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Park Avenue Princesses vs Notting Hill-Billies
By Lydia Slater, Evening Standard Last updated at 00:00am on 05.05.04Icons
NY: Aerin Lauder (below left), the late Carolyn Bessette Kennedy, Lauren Bush, Amy Sacco, Nan Kempner, Paris and Nicky Hilton (left).
London: Liberty Ross , Stella Tennant, Kate Moss (below right), Stella McCartney (left), Helena Bonham Carter.
Career
NY: Inherit family business; PR for high-end designer label; film producer.
London: Owns small designer label; runs Notting Hill boutique or organic food café.
Dates
NY: Very rarely. Straight, eligible men in New York are surprisingly hard to find. Look at the dregs the SATC girls are prepared to go out with.
London: Musicians, artists, magazine publishers.
Hang-outs
NY: Bungalow 8; Sant Ambroeus - the new hip restaurant on West 4th Street; Serafina (the only place you'll see a Bergdorf Blonde eating pizza).
London: Triyoga in Primrose Hill; Harlem in Notting Hill for raucous evenings and Ottolenghi for tea; Babington House at weekends.
Drinks
NY: San Pellegrino.
London: Lots, preferably fruit martinis.
Diet
NY: Perpetually on a mad tailor-made diet (fish only is popular right now).
London: Biodynamic is the buzzword right now, but Notting Hill-billies are proud of not needing to diet and like to show off how much they eat.
Lives
NY: Park Avenue, or Madison and 61st.
London: Westbourne Grove; Regent's Park Road.
Labels
NY: Tuleh, Michael Kors, Chanel (teamed with Delman ballerina flats), Hermes organiser, Verdura rings, Cartier appointment card.
London: Frost French, Gharani Strok, vintage from Rellik, Diane von Furstenberg wraparound dresses, Fiona Knapp jewellery, accessorised with own child.
