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The Hotel on Rivington Wants to Bring Sexy Back

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  Site Where: 107 Rivington St [map], New York, NY, United States, 10002
September 25, 2009 at 2:47 PM | by MsRebecca | 1 Comment

We know, we know, you’ve probably all had enough of Kayne West by now, what with the news that “I’ma Let You Finish T-shirts” are now on sale. But the star of this little tale is actually his lady friend, Amber Rose.

The set? The Hotel on Rivington. The Ford Model and the Lower East Side hotel both appear in a fashion spread in the latest issue of ELLE, although the chicks over at Jezebel were dismayed that the shoot was “asinine” and “ass-centric.”

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Scandal! It's Not Just Guests Getting Naked At The Standard

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  Site Where: 848 Washington Street [map], New York, NY, United States, 10014
August 27, 2009 at 10:12 AM | by JetSetCD | 2 Comments

It's hard to believe that it's already been almost nine months since we slept at The Standard NYC, and in that time the hotel has gone from being a respite of fresh design and cool canoodling to a scenester playpen with free peepshows.

Alas, the drama continues over The Standard's very clear wall of windows and the flagrant guest nudity they reveal to the High Line pedestrians below. In fact, the daily x-rated displays are quite the hot topic in town, and leave it to the NY Post to get to the bottom of it.

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Shangri-La Santa Monica Goes GQ

Where: 1301 Ocean Avenue [map], Santa Monicaq, CA, United States, 90401
July 24, 2009 at 10:08 AM | by Jenna | 0 Comments

Mmm, Channing Tatum. Mmmm, shirtless dudes in GQ. Mmmm, Shangri-La Santa Monica.

The August issue of GQ features one of the most kickass photoshoots ever: a shirtless Channing Tatum gallivanting around the Shangri-La Santa Monica. He's in the hallways; he's in Suite 700 (and, uh, he's kinda messy in an endearing, manly kind of way) which has two bedrooms and a wrap-around terrace with one of "the best views in the world."

Photographed by Mario Testino, the hotel is, admittedly, sort of background for the Channing Tatum hotness here — and, though the property is not as prominently featured in the images as heavily as the hotel spotlighted in Annie Liebovitz's Peninsula photos, we think we can deal.

Check out the pics here.

[Photo: Mario Testino]

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Annie Leibovitz Captures Unexpected Portraits At The Peninsula

July 23, 2009 at 9:31 AM | by JetSetCD | 0 Comments

Another year, another awesome series of portraits of the staff of Peninsula Hotels by famed photographer Annie Leibovitz. It's the fifth year for the partnership between the luxury hotels and Leibovitz, and they've given her free rein to roam the Peninsula Chicago and Peninsula Tokyo properties in order to capture what truly is the spirit of the brand in its employees.

The resulting images will delight both hotel dorks and lovers of black & white photography, as we'd not only love to have the picture above hanging over our couch, but we find it moving in terms of illustrating the Peninsula's tradition of ultra-attentive service. Other pictures feature the doormen, like Chicago's lead doorman Timothy Hitchcock helping a young girl into a car, and even laundry staff and room attendants.

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Standard Hotels Want A Peek At Your Naughty Photographs

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  Site Where: 848 Washington Street [map], New York, NY, United States, 10014
July 10, 2009 at 1:47 PM | by JetSetCD | 0 Comments

Remember that glorious day when we unearthed pictures of the first nude photo shoot inside of The Standard NYC? Well, it looks like the saucy pics titillated The Standard's elitist twitterer and personality, Stan D'Arde enough to inspire a call for more, more, more!

On the Standard's blog, "Stan" cites the "voyeuristic sex" appeal of the beds atop the Standard Downtown LA and the chicquarium in the lobby of the Standard West Hollywood. The completely clear windows of the Standard New York continue this tradition and frankly, the Standard itself would now like a piece of the action.

So send them your naughty snaps taken in the hotel, by email or Facebook. Heaven knows what he'll do with them, but then heaven really should avert its eyes right about now.

[Photo: Olivier Zahm/ Purple Diary]

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Bruce Willis Strips For The Standard New York

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  Site Where: 848 Washington St [map], New York, NY, United States, 10014
June 16, 2009 at 10:00 AM | by JetSetCD | 0 Comments

Although The Standard NYC had their first porny photoshoot over two months ago and the voyeur stories have already poured in, the hotel has curiously lacked any high fashion spreads.

Until now, with the newest issue of W Magazine and its uncomfortably-S&M-ish series of images of Bruce Willis and newest wife Emma in dramatic poses throughout the building. Called "Honeymoon Hotel," the glossy photoset includes some snaps taken in a plywood elevator hallway, like in the photo above, while other shots feature the Hudson-facing bathrooms inside the guestrooms, the emergency exit stairwell, and even the hotel's kitchen.

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The Standard NYC Finally Gets Its First Nude Photoshoot

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  Site Where: 848 Washington St [map], New York, NY, United States, 10014
April 27, 2009 at 1:08 PM | by JetSetCD | 2 Comments

We knew it was only a matter of time before news of sexy photo shoots at The Standard NYC starting pouring in, and luckily we'd recognize this baby diaper-ish bedspread anywhere. First spotted by Fleshbot (Warning: very, very NSFW), these artsy-naughty shots of Standard sex come from notorious lothario Olivier Zahm of Purple Fashion, who it seems didn't have any of the choicest Standard rooms for his frolic.

The gallery features not only The Standard bed and wood bed backsplash, but also actress Paz de la Huerta, whose most recent role was as a sex addict in Choke. Perhaps this night at the hotel counted as research? In any case, we know that housekeeping had their hands full after checkout of this threesome; they had dirty shoes on the bed and you just know that the minibar was raided.

[Photo: Olivier Zahm/ Purple Diary]