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The party seems to be over for club kids-cum-designers Richie Rich and Traver Rains. Rumor has it the boys are shuttering their fashion label, Heathette and heading in different directions.

Sources say Richie Rich is working on a fashion line of his own, to be called Rox and Riley (after his dogs, natch). Rich is also said to want to move to Los Angeles, where he is considering music and TV projects to go with a book about club kids that he is writing.

"Traver [Rains] is a great designer, and he was the one who really held it together," says a pal. "But he can't deal with Richie anymore."

Gossip=monger Ben Widdicombe also points out that the gents have come to the end of a $6 million deal with the Weisfeld group and pulled out of Fashion Week last January.

As if that evidence ain't damning enough, the company no longer has a publicist. So, if the company's not dead, it might as well be…

No word on who will get custody of Amanda Lepore.

Fighting For Solid Stool

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Heatherette's Traver Raines and Richie Rich of sure do know how to give back. The former club kid duo turned designers are using their fashion brand to fight one of the world's most horrific, sickening killers: diarrhea.

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It’s a shame that Camp 101, Queerty’s favorite line of cards, hears from many gay shops across the country that their line of cards are “tired, passé, been done.” That makes us mad. Nothing says “I Love You,” “Congratulations,” or “Happy Birthday” like the Club Kids.

Camp 101 sells those goofy, gay shop cards with garish fonts and overdone drag queens. And we have newfound respect for them. We’re so done giving out overly stylized greeting cards. Tackiness and bad taste is a lost art form. Watch Female Trouble and get back to us.

The best thing about Camp 101 card is their documentation of early 90s NYC nightlife. After all they sell gorgeous black and white blank note cards featuring Michael Alig, funny cards featuring Lady Bunny and Mona Foot, many, many years ago, and a few with Heatherette’s Richie Rich before he started hanging out with Paris Hilton.

Order a few sets and give them to your friends who have a deep appreciation for the heyday of the NYC club world and those who embrace, and not shun, camp.

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Heatherette

We rushed to Bryant Park on Friday with our photographer Randy and arrived late for the Heatherette show. Upon noticing the world's first blog star approaching, security whisked us in backstage. We ran to make it to our seats, but the show had started already. It looked like we had to remain backstage the entire show. Which is not a bad thing when surrounded by Amanda Lepore, Brandywine, Naomi Campbell, Kelly Osbourne, JC Chasez, Lizzie Grubman, Lydia Hearst, Nicky Hilton, Michael Lucas, Patrick McMullan, Tinsley Mortimer, and Zach Augustine. Richie and Traver's show was a hit. And yes, Naomi does look that good up close.

More exclusive pics after the jump.

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James St. James notices that club kids do make good. Heatherette's Richie Rich makes the US magazine worst dressed list. We will let you know what he wears Friday when we get back from the Heatherette show. (full outfit after the jump)

Cyndi Lauper is set to release Body Acoustic, a slowed down reworking of the iconic singer's catalog 25 years after her debut. And she is getting help from some unique places: Shaggy, Jeff Beck, Ani DiFranco, Kelly Osbourne, and Vivian Green. Sarah McLachlan joins Ms. Lauper on a new version of "Time After Time." The gay rights activist is still having fun.

•You mean Andy Milonakis didn't play Martha Dumptruck in Heathers? Could have fooled us.

•We were at Hotel Omm in Barcelona this summer and love, love, loved it. Now the same designer has created the Hotel Diagonal and it looks equally impressive. More evidence that Barcelona may be the world's most stylish city.

•A Harlem school introduces children to swiss Chard and whole-wheat penne covered with sautéed peppers and local squash. You know a fag came up with that one.

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