Hanley June 9, 2008
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Nicole Hanley and Friend
Jamie Korey and Dalia Oberlander
Casey Johnson and Dori Cooperman
Alixe Mellon Laughlin and Nicole Hanley
Kathryn Bohannon and Annabel Vartanian
Lydia Fenet and Alice Kennon
Nicole Hanley and Merrill Curtis
Fashion designer and Palm Beach society staple Nicole Hanley opened her boutique, Hanley, to the great fanfare of her friends. The store itself was so packed that guests filed onto the street with their mojitos and margaritas in hand. Nicole’s boutique, located on East 74th between Second and Third Avenues, is right next to Upper East Side preppy mainstay, J.G. Melon’s, where partygoers went to for drinks and dinner after the roaring Hanley affair.
Nicole is currently dating Matthew Mellon, the banking, steel, and oil heir. Matthew has a bit of a Midas touch with his socialite girlfriends, as they have all become major entrepreneurs in the fashion industry. As an undergraduate at the University of Pennsylvania, he dated Tory Burch. Matthew’s former wife, Tamara Mellon, is the founder of Jimmy Choo. His former fiancee Noelle Reno launched a cashmere knitwear line, Degrees of Freedom.
The face of the Hanley clothing line, Annabel Vartanian, is now romantically involved with furrier Gilles Mendel, who is several years her senior. Nicole’s sister, Merrill Curtis, came out to support her sister as did Nicole’s friends Kathryn Bohannon, Jamie Korey, and Alixe Mellon Laughlin, a distant cousin of her boyfriend Matthew.
All photographs © PatrickMcMullan.com.
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Nicole looks soooo gorgeous in the first picture! In fact, I think everyone does. Love the fun colors everyone is wearing!
aww, nicole looks amazing. if i were dating a mellon i would probably have that same glow haha. dalia is so chic and lydia’s sandals are pretty.
I was so surprised that I just spit my morning coffee onto my monitor. Casey… actually looks really great. Green is her color. The make-up finally matches her complexion. And the hair looks rather glamorous. Well done, Miss Johnson!
eww annabel
Is her store supposed to look so “rustic”? Nicole looks very cute.
nicole’s dress looks quite playful… is that a leather skirt??
casey looks so much better sans the windswept hair.
jamie korey.. need i say more?
oh, seems like someone’s using my name… thats fine, i dont mind sharing it.
I was waiting for a new post but I spoke to soon. Can we go back to a post on real socialites please? Not ones who can be seen only in Quest…
Gorgeous Bree? I think you need to get your eyes checked. Her sister is cute though.
The only reason why Casey Johnson looks so good is because she’s standing next to Dori Pooperman.
Three Points, by Snooty.
1. Isn’t Matthew Mellon supposed to be a real d*ck? Isn’t that why it didn’t work out with Tamara?
2. J’adore the fresh faces and younger girls here. Not the same old same old.
3. Casey appears to have her own Johnson & Johnson brand of crazy, and I think I might like it.