The August issue of Town and Country has arrived! I enjoy T&C, of course, because it is sealed off from the zeitgeist entirely. Recess-what? Spending crisis who? So the profile of designer Elie Tahari (who, among other things, co-founded Theory and sold his share for north of $50 million) is exceptionally pleasurable. They bought Rupert Murdoch's old triplex penthouse in SoHo! In the neighborhood, his wife Rory goes to Bikram and they like to eat at Omen, on Thompson. "They always run into friends there. 'Omen is the in-the-know neighborhood place for fashion people,' says Rory." YES WELL NOW IT IS RUINED, RORY! Oh but there are more fun quotes. READ MORE