"Glenn Belverio has a devastatingly urban eye. An ultra-hip arbiter of style, he commands the fine line between fashion and flash. He is a superb guide to the underworld of earthly delights." --Bestselling author and cultural critic Camille Paglia
Having Thomas at the door gives your party a stamp of approval."
--Carlos D., bassist for the band Interpol, Spin
"If you are not on the guest list or if I don't know you or if I don't like you, you are NOT GETTING INTO THIS PARTY!"
The doorman. The gatekeeper of the night. These silent observers see it all and yet say nothing. Until
now. In CONFESSIONS FROM THE VELVET ROPES, New York’s top club doorman, Thomas Onorato, lifts the ropes and lets ordinary readers into this exciting world. Voted best doorman by
The Village Voice, Onorato has been guarding the gates to New York’s hippest and most exciting parties for over nine years. Collaborating with journalist Glenn Belverio, Onorato opens up and delivers a series of outrageous tales from the worlds of nightclubs, fashion shows and celebrity parties.
Combining elements of juicy gossip columns, rock star fan memoirs and nightlife social studies, CONFESSIONS FROM THE VELVET ROPES is a tell-all with style, including humorous side-bars and tips on how readers might make it past the velvet ropes. Some of the book’s highlights include:
• Hair-raising tales of crazed rock groupies, like the out-of-control girl who stalked Jarvis Cocker of the band Pulp
• Adrien Brody’s birthday bash under siege by irate neighbors (with an unexpected visit from a pop-camp icon)
• Courtney Love’s arrest after a surprise performance at a downtown rock club
• Crowd control chaos at Kimora Lee Simmons’ Baby Phat fashion show
• The night Madonna DJed at an intimate, trend-setting club
Author Belverio reports from both sides of the velvet ropes, delivering vivid, entertaining accounts of Onorato’s world, including humorous and cutting observations of today’s misbehaving party people. Belverio also profiles other doormen in the book, including Marc Benecke--gatekeeper to the legendary Studio 54--who dispels some of the myths of nightlife’s most famous club.
An all-access VIP pass into the worlds of nightlife, fashion, and celebrity, CONFESSIONS FROM THE VELVET ROPES is this year’s beach-read must.
