I had forgotten about the Palmer Cutler ‘It...is’ stuff. The company was dissolved in 2010. No surprise: I remember it being launched and thinking, who’s going to buy that? It was quite ambitiously priced. Until it ended up in the discount shops.
It reminded me about Fran Cutler though. She really got on my nerves during the zenith of the Primrose Hill arses. Always clinging onto famous people, with the godforsaken Meg Mathews. She and Meg were ‘party planners’, cashing in on the fame of the Gallaghers to get work. I watched a documentary around that time about a London venue opening: quite an eye opener. They had managed to get a few celebs to show up (if you can call Lisa Scott Lee from Steps a celebrity) but what was notable was, this poor girl working on the door and checking the guest list got a public bollocking from Fran Cutler, the party organiser, for not letting in some people who were not on the list but were, unknown to her, mates of Fran Cutler. I felt really sorry for her. Fran Cutler shrieked, “I can’t believe she wouldn’t let you in darlin’! I’ll sort ‘er aaahhhht!”. Pure class. Imagine working for her.
Fran Cutler subsequently became pregnant by a bloke who didn’t want to know, and called the kid Mercy Magic. Christ. It was around this time that Meg Mathews’ marriage to Noel Gallagher broke down, and he had some pretty choice insults to throw at them. I remember him saying something like, “everyone in London hates them”. I suspect that ol’ Fran had something to do with Meg’s continued fondness for the nose candy.
Fran managed to cling on to Kate Moss as a friend for another few years before, if I remember correctly, Kate fell out with her. Reason: Fran sent a spiteful email to a third party slagging off Kate and attaching some photos that made Kate look a mess. But she sent them to Kate by mistake. Oops.
I suspect she is still trying to scratch a living on the periphery of the has beens. My money is on her retraining as a yoga instructor.