How An Unemployed Socialite Became Whitney Port's "Work" Friend

Tracie — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 12:00:00 EST

On last night's premiere of The City, America was introduced to former-Socialite Rank punching bag Olivia Palermo. Whitney's mentor Kelly Cutrone was shocked that she even has a fake job.

Olivia, a 22-year-old who moved out of her parents Upper East Side apartment this summer into her own $4,150 a month bachelorette pad, was infamous on Socialite Rank for allegedly writing an email to other socialites (which inevitably made the rounds on blogs), apologizing for being a sycophantic social climber and asking for "acceptance," which in itself is kind of sycophantic and climber-y. She was once a student at New School, has a fan site, and up until this past July, insisted she would not be appearing on The City because she wanted to be "a serious actress." That is, until, she, like many others in their early-20s, had a change of heart about career plans and decided she wanted to be "a brand." (She's Whitney's "work" friend on the "reality" show and not really a publicist. She just plays one on TV. She actually has a PR firm, Rogers & Cowan, in her employ.) In the clip above, Olivia tells Whitney about her first pair of Manolos that she wore to her deb ball. Then Whitney sits down with her mentor and former People's Revolution boss Kelly Cutrone, who, when she learned about Whitney working with Olivia, said, "Shut. Up. She got a job? That's very unlike her. Why is she working?"

Meet A Voguette! Serena Nikkhah Edition

Jennifer — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 16:11:14 EDT

Vogue Fashion Market/Accessories Editor Virginia Smith has a new assistant, one Serena Nikkhah, and according to Fashion Week Daily, she's a "budding socialite". What a stretch for them! Also, she has a Facebook account. So do some bloggers we know! We've posted her bikini picture after the jump, but first, a brief summary of our findings:

She is a Londoner.
She is a Georgetown University '05 graduate
She majored in art history.
She did not work for Sotheby's!
She may have dated a relative of Osama Bin Laden.
She is in the following Facebook groups: Before It's In Vogue, It's In my Closet; We Are So Fucking Fabulous, We Routinely Have To Beat Up Paparazzi Outside; I Like To Piss On The Street!; 20 Hottest Girls Of 2005; The Elitist Club.
She is friends with Tinsley Mortimer.
She has made a few appearances on New York Social Diary!
She can make her eyes cross.

Ours too!

She has a Cartier watch.
She has only one MySpace friend, "Tom."
She is camera-ready, even when males grind up against her posterior regions.
She used to work at Marc Jacobs.
She goes to other "budding socialites" birthday parties.
She was one of the co-chairs of this year's AGTA benefit for Project Renewal.
She parties for Elite Traveler.
Her favorite movies are Breakfast at Tiffany's and The Shawshank Redemption.

Ugh. How did we know she was going to pick those?

GuestOfAGuest.com
New York Social Diary
Serena Mikkhah's MySpace
Park Avenue Peerage
Candles and Champers [FWD]
Elite Traveler - March/April 2007 issue
2007 AGTA Newsletter
Serena Nikkhah's Facebook page

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How An Unemployed Socialite Became Whitney Port's "Work" Friend

Meet A Voguette! Serena Nikkhah Edition