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[lollicandy]

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Johnson & Johnson heiress Casey Johnson, 28, was joined by her daughter Ava Monroe and friend Joan Collins at her and Montblanc's Pre-Oscar Brunch on Thursday, February 21st in Beverly Hills, CA.

celebrity-babies.com
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(Earlier in Nov. of '07)
Casey Johnson and daughter forced out of home due to fire
By Alyk, CBB Contributor
Fire forced Johnson & Johnson heiress Casey Johnson, 27, her young daughter, Ava Monroe, and a nanny to flee her Beverly Hills mansion Wednesday night. According to a witness, the master suite caught fire, requiring a squadron of fire trucks to descend upon the single mother’s home.

It had to be put out by six fire trucks.

An investigation showed Casey’s “house man” attempted to warm up the suite by placing logs in her fireplace; however, he poured gas on them, causing the fire to burn out of control

Casey’s mother, Sale Johnson, said both Casey and Ava are doing “fine” since the fire.

Source: Page Six
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The interview with Suchin Pak where she rambles on about how she didn't know anyone in LA, wants to adopt, blah blah blah. You can see Suchin's fake smile start to crack and fall half-way through the video as she realizes just how bizarre this interview is.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=4TPWl01veyA

 

[Suburban Snob]

Interesting. Thanks for posting. The baby is cute.

 

[LUXXX]

It's quotes like these form Casey that make me think her reasons for adoption and wanting a child were self-serving...

Update: Johnson & Johnson heiress Casey Johnson adopts baby girl
By Tara, CBB Contributor
Update: According to Page Six, the adoption has gone through and Casey was spotted showing off photos of her new daughter at a recent benefit.
Originally posted March 24th: Johnson & Johnson heiress Casey Johnson, 27, says she is in the process of adopting a little girl from Kazakhstan but on the same token, is disappointed she will not be able to adopt from Cambodia due to new adoption laws.
Click below for the rest of the original article, including why Casey needs 6 bedrooms!
She said,

I went to Cambodia almost two years ago [and] fell in love with this little girl, a 2 1/2-year-old named Lavissa, I was devastated because I had bonded for three weeks with this child. I was buying her clothes in Cambodia. I was videoing her. I was doing everything.
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Casey says she finally cheered up when her godmother, Diandra Douglas, the ex-wife of Michael Douglas, adopted a baby girl from Kazakhstan. Casey remarked,

She's the most beautiful baby I've ever seen. She's blond-haired, blue-eyed, looks just like Diandra, and I thought, 'Oh, my gosh! This is what I'm going to do.
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When the adoption goes through, Casey said she plans to name her baby Ava Monroe after her idol Marilyn Monroe. Casey also added that she does not plan on spoiling her child. She denied that she lives any differently than the rest of us, although her next house will need:

At least six bedrooms because I need a room for my closet and shoes and handbags, and [my fiancé and I] both need an office. There needs to be a nanny's room, a baby's room, a master bedroom and a guest room.
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Whew!

http://www.celebrity-babies.com/2007/06/bandaid_heiress.html

 

[Suburban Snob]

Wow...well...I'm shocked she's made such public statements about it really..Certainly not flattering.

 

[LUXXX]

Since we were talking about Casey, Perez has an item up saying she is dating one of Lindsay Lohan's ex's now.

http://perezhilton.com/2008-07-20-saman-wasnt-lezlos-first

 

[liberty33r1b]

is that her in that green dress further above? she looks so old, like 40 or something...

 

[Suburban Snob]

CJ always looked a little rough, to me at least.

 

[maffam]

anyway, back to actual socialites, and one with great style, here's the vogue story on lauren santo domingo's wedding: http://www.thefashionspot.com/forums/showpost.php?p=4166793&postcount=346

(from the us vogue march 2008 thread, scans by luxx)

 

[Suburban Snob]

Thank you! She looks good.

 

[meens]

Word to the comments about how stuck up the socialite's bums American Vogue is.
They dedicate four and five page articles and photo lay outs to stories about girls that don't really seem to do much more than wear nice clothes and party a lot. And if by chance one of them has managed to pull of the feat of getting a degree or "working" at some job, the article reads like the journalist is shocked and affronted that they would give the Nobel peace prize to Muhammad Yunus when Tinsley Mortimer walked down a catwalk for some charity having to do with sick people.
Most of them come off as shallow and vapid and dumb and I don't think coming from wealth warrants special notice; even in a fashion magazine.
British and French Vogue don't pull that patronizing crap. No wonder American vogue is so dead.

 

[lollicandy]

^Well, they sort of do. Paris Vogue does have "Une Fille Un Style" where they dedicate sections to "cool girls" and a lot of times that includes people like Eugenie Niarchos for example. Only thing is, they don't go on and on about background, wealth and how "normal" they are they ask about fashion, and only talk about fashion. Maybe it's because its not nice to talk about such things over there, while here we talk about $$ all the time. Whatever the case, I find the US Vogue articles like this anachronistic; it's not the Gilded Age anymore, are people still interested in this? I don't know, I'm not.

 

[Alber Elbaz]

I agree with you about Euro Vogue's (particularly French Vogue, imo) being ten times better than US Vogue. Although, I think most socialites are glorified party girls - Eugenie Niarchos, Tinsley Mortimer, Tatiana Santo domingo, The Casiraghi's, Hearst's, Johnson's, etc etc - they may have "cool" style or whatever it is that people laud them for, but I've never seen any of them do anything of much use or contribute any sort of meaningful thing to the world. I agree with you as well about the whole background crap, "old money" is pointless today in a society where it is much easier to make money, education is much more accessible, social class is not what it used to be, blah blah etc etc and besides very few people care about lineage, ad now it's so easy to make up a background. The whole socialite thing is an antiquated idea anyways, and so many "socialites" today are arrivistes posing as some sort of fabulous amazon, old money, "pure bread". (E.G. - Genevieve Jones) As lollicandy pointed out, US Vogue, the girls in it, the articles written about them - it all reeks of anachronism.

 

[fashionista-ta]

^ I remember an article that quoted Lauren (then Davis)--I don't remember whether it was a profile of her, or about beauty services. But I remember the journalist saying she thought they had something in common when Lauren mentioned home manicures, so she said Oh yes, I do my own nails too. And Lauren comes back with this supremely haughty reply like, Oh no, my dear, I don't mean I do them ... I have someone come to my home and do them, so I can multitask & I'm not stuck in a salon somewhere. I believe in leaving these things to the professionals.

And Marjorie Gubelmann saying that what she was doing 'green' for Earth Day was wearing her vintage emeralds

Keeping it real ... IN
Socialite attitude ... OUT

 

[maffam]

those stories about lauren and marjorie are hysterical. i don't mind coverage of socialites in us vogue, but i agree with what's been said about the attitude expressed in accompanying articles.

 

[Suburban Snob]

LOL at Marjorie Gubelmann. That is classic.

 

[eternitygoddess]

I think there has always been, and always will be a fascination with old-money. Heiresses hailing from ancient lineages.

I find it fascinating, the same way old and antiquated buildings are fascinating. They sort of run in the same vein.

 

[fashionista-ta]

^ Well around here anyway, the money isn't that ancient at all ... I believe Marjorie's money is from typewriters or something? Was it the company that was the forerunner to IBM?? Anyway, office machines I think. Marina Rust, I believe Marshall-Fields--department store money. The Hearsts, newspapers of course. All quite pedestrian

 

[Alber Elbaz]

^ Well around here anyway, the money isn't that ancient at all ... I believe Marjorie's money is from typewriters or something? Was it the company that was the forerunner to IBM?? Anyway, office machines I think. Marina Rust, I believe Marshall-Fields--department store money. The Hearsts, newspapers of course. All quite pedestrian

Mmm yes, rather like The Age of Innocence, when they will balk at those who they consider below their class yet conveniently contract a sort of amnesia to the humble - and often rather crooked - beginnings their family money came from. Claes van Rosenvelt - a farmer; Cornelius Vanderbilt - worked on a NY ferry; George Hearst - a miner, and farmer - along with countless others. A great deal of the noted American "old money" is not ancient, nor half the time is it even all that "old".

 

[fashionista-ta]

And of course Aerin Lauder's money is from Grandma's little perfume & makeup business ... actually one of the more glamorous beginnings I guess

I should probably also add that Marina and Aerin both come across as pretty human whenever I see them in print.

 

[Lacroix]

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