow socialites pleading for acceptance), and Ms Mortimer. In the book, Page Six writes of Minty tripping up-and-comer Alexis at a fashion show. The real-life rival of Ms Mortimer (right) looks to have influenced the character of Minty's rival Alexis Barnaby. In the book, Richard Fitzsimmons takes Minty's picture at her first society event after being told she is 'no one,' to which he responds: 'Not for long.' In real life, Patrick McMullan noticed Ms Mortimer at one of her first events, taking her picture that ended up in W Magazine. New York's society photographer and friend of the author appears to have inspired the book's character Ricard Fitzsimmons. New York's Tory Burch is a socialite-turned-designer who is friends with Mr Mortimer, but never dated him, according to the New York Post. Tabitha is a blonde socialite-turned-accessory designer heiress and on-again off-again girlfriend of Tripp. The socialite-turned-designer is assumed to be the persona behind the book's socialite-turned-designer Tabitha Lipton. In real life, socialite Lauren Santo Domingo was reportedly 'standoff-ish at first,' however Ms Mortimer ended up being a bridesmaid at her wedding in 2008. In the book, socialite May Abernathy gives Minty the cold-shoulder after her arrival in New York, but eventually warms up to the newcomer. The Vogue contributing editor and socialite (right) bears similarities to the book's socialite character May Abernathy.
Ms Mortimer's debut chick-lit novel reads somewhat like creative writing piece written for a college English class, which, comparatively, makes novels like Sex and the City resemble carefully constructed critiques of anarcho-feminism and capitalist society.īut perhaps her insider observations about New York's upper crust and subsequent soul-searching it is exactly what you need this year in South Hampton. While everyone has their own taste in beach trash, culturally speaking you have nowhere to go but up with Southern Charm.
And there were these girls, I mean, these chic girls who aren’t wearing a lot of makeup and dressed in all black and so cool, and there I am with my color and all my makeup.' Ms Mortimer says: 'I was such an outsider at first. She said: 'There are so many people around me, in this world, that are inspiring and funny characters.'Ĭlearly taking material from her, for the most part, shallow and perversely materialistic world, the book describes the chilly reception Minty receives from the native New York City clique who 'eye her up and down cooly, and then turn the other way'. Legally separated: Topper Mortimer (left), the author's soon-to-be-ex-husband, helped Ms Mortimer (right) climb the social scene
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