Up for Bids: Kelly's Sneakers, Chloe's Refrigerator
Aren't you in for a treat! This Saturday, all sorts of wondrous items will be auctioned off at the Tribeca Spring Preview Housing Works sale, and almost all of the ladies of Bravo's Real Housewives of New York are participating. Alex McCord has donated a "bolero jacket with beads all over it," which she tells the Observer she bought at an estate sale a decade ago but has only worn once. LuAnn de Lesseps chipped in a Furla handbag, and Ramona Singer donated one by Christian Dior. And while Kelly Killoren Bensimon is participating as well—she's donating a dress and this pair of John Varvatos Converse sneakers—she'd also like to point out that, unlike her low-class castmates, her pieces have never touched human skin:
The sneakers are brand new as is the dress. I would never, I mean I would never donate something to charity that I had already worn. Never. Ever. Never... It's like a slap in the face! Oh, here's something old? No. No way. Never. Even when I gave scarves and gloves to Hale House, I went to Old Navy and bought brand new scarves and gloves. I'm not going give them old stuff. I... I don't really like that. But that's me.
There's also a "retro silver refrigerator" from Chloe Sevigny that will be up for bids, in case you're in the market for one of those. Oh, and there's a tie which was donated by Senator Chuck Schumer. Buyer beware, though: Its brand is "unspecified."
For Sale: Chloe Sevigny's Refrigirator, Kelly Killoren Bensimon's Sneakers, Chuck Schumer's Tie [NYO]