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Richie Sambora and Nikki Lund's WTB Fall 2011 at NY Fashion Week (exclusive with Video)

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Bon Jovi's Richie Sambora and musician/designer Nikki Lund debuted their White Trash Beautiful Fall 2011 Collection for the first time during NY Fashion Week. Sambora, the longtime lead guitarist for Bon Jovi and Lund, who has an extensive background in fashion design (and also in music, with the band "Secret Mind") started WTB in 2009. The collection is what you might expect from rock stars---edgy with a lot of black leather---but it is also feminine with plenty of silk chiffons and taffetas also featured. The collection was presented by STYLE360 (and sponsored by Polaroid Sunglasses), a multi-day showcase during NY Fashion Week. STYLE360 is a joint-venture between Hachette Filipacchi Media and A-List Communciations.

"This collection is about being fierce, independent, bold and luxurious," Lund told Luxist. "It's all about passion. We are passionate about fashion. We also love music. Its amazing. We have a really good juxtaposition. Richie is an expert in his field of music and also fashion. We have a good back and forth here."

WTB's Fall 2011 Collection featured several cocktail dresses, including a sharp black laser cut leather keyhole skinny dress. Gowns featured included a silver silk strapless beauty with tulle overlay and another made of silver mesh that was backless with long sleeves. Many of the models were outfitted with gorgeous sunglasses provided by Polaroid Eyewear.

Gallery: Richie Sambora and Nikki Lund's WTB Fall 2011 Collection

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Buyers Bounce to Beach, ArtHamptons Flops

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Filed under: Events, Art

The artists are blaming the weather. Despite the fact that we're in a pretty nasty art slump, the optimistic believe that three days of sunshine lured potential art buyers to the beach instead of the ArtHamptons fair in Bridgehampton, Long Island this weekend. Purchases were made, but in general, they were disappointing. Realistically, the sales made sense, given what we've seen at auction over the past year.

Several celebrities did attend the art fair, but they brought little excitement, it seems, beyond their appearances. Jon Bon Jovi, personalities from The Real Housewives of New York City, Kelsey Grammer and Russell Simmons were all spotted, but Bloomberg didn't report any purchases.

The biggest name at the ArtHamptons fair, of course, was Michael Jackson – a creation by Andy Warhol. Originally, Vered Gallery had hoped to sell it via silent auction, but the gallery yanked the portrait late last week ... claiming that collectors were looking at the piece but "needed more time to assess the value."

Or, maybe they were just at the beach, like everyone else, apparently.

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Sunday Real Estate Round-Up

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Estates, Celebrity Shopping

From the NY Post's Gimme Shelter:
•It's official, Jon Bon Jovi has signed a contract to pick up that oh-so-gorgeous penthouse in the New Museum building on Mercer Street for $26 million.
•David Letterman has picked up more than 108 acres of prime Westchester property after paying $5 million for a 20-acre estate that borders his place.
•Philanthropist and former publishing exec Gerard L. Cafesjian has sold his Time Warner Center apartment in the north tower for $17.5 million, after having listed it for as much as $20.9 million.

From the NY Observer's Manhattan Transfers:
•Recent U.S. Senate candidate K.T. McFarland's 13-room duplex at 770 Park Avenue, which was listed at $18,400,000 has gone to contract.
•A Lexington Avenue brownstone that went from a film-auteur habitat into an alleged drug den, has been sold to Corcoran Group senior vice president Thomas Wexler and his wife Julia.
•Late last month, producer David Kahne bought a duplex penthouse, paying $2,501,000 for a 1,450-square-foot condo atop the Rockefeller Apartments at 17 West 54th Street.
•Octogenarian jazz impresario George Wein, who founded the Newport Jazz and Folk Festivals, has sold the five-floor townhouse that served as his offices for over three decades for $4.7 million for the house.

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Sunday Real Estate Round-Up

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From the Real Estalker:
--Anthony Kiedis of the Red Hot Chili Peppers has put his Beverly HIlls Post Office home on the market for $6.997 million. You can watch a delightful flash tour at a website titled Villa Chili. Trust me, it's worth a sit through, this house is a peach and Kiedis has an impressive art collection.
--Randy Jackson of American Idol is selling his Tarzana home. It is listed at $3.199 million. It's our estate of the day later today.
--I must have missed this one before but apparently Merv Griffin's Carmel Valley home has been on the market for a while, it is listed at $6.2 million. You can check out the listing here.
--Mariska Hargitay and her husband have put their New York condo on the market for $6.495 million. You can see the listing here. They are also selling their Los Angeles home for $2.699 million. The listing for the hilltop charmer is here.

From the Rat and the Mouse:
--You can share a wall with Madonna. A ten bedroom home next door to Madonna's house in London is for sale for £5.75m. It has been used in a clinic and is need of major renovation. The listing is here.

From the NY Post's Gimme Shelter:
--Jon Bon Jovi put his seven-room Upper West Side condo on the market last November for $6.95 million and with no takers he has decided to rent it out. He is meanwhile looking to buy a six-bedroom penthouse duplex loft at the New Museum building on Mercer Street (it was our Estate of the Day a few weeks ago) with an asking price of $26.5 million.
--Lisa Bonder Kerkorian has pulled her Bridgehampton home which was listed for $13.9 million off the market.

From the NY Observer's Manhattan Transfers:
--Billionaire Karen Pritzker, heiress to the Hyatt hotel fortune, has picked up the two-bedroom penthouse at the Carlyle (a former Estate of the Day) for $12.5 million.
--Alexis Stewart has paid $16 million for her fourth and fifth apartments at Richard Meier's 165 Charles Street condo building. She already has a $19,119,000 three-unit spread in the building.
--Alan Quasha, board chairman of President George W. Bush's old oil firm, Harken Energy, has paid $6.175 million for a 14th-floor apartment at 580 Park Avenue. The apartment is below the duplex that Mr. Quasha bought two years ago for $8 million so he is likely building a massive triplex.
-- Eliot Ferguson, drummer for the band Gogol Bordello, has bought a $2.65 million apartment at Philip Johnson's Urban Glass House.

From Berg Properties Big Time Listings:
--Holly Robinson Peete and Rodney Peete have put their house in the Summit (where Britney Spears recently bought) for $5.995 million. The pictureless listing is here.
-- Nicolas Cage, has put that Ghost Rider money to good use paying $8.5 million for another mansion in Las Vegas.
--Rapper Juicy J of Three 6 Mafia has paid exactly $2 million for a six-bedroom house in Sherman Oaks, California.
--Character actor Brian Geraghty has paid $675,000 for a cool-looking two-bedroom pod-like house in Los Angeles' Hollywood Hills.

From the Real Estate Journal:
--Former boy band manager Louis J. Pearlman's home in Windemere, Florida has gone on the market for $12.5 million. The beautiful home, shown above, may be subject to foreclosure. It is two separate lots with a compound that includes ten bedrooms. The listing is here.

From the LA Times Hot Property:
--As we mentioned before, Larry King and his wife Shawn Southwick, have bought a new house in Beverly Hills for close to $12 million. Their current home is in escrow for more than its $7.2-million asking price.
--Former Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker has purchased a Calabasas home for $9.5 million.

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Jon Bon Jovi jackets for a good cause

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Musician Jon Bon Jovi and Kenneth Cole have partnered up on a line of jackets for a cause. The Bon Jovi jackets come in two basic styles for both men and women: the wool and leather military jacket shown here and a leather shirt jacket with lacing. All profits from the jackets, which sell for a hefty $795, go the benefit Help USA a non-profit that provides goods and services to America's homeless. The jackets are available at Kenneth Cole stores and Sak's Fifth Avenue and online at the Kenneth Cole website.

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Rock Star Baby

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Bon Jovi has a line of baby accessories? Yes, it's true. Jon Bon Jovi and drummer Tico Torres have a line of baby gear called Rock Star Baby that includes a stroller and pram, footmuff and diaper bag. The gear has a logo that looks a bit like the Rock and Republic line. The stroller has swivel front wheels and two pneumatic rear wheels with air pumped tires and sells for $499. The footmuff and diaper bag are $49 each. According to JCK, there is also a Rock Star Baby jewelry line in the works. The pieces, which are for adults, not babies, are primarily silver with a dark finish. They have an edgy look and each piece is named after a Bon Jovi song.

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