Is Derek Blasberg New York's Greediest Writer?
LatestSince we took note of the Style.com scribe’s apparent dealings with Yves Saint Laurent, a company he both “consults” for (for fees understood to be in the thousands) and “reports” on, stories of his other exploits have started trickling in.
Several tipsters gave us versions of the same story of Blasberg hitting up Cole Haan in Rockefeller Center last month, and picking out over a half-dozen pairs of free shoes to take home. Blasberg promptly Tweeted his approval:
We stopped following Blasberg’s Twitter ages ago because it read like an ad for The Fabulous Life Of Derek Blasberg. But we probably should’ve known it was full of actual ads! And Blasberg omitted any mention that the men’s shoes he so loved were freebies — which may put him in a dicey legal position, considering the Federal Trade Commission currently requires bloggers to disclose when goods or services they write about are provided free of charge.