Jezebel: Plum Sykes

Posh Socialite Does T.J. Maxx Commercial

Dodai Stewart — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 14:00:00 EDT

Here's how you know times are tough: Schmancy Brit socialite Lucy Sykes has filmed a T.J. Maxx commercial. More »

McQueen Known To Suffer From Depression; Lacoste Puts Teen Girl In See-Through Shirt

Jenna Sauers — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 11:30:00 EST

Some of Alexander McQueen's friends say that his suicide was not entirely unexpected. A few days before the death of his mother, he declared in a meeting that he "wasn't interested in making fashion anymore, that he hated it." [ToL]

Sophie Dahl Gets A Cooking Show; Tilda Swinton To Be Face of Pringle

TatianaTheAnonymousModel — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 11:30:00 EDT

Model turned cookbook author Sophie Dahl is getting her own cooking show on BBC 2. Dahl says her show will cover on the "emotional" side of food. "It's cooking with an anecdotal thread, irreverent, unpredictable and not without flaw." [Sun]

The Plum Chronicles: Vogue Writer's Back Pain Is More Expensive Than Yours

Sadie Stein — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:00:00 EDT

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When someone told me that full-time oblivious person Plum Sykes had a piece in Vogue on the back pain that comes from sitting and writing all day, I thought: Oh! Something with application to the rest of us! Sadly, no. More »

A Haircut So Special Only Rich People Understand It

Sadie Stein — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 14:40:00 EST

How is it possible to read two thousand words describing a haircut and come away with no idea what the hell Vogue's Plum Sykes is talking about? Is this some kind of weird, fashionista code? More »

Socialites Tighten Their Designer Belts In Vogue

Anna North — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 12:00:00 EST

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So since our li'l economic crisis, Vogue went through some sensitivity training and decided to show us that cutting back isn't just for the huddled masses. It's also for Jessica Joffe and Plum Sykes! More »

Designer/Director Tom Ford Can't Move His Freakin' Face

Sadie Stein — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 11:30:00 EDT

Tom Ford has spoken: eyebrow wiggling is now a sign of displeasure. "I haven't had any plastic surgery — despite what people think, this is my nose...I have had Restylane and Botox, but I don't think of that as plastic surgery any more. It's true I can't really frown, but I can move my eyebrows, so..." [Guardian]
Well, at least Manolo Blahnik is less ridiculous! Oh, wait. "Manolo Blahnik tumbles into the room wearing an extremely dapper royal-purple suit, purple and yellow knitted tie, orange suede shoes and black circular glasses à la Le Corbusier. He stretches out his hand, and when I shake it he squeaks in pain, shaking, then retracting it." [Independent]
Jean-Paul Gaultier, maybe? “'I did a revue with my teddy bear at home...I pretended he had breasts. The first cone bra I did was for my teddy bear, not for Madonna. I had a strawberry box for the stage, and I put a lot of feathers on my teddy bear for the headdress. I used feathers from my cleaning brush for the finale.'” [NYT]
Come. on, Zac Posen, redeem your industry: "Puppies, babies and plastic surgery are the new fashion. That's where fashion's going." [Big Think]

What A Girl Needs: A Response To Vogue's Vapid Plum Sykes

Anna North — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 14:00:00 EDT

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"There are three things a woman really needs at 38: a husband, at least one child, and a dress with long sleeves." So says the supremely annoying socialite/Vogue editor/chick-lit author Plum Sykes in an October Vogue article (subject: all the fabulous parties to which Ms. Sykes has worn long-sleeved dresses). We beg to differ! After the jump, see what your editors and writers feel a woman needs by 38 — and add your own to the list. More »

Brand-Obsessed Chick Lit Makes Us Lose Our Breakfast (At Tiffany's)

Jessica G. — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 12:30:00 EDT

Remember when we counted the number of luxury brand name mentions per page in the hateful YA series The Clique (1.8 brand mentions per page, for those of you keeping score)? Well in today's New York Times style section, Cathy Horyn takes a page out of our playbook and notes the number of products placed in the brand-loving grown person novels hitting shelves this summer. Horyn examined the Choo-addled pages of James Patterson's Sunday at Tiffany's, and found "When I got done turning down the corners of the pages of Mr. Patterson’s novel that mentioned a brand name or a stylish place (he, too, transports his characters to Nantucket), my copy looked severely riddled." More »

The closing paragraph of writer Plum Sykes'...

Anna Holmes — Wed, 28 May 2008 15:45:00 EDT

The closing paragraph of writer Plum Sykes' June 2008 Vogue cover story: "It's three o'clock and SJP has to run off to pick James up from school. Before she leaves she says that after SATC: TM is out, she will take the summer off to be with her son and start another film in the fall. Another perfume is in the works, and the clothing line is expanding. I wish her goodbye and pay the bill. As I wander home past the brownstones and boutiques, I can't help feeling a little nostalgic for the New York of the SATC years." Hmm, I can't help but wonder which "New York" this former "It Girl" is feeling nostalgic for: as far as I can tell, the New York of the SATC years is simply the on-screen, whitewashed, wealthy version of the New York that is now a reality off-screen. More »

Nothing Says "Maturity" Quite Like Heidi Montag

Jennifer — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 11:30:00 EST

Clothing line Anchor Blue has signed Heidi Montag to be its new face. Because execs want to appeal to a "slightly older" demographic. No, really. [WWD, sub req'd]

Sykes Sisters' Brother Too Pussy To Watch His Wife Reenact 'Knocked Up'

Moe — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 12:00:03 EDT

Tom Sykes is the brother of New York socialites Plum and Lucy Sykes. But is he as despicable as they are? We've always thought, 'no', since he is, you know, a drunk, and drunks are more fun and less thin than Vogue 'editors.' But he is so determined to try! Today he writes in Britain's Daily Mirror that he doesn't want to watch his wife give birth after seeing Knocked Up. What a bastard! But here's the catch: He has already seen his wife give birth. And he knows: It's boring! But also anxiety-inducing! And not pretty! Such internal conflict. Maybe he should start drinking again? Meanwhile, a certain member of the Axis of Evil just started allowing fathers into the delivery room for the first time. Oh G-D. Yeah yeah draw your own conclusions, liquor jokes, etc. with the help of a predictably-loathsome excerpt from Sykes' story after the jump. More »

'Vogue' Introduces Us To The New Sykes Sisters, And It's Suuuuch A Pleasure

Moe — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 14:49:54 EDT

Sometimes 'Vogue' runs a story so dumb it can only be responded to on its own terms, with an obsequious letter to the editor. If you thought last month's Arden Wohl profile was like that, you really mustn't miss August's piece on the sisters Poppy and Chloe Delvigne/Delvingne (either the magazine or Poppy's modeling agency screwed up the spelling) touted as the second coming of the Plum and Lucy Sykes. They are (duh) British socialites, one of whom has (duh) worked at 'Vogue', the other of whom is, praise Allah, moving to New York. But only because "she has saved practically all the money she has earned modeling in the past five years so she can afford to." Perhaps she could give us a tutorial in financial planning. And the application of face diamonds! ('Diamantes' to those who are thrifty enough to afford them...)