Bright Young Things

FANFAIR

NAME: Hayley Bloomingdale. AGE: 24. HOMETOWN: Pacific Palisades, California. SECONDARY SCHOOL: Santa Catalina School, Monterey, California, COLLEGE: University of Southern California, Parsons for a graduate degree in fashion marketing, JOB: Fashion publicist. FAVORITE BOOKS:Little Women, Pride and Prejudice, A Passage to India, Harry Potter, Madeline, Tuck Everlasting,CAUSE: Operation Smile, FAVORITE SPOT IN THE WORLD: On the beach at the Mauna Kea Beach Hotel, on the Big Island of Hawaii; Le Sirenuse, in Positano, Italy; the Metropolitan Museum of Art. AMBITIONS: “To inspire my generation to cultivate the same excitement for life that I have.” WOULD LOVE TO HAVE DINNER WITH: Julia Child. YOU CAN NEVER HAVE TOO MANY: “Bad ideas. The more bad ones, the more likely you are to conjure up a truly good one.” ONE DAY I HOPE TO: Open a restaurant.

APRIL 2010

30 DAYS IN THE LIFE OF THE CULTURE

BLOOMINGDALE WEARS A CAROLINA HERRERA DRESS; EARRINGS AND BRACELET FROM DOYLE A DOYLE.