Someone Get This Lawyer a Monkey!

LAW • Did David Souter really weep when the Supreme Court handed down Bush v. Gore? Or is Jeffrey Toobin nothing but a big bad liar? [Above the Law] • Big Law partner to summer associate: "Now the reason I'm giving this project to you, and not my secretary, or say, a monkey, is my secretary is busy doing much more important things, and I don't have a monkey." [Urban Agora via Above the Law] • Jack Bauer, law professor? Georgetown plans to offer a course in The Law of 24. [Above the Law]

Posted 09/07/07 in Daily Intel : Company Town

Tags: alexander mcqueen, company town, proenza schouler, steve schwarzman, warren buffet

Alexander McQueen Is One Sick Luggage Designer

Fashionable travelers who flocked to last night's launch party for the Samsonite Black Label line, designed by Alexander McQueen, had the chance to walk away with something much more memorable than a mere piece of luggage. They could have caught bronchitis from the man himself. "Unfortunately, I'm quite sick at the moment," McQueen croaked when it was his turn to speak. He displayed his new suitcases, which resemble the ribs and spine of a very, very skinny model. "Fashion is sacrificial," he explained. "I'll give my body over to the general public whether they want it or not! I don't care!" He may have been offering his body, but the fashion editors in attendance didn't want it. They were keen to touch and photograph the collection, but they kept their distance from the sweating, pallid designer. After his very brief talk, McQueen packed his own Samsonite luggage into a limo and left to recover in London. — Faran Alexis Krentcil

Posted 11/15/06 in Daily Intel : Intel

Tags: alexander mcqueen, intel