Did Leigh Lezark see more daylight last week than during the rest of her life put together? Maybe, says Doree Shafrir, who noticed that of all the celebs milking Fashion Week for exposure, the raven-headed party promoter was unaccountably at the most events. Certainly, we had wondered what she was doing at Tommy Hilfiger: Somehow, we just don't picture Lezark manning the DJ booth at Misshapes in a sporty navy blazer and white slacks. [NYO]

Jessica Szohr playing with a pretzel during a photo shoot in SoHo ... John Mayer standing on the street with a motorcycle helmet in hand ... Michelle Trachtenberg walking hand-in-hand with an unidentified man in SoHo ... Katie Holmes hopping out of an SUV near Times Square ... John Legend shopping with his girlfriend in SoHo ... Sarah Jessica Parker leaving Toys 'R' Us with son James and a big bag toys ... Tim Robbins grabbing some juice while riding around on rollerblades ... Meg Ryan making her way out of an office building ... Actress Kim Raver pushing her son in a stroller ... Frankie Muniz standing on the sidewalk with a female friend ...Padma Lakshmi posing for photos in the street wearing an all-white ensemble ... Heroes star Dania Ramirez leaving the Bryant Park Hotel ... Kiefer Sutherland walking through SoHo with his daughter ... Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony making their way into Marc's birthday party at the Bowery Hotel ... Ashley Olsen heading out for the evening with a big bodyguard ... Kelly Rowland going to dinner at Nobu ... and Lindsay Lohan hiding her face with a handbag outside the Bowery Hotel.

Not that fashion magazine jobs have traditionally attracted shy, retiring types but if you're going to work at a glossy, you should probably bear in mind that it means signing up to be on TV. Since Elle's massively successful collaboration with Project Runway—which saw both circulation and ad sales leap—other publications are viewing TV-tie-ins as integral to future success, reports AdAge. As well as Elle's new show Stylista, next March will bring Running In Heels, a show about the "inner workings" of Marie Claire featuring Nina Garcia. As long they uphold the high standard of no-holds-barred realism set by Whitney and Lauren in the Teen Vogue closet, they're sure to have a hit.

Here's a totally unsubstantiated rumor to make you feel even more nervous about the future: Sarah Palin may have had a tanning bed installed in the governor's mansion in Juneau in 2007. [NarcoNews]

Not surprisingly, the demise of Lehman Brothers is keeping plenty of people busy on Ebay, where a long list of Lehman-related items can now be yours, assuming you're actually willing to pay good money for a ratty, sweat-stained baseball cap. But you can always think of it as charity. Since some of these ex-Lehman employees may not be working for a bit, buying their junk might just help them put food on the table until another job rolls around. Some of the items up for grabs:

If you're a little bored today and you're interested in reading Lehman Brothers massive bankruptcy petition—which may do down as the biggest bankruptcy is U.S. history—you can do so here. [Dealbook]

It's been more than a year since model Le Call had dinner one rainy night at Nello, borrowed an umbrella from owner Nello Balan on her way out the door, and then never returned it. The umbrella she took, though, wasn't one of those cheap pieces of junk you buy for $5 on the street. According to Balan, the parapluie had been a gift from Jean-Paul Gaultier and was worth $5,000, which explains why Nello started calling the model to get it back. Unfortunately for Balan, Le Call didn't have it in her possession any more; she'd given it to financier Nathaniel Rothschild, who eventually turned it over to Balan—in two pieces. Balan responded by filing a $1 million lawsuit against both Rothschild and Le Call for emotional distress. (He later amended the claim and asked for $30,000.) Last Friday, the case was finally resolved when a noticeably annoyed judge threw the case out and then fined Balan's lawyer for filing a frivolous lawsuit. The judge's full ruling after the jump.

The headline of Joshua David Stein's dispatch from the shallower ends of New York life, "Hot Fuzz: Why Full Beards Are In," is a little misleading. Yes, he tells us that lots of hipsters—Taavo Somer, Dash Snow, Devendra Banhart, his good self—have been sporting overgrown whiskers, but he doesn't actually tell us why. Is it the economy? An epidemic of testosterone excess? A mysterious outbreak of razorphobia? Inquiring minds want to know. [NYP]

If you're wondering why dozens of stores on Madison Avenue are sporting portraits of famous people in their windows beginning today, there's good reason. The photos are from the new book, Vanity Fair: The Portraits, A Century of Iconic Images, and it's all part of a glitzy marketing promotion to celebrate VF's 25th anniversary. [VF Campaign]

» Claude Wasserstein (left), who has been separated from financier Bruce Wasserstein since last year, has purchased the 7,000-square-foot duplex penthouse at 995 Fifth Avenue, which was listed at $47.5 million. Her new neighbors in the building will include socialite Daphne Guinness and Philosophy cosmetics founder Cristina Carlino. [Update: The purchase price was $34 million according to TRD.] [NYT]
» Barbara Corcoran paid $1.46 million for a 4,000-square-foot townhouse at 408 Stuyvesant Avenue in Brooklyn. The home had originally been on the market for $2.1 million in late 2006. [Real Deal]
» The Long Island home once owned by Alistair Cooke, the BBC journalist who died in 2004, has been put on the market at $5.2 mil. The four-bedroom house sits on 1.4 acres overlooking Peconic Bay. [Newsday]

"A new study confirms what women say they've known all along: Men, no matter how unattractive, think they’ve got a chance with a runway model." [MSNBC]

Looks like it was both a wonderful weekend and a terrible weekend for Serena Torrey, the PR princess of New York magazine and daughter of James Torrey, the prominent hedge fund manager and mega-fundraiser for Barack Obama. The good news: On Saturday, Serena tied the knot with Ted Roosevelt, the great-great grandson of Theodore Roosevelt. The bad news? He's a vice president at Lehman Brothers, which means he's likely out of a job as of this morning. We're guessing it won't be too tough for a man with Ted's pedigree to find a new job. If all else fails, he could have Serena put in a good word with New York's owner, Lazard chief Bruce Wasserstein. Or he could join his father-in-law on the Obama fundraising trail, which just announced that the campaign reeled in $66 mil. in August. [NYT]

Hills villain Heidi Montag is turning 22 years old today, most likely with a big drama-filled party that will eventually turn up on MTV. Also celebrating today: British model Sophie Dahl is turning 31. Filmmaker Oliver Stone is celebrating his 62nd. Restaurateur Donatella Arpaia is 37. Music honcho (and Kobe Club partner) Charlie Walk is 42. Former NFL quarterback Dan Marino is 47. Opera singer Jessye Norman is turning 63. Actor Tommy Lee Jones is 62. And Prince Harry celebrating his 24th.

Would you let your DNA end up on a database controlled by Anne Wojcicki, the wife of Google co-founder Sergey Brin, who has financial backing from Rupert Murdoch's wife Wendi Deng and Harvey Weinstein? The glam crowd at a Fashion Week "spit party" thrown by 23andme.com—which offers testing to reveal ancestry, genetic traits and propensity to diseases—had no qualms, perhaps confident of their genetic superiority: Ivanka Trump, for instance, was delighted to discover she didn't have fat genes (unlike one of her less fortunate friends).

• Jennifer Lopez competed in a triathalon in Malibu, then flew to New York to throw Marc Anthony a birthday party at the Bowery Hotel. It's unclear, though, if she ever had an injured foot, which was the reason she gave for pulling out of the Project Runway finale last week and now some are wondering if a fight with Harvey Weinstein over a movie role was the real reason she cancelled. [People, NYDN, MSNBC]

Photos taken outside Lehman's offices over the weekend. More pics after the jump.

• After frantic takeover talks with Bank of America and Barclays ended over the weekend—and after the U.S. government declined to provide a bailout—Lehman Brothers was forced to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection this morning, marking an end to the 158-year-old firm. [Bloomberg, NYT, WSJ]

• Charles Gibson reeled in big ratings for ABC with his interview with Sarah Palin. [THR]

Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen might be mini-moguls, but they haven't had much luck in the real estate business. It's been nearly a year now since the pair first put their penthouse at One Morton Square on the market for $11.995 million with 21-year-old Corcoran broker (and Curbed mascot) Jared Seligman. In May, it was reported that Seligman had chopped the price of the 5,725-square-foot condo to $10.495 million. Now Seligman has slashed the price once again, this time to $9.995 million. But Jared's inability to sell the place may ultimately prove good news for the girls. After all, they may need a place to crash if they can't make nice with their new neighbors, who have been itching to get them kicked out of their West 13th Street rental. After the jump, you can look at MK and Ashley's spread and figure out for yourself why Seligman can't find any buyers.

If you're JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon or Bank of America chief Ken Lewis and you're conferring with your lawyers today about making a bid for Lehman Brothers, allow us to show you one other asset that will (presumably) come with the purchase: the Lehman jet. Sure, you guys already have a few planes at your disposal (see here for Dimon's ride), but the Bombardier BD-700 Global Express is super-sweet ride. And it's the same exact model that Oprah has. Click here for a larger picture of the plane.