Security

We arrived at Barneys in Beverly Hills Friday afternoon and noticed security type men in black suits with ear-pieces discreetly parked in several corners on the first floor. Suspicious that a celebrity might be in the store, we asked a salesperson who refused to talk. A friendlier clerk upstairs said there had been a trunk show in the designer department. A sweep of the designer floor revealed nothing so we went to the restaurant upstairs for coffee. Seated across the room was a striking woman with long black hair deep in conversation with another woman. We all got up to leave at the same time and the woman stood up and we were SHOCKED by her incredible height. She appeared to be around 6’7” and very slim. (The first thing we thought was: this poor woman, how can she buy clothes to fit her?) When she got in the elevator with us (and a bodyguard) we realized: this is L’Wren Scott, 44, Mick Jagger’s girlfriend. (6’3” in flats) She’s a model-turned-stylist-turned-designer, and they’ve been together for ten years. Apparently Mick, 5’10”, likes that she has a successful career of her own and he takes GOOD care of her because HE provided all those security guards for her trunk show. No sign of Mick, however.