The Lipsett sisters light up the bright lights of LA
And now for a moment on the Lipsetts. Roz and her sister Sarah seemed to have spent the last three weeks out on the town. Not just any town, mind you — Los Angeles town. The Lipsett sisters were spotted dining a deux in Nobu on Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu last week.
They were also sighted in The Palm in Beverly Hills and Soho House in West Hollywood. Model Roz, who is based primarily in LA, was showing her legal eagle sib Sarah the sights. And why not? Their other sister Avilia was enjoying a different kind of sights last week — the sights of horses running up and down the turf at Ascot at the famous racecourse in Berkshire.
Other Irish notables at the famous racecourse in Berkshire included the Magniers, the McCoys and Rhona Blake and her other half Charlie Murless, to say nothing of Zara Philips and one or two royals.
Danielle Rocca Devine — darling daughter of Michelle Rocca and John Devine — was at a hen party in Madrid two weeks ago. She was also at a birthday party last Friday in Opium on Camden Street. Danielle’s aunt Annette Rocca is expected at the Curragh next Saturday for the Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby along with her pal — and Shay Givens’ estranged wife — Jane, and Celia Holman Lee, just back from Cannes. Who needs Cannes when you have the Curragh in all its pomp on a (hopefully) sunny day? Others expected to pitch up in all their designer finery will, I’m told, include: Kathryn Thomas, Clodagh McKenna, Kathleen Watkins, Rachel Stevens, and, of course Colm McLoughlin, executive vicechairman of Dubai Duty Free, and his wife Breeda.
In the meantime, Michael Colgan, just off the plane from America, informs me that the great and the good will attend the opening night this Tuesday of Somerset Maugham’s The Constant Wife at his illustrious theatre.
Deep breath: this A-list roll-call of guests has everyone from Marty Whelan and his wife Maria, to Ingrid Craigie, Nick Dunning, Bosco Hogan and Owen Roe on it. Indeed Colgan has his VBF Michael Gambon over for the weekend. He interviewed Gambon — who stayed in the Westbury — last night at the Dalkey Book Festival.
Maybe Colgan can use his much touted charm to get Gambo to stay on for the launch on Tuesday?