Vanities

Intelligence Report

January 1999 Adam Leff, Richard Rushfield
Vanities
Intelligence Report
January 1999 Adam Leff, Richard Rushfield

Intelligence Report

Vanities

Your up-to-the-minute guide to the jet set's winter wonderlands

OCCUPATION

HONORARY MAYOR

JUST FLEW IN FROM...

Mogul

Herbert Allen

Wall Street

Supermodel

Patrick Demarchelier

Pat Buckley

Socialite

London

Donald Trump

Heiress

Southampton

Hunter S. Thompson

Celebrity

Van Nuys Airport

WHERE TO STAY

EVENT OF THE YEAR

With Herb at the lodge

New Establishment powwow at Herb's

The Saline Beach villa

Claudia Schiffer's nervous breakdown

Room 17, "the Posing Room," at Balthus's Grand Chalet

Julie Andrews retrospective at Cmemusic Festival

Dina Merrill's old room at Mar-a-Lago

n.j*_D.u Red Cross Ball

Peter and Lynda Guber's Mandalay

David Kochs New Year's Eve party

FASHION STATEMENT

NIGHTCLUB

Polo Sport StarTAC . ski caddy

The Duchin Lounge at Sun Valley Lodge

Gucci synthetic-suede bikini

Valentino muff

Glazed bouffant with diamondcrusted tiara; Jack Rogers sandals

Fuchsia fur donut

PARTY MONSTER

TRYST SPOT

By the Fruitopia machine at the broom-hockey rink

Arnold

Puffy

The Feeling

Vivien Duffields Its a Wonderful Lifee—style retractable swimming-pool dance floor

Donald

The Leopard Lounge

Barbie

Caribou Club

Along the walk to Colombier Beach

Taki

Le Rosey dorm rooms

Under the lifeguard b stand in Jupiter

The Gubers' private gondola

DRINK

SNACK FOOD

Tuborg

Bison burger

Roederer Crystal

Valium-spiked eggnog

Coconut croissant

Tanqueray and tonic

Zinfaiidel

Nikki Haskell StarSuckers

Crab legs

Reindeer jerky

VEHICLE

BIG COOL FRIEND

LITTLE BUDDY

Tiger-striped G V

Davos

Suzuki Samurai

^^Agusta Luxury chopper

Klosters

White Bentley Mulsanne

Black Humvee stretch limo

Jackson Hole

Ibiza

Mustique

Rougemont

The Hamptons

Hobe Sound

Saint-Moritz

Telluride

West Palm Beach

Vail

DOWDY SIDEKICK

LAWN ORNAMENT

Aspen

Bulletproof guardhouse

St. Martin

Sarong-wrapped steward

Saint-Moritz

Perfumed sheep

Topiary children

Wagon-wheel-camouflaged satellite dish

MAJOR DRAWBACK

G V gridlock at airstrip

The French

Major ski resort, but the skiing is horrible

Most cheetah-spot carpeting per square inch in North America

Only one bodyguard per customer permitted at the Caribou Club

SOBRIQUET

"Where Moguls Meet Moguls"

"The Courtesan of the Caribbean"

"Where the Jet Set Hang Their Mugs"

"The Senile Nantucket"

"Gstaad on Crack"

ADAM LEFF

RICHARD RUSHFIELD