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Article: Som time: Peter Som is ready for his close-up at Bill Blass, the legendary house where he started his career.(Fashion Flash)
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- October 1, 2007
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Late last November, Peter Som swooped into London's Cipriani to dine with a group of locals that included Tamara Mellon, Camilla Al Fayed and Vanity Fair editor Elizabeth Saltzman Walker, who gave the dinner in his honor. The hostess feared that the seemingly shy Sore might be intimidated amid this particularly boisterous group, but she was pleasantly surprised. "He got down and dirty with the rest of us," Saltzman Walker says. "He listened to all the girl chat, took it in and captured a few of the girls' hearts. And it's not even like he is some swanky boy toy. He is actually pretty serious, but he fit right in."
Sore's social ...