Jacob Bernstein

10 Posts

The Voyeur in Repose

A few weeks ago, on a quiet street in the Red Hook neighborhood of Brooklyn, a woman raced out of a church to tell...

Billy McFarland Is Out of Jail and Ready for His Next Move

Five years after the Fyre Festival, the convicted fraudster is planning a comeback.“Is this technically Dumbo?” Billy McFarland asked, walking toward the East River...

Wake Up, Billionaires: The Occupiers Are Coming for the Hamptons

Along for an early morning “billionaire wake-up call” with protesters on Meadow Lane.On Tuesday morning at 5 a.m., before the day’s oysters were unloaded...

Packing Pitchforks for the Hamptons

Along for an early morning “billionaire wake-up call” with protesters on Meadow Lane.On Tuesday morning at 5 a.m., before the day’s oysters were unloaded...

The Meme That Derailed an Executive’s Career

John Demsey made diversity Estée Lauder’s corporate pitch. An Instagram post with a racial epithet cost him his job. John Demsey, the beauty executive...

Andre Leon Talley’s Memorial In New York

Fashion’s luminaries gathered at the Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem to remember a fashion titan.For many years, shortly after the flowers began to sprout,...

Mugler, Remembered by His Crowd

The designer, who died on Jan. 23, simply knew what he wanted, and how he wanted it.Manfred Thierry Mugler, the French designer who died...

Lorde, Tom Ford and Kacey Musgraves Party During Fashion Week

Despite the Delta variant, the fashion tribe found lots of reason to celebrate.“Masks on in the gallery, please,” said a security guard at the...

Flo Rida, LL Cool J and Star Jones at the Angel Ball in the Hamptons

Despite the Delta surge, the charity circuit still draws celebrities, socialites and philanthropists.“I’m assuming you’re vaccinated,” said Star Jones, the television personality.It was Friday...

Are Masks a New Signifier of Social Class?

Face coverings are coming off, though not for everyone.On a recent Sunday night at Le Bilboquet, a see-and-be-seen restaurant in the Hamptons, well-heeled diners...

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