T-Bags!

No Im not talking about Tetley, Im talking about Tinsley!
On Friday night Tinsley Mortimer launched her new bag line she did for the Japanese store, Samantha Thavasa.
I got to the store on 79th and Madison a bit early and Tinsley and Dabney were being swarmed by Japanese and American press.
Tinsley looked great in an explosion of pink ruffles cinched at the waist with a black leather bow. Dabney looked super chic in a sheer and sequined black shift.

Once they had two seconds to themselves I got in a kiss and chat and asked to see what they carry in their TM clutches. They both pop open their bags to reveal a bevy of lip glosses in a variety of shades. Go girls! One never knows what changing mood may occur in the night to go from red to pink to sheet to sparkle. These girls never let me down.

Once the press sucked them back into the camera vortex I strolled about the small but bright store.
It is a rhinestone wonderland! Chandelier were used as displays and even the steps into the boutiqe are embedded with pink sparkles under glass. One gentleman onlooker outside looked at his friend and said, "Oh, seems that we are missing a chandelier store opening!" Note to Samantha Thavasa: Put more bags in the windows with the chandeliers....

The place filled up quickly and Tinsley told me to head next door to the lounge. Perfect! I walk behind Dabney and Tinsley and what do we run into inside the lounge but a bevy of Tinsley look alikes. There were 12 girls with curly blonde locks and Jackie O glasses hired for the night to march up and down Madison Avenue swinging their Tinsley Totes. Superb.

Soon a mound of people showed up including Richie and Traver, Jack from La Force, Patrick Mc Dandy, Stephen Knoll and Fabiola Beracasa.
Justin and I sipped our share of champagne then headed to Chat Noir for a cozy din din.

Congrats Tinsley!