Yesterday we learned that Michael Lohan launched an offensive against his estranged daughter Lindsay Lohan by bring the police to her home in order to check in on her living conditions, living conditions that younger Lohan daughter Aliana has also been living in for the past couple of weeks. As you may recall, Daddy Lohan was granted access into the home (via West Hollywood police) and Lindsay tweeted her extreme dissatisfaction to the entire world on her official Twitter profile. But the drama didn’t stop there. Daddy Lohan gave an interview to TMZ to lay out publicly his plans to do everything he can to force Lindsay’s hand — by threatening to get her under court-ordered conservatorship (like Britney Spears) unless she sits down and works out a deal with him. strong>Lindsay, for her part, continued to share her displeasure with her father on Twitter:
Lindsday Lohan’s dad tells TMZ he will back off trying to get his daughter placed in a conservatorship if … and only if … she agrees to a sit down, and stat. Michael Lohan says he wants a meeting with Lindsay and her lil’ sis Ali … no Dina, no lawyers, just his daughters. Michael says if they agree, he won’t go to the L.A. County Department of Children and Family Services and ask that Ali be removed from Lindsay’s home. Michael said during TMZ Live yesterday he believed Ali was in danger by living with her older sister. And, although Michael told us during TMZ Live he would ask a judge to place Lindsay under a conservatorship … he now says he won’t make that move either if Lindsay sits down with him. One little stumbling block … Lindsay isn’t listening to anyone these days, and she’s been Tweeting up a storm about how she blames her dad for everything bad in her life.
That’s where Michael Lohan stands. After the jump, find out what Lindsay Lohan things about all of this …
oh and as for the rediculous tmz bs “concerned” father interview, i must correct michael lohan when i say that Aliana IS watched with a / with and by a guardian AT ALL TIMES…. who is very close to my family and is a POSITIVE influence in my life. Yet again, another cry for / attention on his part&a public display of “reaching out” when we have stated that he is NOT a part of our lives, nor has he been for a while / oh*as for our well being- he’s never cared about that before, nor does he now-never paid child support..10months now*but can pay for flights / the police had NO probable cause breaking and entering into my home which is the only place i find privacy.. this is MY personal space. / hahaha also, just an fyi, i sleep in a bed, it’s a comfortpedic & it’s fantastical!! so that is ah-really ah-rude to say i have no furniture / at least i can laugh at my ex-con father :) anyone care to join in on the laughter avec moi?? hehe / my friend @lianalevi doesn’t drive 100mph!! my dad is the one who drove into a telephone pole!!!! hello! i’m not up ALL NIGHT!!! stop lying! / Ali IS IN SCHOOL! It’s called HOME SCHOOL! IT’S NOT EASY in public school when YOU / are PUBLICLY humiliating your OWN CHILDREN AND MOTHER OF THEM!!! / nor was it for me and Michael when our father threatened to kidnap and kill us IN FRONT of our friends! the only one in need of police / protection here is ME AND ALI from our pathological, lying ex-father! / my mother is AMAZING! not ANYTHING like what Michael is saying. W/out her, i / wouldn’t of been able to follow my dreams and be as strong as i am today / slander and defamation— a malicious, false, and defamatory statement or report: a slander against his or her good name.
Lindsay ended this second rant against her father by giving the definition of “pathological liar”:
pathological liar- a person who lies to the point of it being considered a disease or condition, an abnormally habitual liar = MY FATHER
It remains to be seen if Michael Lohan will be able to make good on his threats. My guess is that he will never be able to successfully get his daughter under legal conservatorship. But, I do believe he can make her life a living hell and pester her to near death. Will Daddy Lohan turn up the heat and continue to put his daughter’s feet to the fire? Will Lindsay cave in and agree to meet with her father in order to get him off her back? What other crazy drama will unfold from the ongoing saga of the Lohan family? Stay tuned …
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Last week Richemont, the company that owns brands like Cartier and Montblanc, bought the remaining 67 percent stake in Net-a-Porter, valuing the company at $533 million. Net-a-Porter founder Natalie Massenet, who stays on as CEO, is thought to have made around $76 million from the deal. But who is Natalie Massenet? A woman with a very good idea, leading what seems like a charmed life. The daughter of a Chanel model, Massenet grew up in Paris and L.A. and now lives in Notting Hill, London with her French hedge-fund manager husband and their two daughters. They have homes in Somerset and Paris and vacation in Ibiza. Also, she believes in the self-help book The Secret.
Massenet worked on low-budget films after graduating from UCLA. She then styled for an Italian fashion magazine, and later worked in WWD's West Coast office. In 1993 she met the man she would marry in a Notting Hill carnival. A few months later she moved to London with 30 boxes and got a job at Tatler. Around 1998 she realized that if women were calling and asking where they could buy the items she was shooting, someone should sell clothes online, and that someone should be her.
At first she thought she'd sell pashmina scarves from India, then decided to go for finer things after a frustrating online search for Chloé jeans. In 2000, according to the Independent, she had difficulty getting funding from private-equity companies who told her "women would never shop online." But how wrong they were! Eventually she got the money. Though there aren't many details on how exactly she did that, the London Times offers:
One day she stopped at a branch of Barclays and picked up a pamphlet entitled “Are You an Entrepreneur?”. “I called Arnaud and said, ‘Honey, I’m starting a business.’ And I think he said something like, ‘Great. What’s for dinner?’ ”
As she watched dot-com after dot-com fold, and bought the furniture and equipment from their offices, she hoped she wouldn't be next. “I never thought it wouldn’t work. I never once thought it wouldn’t be huge, she said.
And why shouldn't she? From 2008 to 2010 Massenet's company had grown to employ 600 in New York and London, with sales jumping from about $84 million to $183 million. Currently Massenet is regarded as one of the most influential people in fashion, sits front-row at the shows, and appears as one of the glamorous ladies in Vogue. But with this fortune and success, there are sacrifices:
uccess has not come without cost. Ms Massenet said: "I don't make home-made cupcakes for cupcake day. I pick them up at the store, and it's heartbreaking when I hear that some mom stayed up all night baking."
Well, maybe there's something to be said for not getting them delivered.
Profile: Net-a-Porter's Natalie Massenet [Times UK]
Two women, two fashion businesses, one £450m British success story [Independent UK]
