New York Magazine’s Alexis Swerdloff profiled professional mingler Derek Blasberg, and the article—which makes the unfortunate comparison between Blasberg and Truman Capote—is packed to the gills with weird anecdotes.
Derek Blasberg, the socialite that Getty Images frequently captions “actor” by accident, has been officially knighted by Graydon Carter as Vanity Fair’s “man on the street.” In a press release, Carter offered this explanation: “He seems to be everyone’s best friend.”
Since we took note of the Style.com scribe's apparent dealings with Yves Saint Laurent, a company he both "consults" for (for fees understood to be in the thousands) and "reports" on, stories of his other exploits have started trickling in.
The Derek Blasberg apologias are trickling in — hardly surprising considering Blasberg, for his 27 years, is wealthy and well-connected. But in asking for money from a company he intended to write about, Blasberg may have jeopardized his job.
Derek Blasberg, the ubiquitous man-about-town social arbiter, covers parties for Condé Nast's Style.com. Last Friday, he wrote about a fun little shindig Yves Saint Laurent threw. Thing is, a credible source tells us he asked for $2500 from the brand.
Because women are totally clamoring for more men to tell us how to dress, Manhattan "man about town" Derek Blasberg has written Classy, a guide to, among other things, impressing dudes at airports.
Amber Rose just signed with Ford Models, the agency that represents such stars as Lakshmi Menon and Chanel Iman. Rose told Smooth magazine that she started modeling in rap videos after met "this lady from Def Jam." [Derek Blasberg's Twitter]
Before fashion week, there were reams of stories offering dismal outlooks on the party scene. Nobody was having an after party. Nothing would be the same. The Economy. Etc. I haven't found this the case.
[New York, February 18. Image via Getty]
