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Thursday June 28th, 2012

Photographer (and Franca Sozzani’s Son) Francesco Carrozzini On the Importance of Blogs, Fruit of the Loom, and His New Site Lifestyle Mirror
People & Parties

Photographer (and Franca Sozzani’s Son) Francesco Carrozzini On the Importance of Blogs, Fruit of the Loom, and His New Site Lifestyle Mirror

What do you get when you combine two dashingly handsome, charming and well-connected Italian men? In this case, you get Lifestylemirror.com–a well curated content-based website that acts as a portal for online shopping. Last night the site’s founders Emanuele Della Valle and Francesco Carrozzini hosted a party at the website’s new event space in Chelsea to welcome summer, and there was no shortage of free flowing Ruinart champagne and well-heeled friends.

It’s no surprise those friends include the likes of Anne Hatheway (looking very gamine with pixie hair and Charlotte Olympia cat flats), Natalie Joos, Johan Lindberg (who told us he wears a scarf, white t-shirt and jacket even to the beach), and Meredith Melling Burke, just to name a few, considering both men were already part of the industry in utero. Della Valle is son of Tod’s billionaire CEO Diego Della Valle, and Carrozzini is son of Vogue Italia EIC Franca Sozzani.

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Published at 3:30 PM

Thursday March 17th, 2011

Ten Questions for America’s Next Top Model, Cycle 16
Entertainment

Ten Questions for America’s Next Top Model, Cycle 16

Apologies for missing the last two episodes! CW wouldn’t let me watch online in Paris, but don’t worry I DVR’ed and I’m totally caught up.

1. Alexandria, what is with that hat? Really. You can’t be such a hater and then put on a hat like that for confessional.

2. Can we take a moment to mourn the loss of Molly’s weave, aka the worst weave to ever have happened to a person? OK.

3. First walking in a beach ball on a balance beam submerged in water, now a runway covered in fire and being lit on fire–is ANTM trying to kill its contestants?

4. Did Brittani just say “pooey” upon learning they’d have to do a commercial? Hee.

5. Sara. Enough with the women’s studies 101. Since when is being a beautiful sexy woman and being a feminist mutually exclusive?

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Published at 2:45 PM

Friday April 16th, 2010