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            <title>NYFW Round-Ups </title>
            <description>W&apos;s Market Editors, William Kahn, Nora Milch and Claudia Mata share their picks from the Spring/ Summer 2012 collections in New York.


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            <title>After Hours: School Ties</title>
            <description><![CDATA[ Returning to the New York charity circuit less than a week after the New York collections have ended can feel a bit like returning to school&rsquo;s varsity sport after just barely surviving pre-season training. Are you ready for your first match? 

 The New Yorkers for Children fall gala Tuesday night was the first in many games to be played this season and a large roster showed up at Cipriani 42nd Street for the event, sponsored by CIRCA and St. John. Within minutes of the start time, a bottleneck of servers and long trained dresses clogged the entrance (as if we hadn&rsquo;t already endured the General Assembly traffic outside).

 &ldquo;Waiters trays and handbags!&rdquo; said Daniel Benedict as he tried to maneuver with three drinks in hand (they weren&rsquo;t all his).

 &ldquo;It&rsquo;s a mosh pit,&rdquo; said a nearby acquaintance. 
From left: Cristina Greeven Cuomo, Coralie Charriol Paul, Ivanka Trump, Maggie Cordish, Julie Macklowe
 Ivanka Trump, Julie Macklowe, Debbie Bancroft, Muffie Potter Aston, Alexandra Lebenthal, Melissa George and Tinsley Mortimer hung near the bar during cocktails as Sotheby&rsquo;s Jamie Niven jokingly tried to weasel his way out of manning the live auction later in the evening.

 &ldquo;I&rsquo;ve lost my voice,&rdquo; he said, sounding perfectly fine to me. &ldquo;Do you want to do it for me? It&rsquo;s easy.&rdquo; 

 It certainly wasn&rsquo;t easy corralling people to their chairs, as waiters tried to usher them towards the tables in vain.

 &ldquo;It&rsquo;s more fun at the bar,&rdquo; said one woman, ignoring their pleas.

 &ldquo;The anthropology of this event is as interesting as the event,&rdquo; remarked Alexandra Kerry as she took her seat. No kidding. Where else would you find society grand dames rubbing shoulders with a Victoria&rsquo;s Secret model (Selita Ebanks), a basketball player (Carmelo Anthony) and a tennis star (Serena Williams)?
From left: Selita Ebanks with Serena Williams; Carmelo Anthony
 &ldquo;My husband was just looking at Serena Williams&rsquo; butt. He was like, &lsquo;It&rsquo;s amazing!&rsquo;&rdquo; said my seatmate of the athlete, who was wearing a purple jersey body-conscious dress that showed off every curve. &ldquo;She&rsquo;s got buns of steel!&rdquo;

 Over a dinner of beet salad and filet mignon or fish, guests listened to humbling stories from NYFC Guardian scholars and Spirit Award recipients (the non-profit helps provide scholarships and education opportunities for children in foster care), before Anthony received a special honor for his work with underprivileged youths.

 &ldquo;I haven&rsquo;t been nervous in a long time,&rdquo; said Anthony, wearing thick-framed eyeglasses. &ldquo;I grew up in the projects. I didn&rsquo;t always have it easy.&rdquo; 

 As the speeches ended, glow sticks were passed out to some confusion, which Nivens quickly cleared up when he approached the podium.

 &ldquo;This, ladies and gentlemen, is not a suppository, it&rsquo;s a glow stick. And you raise it when I glower at you,&rdquo; he said as he began a live auction that started with $50,000 lots and moved down to $1,500 pledges. 

 &ldquo;And now this is the part I&rsquo;ve dreaded,&rdquo; he finished. &ldquo;I once introduced &lsquo;N Sync as &lsquo;N,&rsquo; &lsquo;S,&rsquo; &lsquo;Y,&rsquo; &lsquo;N,&rsquo; &lsquo;C.&rsquo; This is ELEW.&rdquo; 

 The performer then took to a piano center stage before dessert and dancing ensued.
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            <title>New York Fashion Week Accessory Roundup</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Nora Milch, W's Associate Accessories Editor, showcases the top ten accessory trends from the Spring/ Summer 2012 collections in New York.



#1: WHITE 

From left: Alexander Wang shoes; Narciso Rodriguez shoes


White shoes were a runway staple this season&mdash;best done at Alexander Wang and Narciso Rodriguez.



#2: GEOMETRIC PRINTS


Top: Derek Lam bag. Bottom, from left:  Phillip Lim bag; Diane von Furstenberg bag

Bold, geometric prints on oversized clutches and totes. 


#3: FLORALS


Top, from left: Altuzarra shoes; DKNY shoes. Bottom: Tory Burch bag. 

A floral print shoe or bag is a great spring statement.


#4: TRIBAL



Top, from left: Donna Karan shoe; Donna Karan bag. Bottom, from left: Michael Kors backpack; Michael Kors necklace.

Donna Karan and Michael Kors focused on tribal accessories.


#5: PASTELS



Top: Phillip Lim shoes. Bottom, from left: Reed Krakoff shoes; Oscar shoes.

The new neutral&mdash;a pastel shoe.



 #6: YELLOW



 Top, from left: Marc Jacobs bag; Derek Lam bag. Bottom, from left: Carolina Herrera bag; Reed Krakoff bag


Eye-popping yellow bags make a statement.


#7: MIXED TEXTURES



From left: Proenza Schouler bag; Marc Jacobs shoes.

Metallics mixed with wooden details. 


#8: BOHEMIAN


From left: Thakoon shoes; Ralph Lauren bag

Accessories with hippie accents like fringe and gold palettes. 

#9: CAT EYE SUNGLASSES



Top: Proenza Schouler sunglasses. Bottom, from left: Jason Wu sunglasses; Prism sunglasses

Classic fifties cat-eye sunnies still look fresh.  


#10: GINGHAM



From left: Marc Jacobs bag; Marc Jacobs shoe

Marc Jacobs used green and yellow gingham on boxy bags and ladylike pumps&mdash;perfect garden party accessories. 
Photos: Fairchild Archive

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            <title>Watch: Salem&apos;s &quot;King Night&quot;</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Featuring a crumpled Nissan, cop cars, a bike gang, and a luminous big
rig barreling down a rainy highway in the dead of night, Salem&rsquo;s new
music video for &ldquo;King Night,&rdquo; the title track off their debut LP, is
everything you&rsquo;d expect from the ominous, ethereal, and
impossible-to-dismiss synth act. &ldquo;There&rsquo;s an element of mystery to
them that&rsquo;s hypnotizing,&rdquo; says the video&rsquo;s director Theo Wenner, who
met the trio through mutual friend Terence Koh. &ldquo;That's what the video
revolves around.&rdquo;

SALEM - KING NIGHT from Theo Wenner on Vimeo.]]></description>
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            <title>NYFW Round-Up: Karla Martinez</title>
            <description> Karla Martinez, W&apos;s Fashion Market and Accessories Director, picks her favorite looks from the Spring/ Summer 2012 collections in New York.

Alexander Wang 


Calvin Klein


Carolina Herrera 


Giulietta


J Mendel 


Juan Carlos Obando


Marc Jacobs



Narciso Rodriguez 



Oscar de la Renta



Proenza Schouler 


Ralph Lauren 



Ralph Lauren 
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            <title>Awakening at BAM</title>
            <description><![CDATA[
Marking the 10-year anniversary of the 9/11 attacks is a fraught
 enterprise, but the Kronos Quartet&rsquo;s New York City debut of Awakening:
 A Musical Meditation on the Anniversary of 9/11, at BAM, seeks to
 transcend the political noise and offer, instead, what Kronos founder
 David Harrington describes as, &ldquo;a musical place that people can inhabit
 for awhile....that allows the audience to experience what role music
 might be able to play in this situation that we&rsquo;re all in together.&rdquo;
 The legendary group has crossed the classical-pop divide by
 collaborating with such diverse talents as Bj&ouml;rk and Henryk G&oacute;recki, and Awakening
 continues this eclectic approach, combining 12 compositions from 11
 countries, including a work by Einst&uuml;rzende Neubauten (which will be
 played with hammers and electric tools), as well as pieces by Terry
 Riley, Michael Gordon and Aulis Sallinen, among others. Somber moments
 are to be expected&mdash;the musical centerpiece of the performance is
 Gordon&rsquo;s The Sad Park, which weaves in recordings of children who were
 present at ground zero&mdash;but the experience ends on literally uplifting
 notes, as the Brooklyn Youth Chorus performs pieces by Riley and
 Sallinen that sketch an aural vision of hope, a memorably moving way to
 mark the anniversary of an event that irrevocably altered the city&rsquo;s
 psyche.

Awakening at BAM
 For those who plan on attending the September 22 performance, purchase a
 ticket for a pre-show artist&rsquo;s talk about Awakening&mdash;moderated by
 NPR&rsquo;s Brooke Gladstone, the panel will feature Julian Laverdiere,
 co-creator of the Tribute in Light, Dianne Berkun, artistic director of
 the BYC and Iranian novelist Porochista Khakpour, author of Sons and
 Other Flammable Objects, along with David Harrington.


 Awakening, A Musical Meditation on the Anniversary of 9/11
Sept 21-24
Visit bam.orgPhotos: Zoran Orlic
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            <pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2011 16:45:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Annotated Dish: Romera&rsquo;s Abstract Vegetable Soup]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[ Romera New York, a $5 million temple of avant-garde cooking the
Barcelona chef Miguel Sanchez Romera opened on Friday at the Dream
Downtown Hotel in the Meatpacking, is the city&rsquo;s most anticipated
high-end restaurant opening of the fall. It&rsquo;s also the most ambitious.

The food is&mdash;and looks&mdash;radical; some Spanish critics, who&rsquo;ve been
following the exploits of Ferran Adria and his disciples for years, say
Romera&rsquo;s food is the most high-concept cuisine in the world. It&rsquo;s even
got its own language: the chef, a doctor by training who maintained a
neurology practice while running his Michelin-starred Barcelona
restaurant L&rsquo;Esguard, describes what he does as &ldquo;neurogastronomy.&rdquo; Which
means that his precision with such banal details like temperature and
color of the food is on another level that that of most other chefs; it
is, appropriately, a scientist&rsquo;s precision.
The dining room at Romera New York
A lot of the hype might just be marketing, but it&rsquo;s obvious this isn&rsquo;t
everyday dining. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s the same as an art show,&rdquo; Romera told me via a
translator when I went to visit him at the restaurant prior to its
opening last week. &ldquo;You go three, four times a year.&rdquo; We were standing
in the basement-level dining room. The $245 tasting menu (it&rsquo;s your only
option) is served on a dramatic stage: the room slightly raised on a
platform, everything pristine and white, a bit like a canvas for his
colorful dishes.

As a youth growing up in Argentina, Romera had studied to be a painter,
and it&rsquo;s clear that he&rsquo;s built these artistic aspirations into the
foundations of his persona as a chef. On at least three occasions the
chef, who has a professorial demeanor&mdash;earnest, excitable, playful,
endlessly tangential&mdash;referenced Picasso or Van Gogh to make a point
about his cooking. What the food more closely resembles, however, are
the geometric abstractions of Donald Judd. (At least the dish that I
tasted, a sort of idealized veggie soup Romera calls &ldquo;Isis,&rdquo; did.) If
Judd&rsquo;s boxes were more about what was excluded than included, then their
minimalist purity have found a new incarnation in the plates of Chef
Romera.

Romera's "Isis"
I asked the chef to break down the process of how &ldquo;Isis&rdquo; is made. Here
are his notes: like Judd&rsquo;s sculptures, what looks simple on the surface
is deceptively complex.


&ldquo;In the traditional vegetable soup, you peel the vegetables, add them to
the water, turn on the burner, add salt, and cover it. When it&rsquo;s done,
each one of the elements are still there, but it doesn&rsquo;t exists in its
purity. You&rsquo;re not eating a piece of potato or a piece of celery; you&rsquo;re
eating something that tastes and smells like vegetables, but they&rsquo;re not
the individual vegetables themselves. The temperature of the water has
created a fusion. To make the flavor of each vegetable independent, you
cannot use a pot. Which is why I divide the plate into three parts: The
dried mini-vegetables; the steamed vegetables; and the consomm&eacute;.&rdquo;

&ldquo;The vegetable squares are dried at 90 degrees Celsius in the oven. There
are 15 different vegetables at the bottom of the plate in a mosaic of 48
little squares: including spinach, tomato, daikon radish, carrot,
tomato, red pepper, artichoke, broccoli, beet, and green onion.&rdquo;

&ldquo;In the second phase, I make individual vegetables one by one. In
Barcelona, I grew my own miniature vegetables; here, we have
collaborated with the Chef&rsquo;s Garden farm in Ohio. They are exceptional.
I steam them in bamboo steamers, and then we warm them up in butter.&rdquo;

&ldquo;Then a consomm&eacute; made up of the same vegetables is poured over the plate,
dissolving the mosaic into broth.&rdquo;Photos: courtesy of Romera New York
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            <pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2011 14:50:00 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title>NYFW: Top 10 Trends</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Lindsey Gathright, W's Market Editor, highlights her favorite trends from the Spring 2012 collections.

Theysken&rsquo;s Theory

Theyskens&rsquo; Theory

The tweed jackets are smart and cool, and I want all
of the pants from this collection in my wardrobe for spring.

From left: Patrik Ervell; Alexandr Plokhov

Borrowed from the Boys 

Menswear designers Patrick Ervell and Alexander
Plokhov both introduced women&rsquo;s pieces into their collections for the
first time.

From left: Derek Lam; Proenza Schouler
The New Modernist

A fresh take on vintage silhouettes with bold designs
and mixed textures from Derek Lam and Proenza Schouler.

From left: Yigal Azrou&euml;l; Araks
Nude Basics

A nude dress is the perfect foundation for spring&rsquo;s best
jackets and accessories. 

From left: Suno; 10 Crosby
Stripes

Black and white stripes on jackets, pants and shirting.

From left: Thakoon; Derek Lam
Super Prints

Especially the prints at Thakoon, where western met
Maharaja.

From left: 3.1 Phillip Lim; Preen
Miami Pastels

Strong separates in frothy pastel colors. 

From left: Sophie Theallet; Calvin Klein
Sheer layers

Light knits at Sophie Theallet and the minimal sheers at
Calvin Klein. 

From left: Jason Wu; Proenza Schouler
Swim-Inspired

Swimwear silhouettes intended for the street.  

From left: Alexander Wang; Rag
&amp; Bone
Sporting

Alexander Wang&rsquo;s motocross jacket and Rag &amp; Bones sporty, soft
layers prove the sports trend is here to stay. 

All photos: CNP Montorse
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            <title>Polaroid at Philips de Pury</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Philips de Pury &amp; Company was shoulder-to-shoulder Wednesday night&mdash;not
for paintings, or sculptures, or furniture, but for Polaroid. The iconic
75-year-old brand, which recently partnered with Lady Gaga to create the
GL10 Instant Mobile Printer, gave the new gadget to a diverse group of
artists and tastemakers like Gaga, Steven Klein, James Franco, and&hellip;Tyra
Banks. The results, which ran the gamut from striking single images
(Paulo Roversi) to a dress (Maripol), were all up for auction with the
proceeds going to FreeArts&mdash;to benefit children through the arts.
Maripol with her work
Of the 104 lots, nine were live-auction items, and the charming
auctioneer rhapsodized, to the best of his ability, about each&mdash;working
particular magic with a series by Brett Ratner, &ldquo;We&rsquo;re all guilty here:
Rush Hour, X Men, special edition DVD sets with the Wolverine
claw&hellip;&rdquo;&mdash;though for the most part, only his gavel could be heard above the
roar of the crowd. A particular hush did fall when lot 7, by Patrick
Demarchelier, came up. What was Demarchelier&rsquo;s favorite lot? &ldquo;I like
this one,&rdquo; he said with a smile in his gloriously thick French accent,
gesturing at his enormous installation of hundreds of snaps of his most
iconic images. And the audience agreed&mdash;it blew the other lots out of the
water, selling for $37,000.

From top: Patrick Demarchelier; Demarchelier's installation on display at Philips de Pury &amp; Company

Gaga&rsquo;s lot, a GL10 covered in spikes and appearing to &ldquo;print&rdquo; gold
chains, failed to break the $2,000 mark. Perhaps her Little Monsters
would have bid more had she made an appearance. Though a male latecomer
outfitted in a purple spandex bodysuit (that left little to the
imagination) and a bedazzled helmet with visor did draw some Gaga
whispers. And after her VMA performance as her male alter ego Jo
Calderone, perhaps this latest incarnation wasn&rsquo;t so out of the
question.
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            <title>Snapshot: Marc Jacobs</title>
            <description> A shot from the runway at Marc Jacobs&apos; Spring/ Summer 2012 collection.See all of the photos here and watch the video here.</description>
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            <title>Top 10 for Men: Color, Color Everywhere</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Garrett Munce, W's Associate Market Editor, highlights his menswear picks from the Spring 2012 collections.


Carlos Campos

&ldquo;Hot coral is the color of the season and I love this look from Carlos Campos. The printed pajama top with matching pant under a double breasted blazer is easy breezy, and effortlessly chic.&rdquo;



Gant x Michael Bastian

&ldquo;Michael Bastian is the king of American cool and this season he took his prepster to the beach with a mix of stripes, plaid and highlighter yellow.&rdquo;

Lacoste

&ldquo;The new direction at Lacoste is great&mdash;sporty and minimal at the same time. This half-zip pullover is a great shade of blue.&rdquo;


Loden Dager

&ldquo;The neon sneakers and the sweater tied around the waist give this Loden Dager look a 90&rsquo;s sensibility, and the bright pink pants bring it into 2012.&rdquo;

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            <title>Snapshot: Ralph Lauren</title>
            <description>Model Karlie Kloss walks the runway in a look from Ralph Lauren Spring/ Summer 2012.
See all of the photos here.</description>
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            <title>Style Notes: Aimee Cho</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Edited by Karla Martinez and Vanessa Lawrence  
A pregnant Cho
Aimee Cho knows something about evolution. Take her fashion brand,
Gryphon, for starters. Founded on the idea of providing modern and chic
incarnations of the classic trench coat, the line now offers all manner
of quirky basics, from boxy sequin tees to military-inspired toppers.

And Cho is experiencing some evolving of her own: pregnant with her
first child, the designer has traded in oversized tops for more
body-conscious silhouettes, while still staying true to her comfy, cool
girl look. Here Cho discusses her love of flats, the importance of
making mistakes and why she is enamored of her parents&rsquo; style.



Define your style in three words: Pregnancy&mdash;comfortable,
body-conscious, monochromatic; Pre-pregnancy&mdash;comfortable,
body-obscuring, sparkly.

Daily uniform: Pregnancy&mdash;a comfortable but fitted dress (in stretch
silk or a heavy jersey), flats, yellow leather Hermes medor watch,
multi-colored friendship bracelets, YSL Arty Oval ring. Pre-pregnancy&mdash;a voluminous romantic top or a boxy oversized boyish top
with short shorts or baggy jeans, flats, an element of shine (sequins,
metallic brocade, beading, piled on jewelry), sweats of some kind
(sweatpants, sweatshirt, sweatshorts).
Aimee pre-pregnancy
Greatest hits: My engagement ring which I wear in lieu of a wedding band
even though I have been married for six years because I love it so much.
The original Gryphon sequin tee-shirt from Spring 2009 worn extra boxy
in a size medium. Havaianas Flash flip-flops that cross over the arch of
the foot.

Preferred footwear: Flats! Givenchy jellies, Nike high tops, Chanel
biker boots, Bess studded boots and moccasins, the aforementioned
Havaianas.

Finishing touches: SK-II cellumination cream &ndash; it&rsquo;s magical. My
engagement ring&mdash;I feel incomplete without it.

Nighttime look: Same as what I wear during the day. I might add a red
lip &ndash; Chanel Rouge Allure in Excessive and possibly heels.

Best recent discovery: SK-II skincare products.

Favorite stores: Overbey &amp; Dunn, Maki&eacute;, Kinokuniya, Hahn Ah Rheum.

Style pet peeve: I don&rsquo;t have one. &ldquo;Mistakes&rdquo; are a good thing. I think
they keep things interesting.
Cho&rsquo;s parents in the 70's.
Style icons: My parents. Their style through the decades has always been
pretty cool. Right now, I like a mash-up of my mom&rsquo;s early-90&rsquo;s glamour
(think metallic velvet leopard or Bob Mackie rose gold lace) and my
dad&rsquo;s mid-80&rsquo;s relaxed weekend wardrobe (oversized chambray shirts, wide
wale cords, suede bomber jackets). Their style in the 70&rsquo;s when they
met and married is probably my favorite era for them (so chic), but not
something that would inspire the way I dress. 70&rsquo;s silhouettes are
meant for taller, leaner people (like my parents).

Last purchase: Piles of baby clothes from Maki&eacute;.

Lusting after: A vacation! And the hand-painted burlap ceiling awning
from Overbey &amp; Dunn for my baby&rsquo;s nursery.

Favorite haunts: Anywhere my husband goes&mdash;home is where the heart
is&mdash;and my office/showroom.


Pre-pregnancy Cho: Kevin Sturman
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            <description><![CDATA[Fashion Week is arguably one of the more stressful times of the year
when it comes to getting dressed, what with all the style bloggers,
photographers and twitpic posters following your every move. By
Wednesday, I was certainly feeling some fashion fatigue, so I was a bit
apprehensive when I received the invite for that night&rsquo;s V Magazine
Black &amp; White Ball, celebrating their Heroes Issue: boys were instructed
to wear &ldquo;Black and White evening&rdquo;; girls were told to be Elizabeth
Taylor inspired.

Seeing as I am many breast augmentations and Sugar Daddies short of
emulating Ms. Taylor&rsquo;s voluptuous, diamond covered physique, I was at a
loss. National Velvet equestrian? Cleopatra? Crazed Cat on a Hot Tin
Roof?
From left: Giovanna Battaglia, Carine Roitfeld and Mario Testino
I went for Butterfield 8 (aka a slip dress) and upon arriving at the
Boom Boom Room was glad I did&mdash;it seemed most guests had either missed
the Taylor directive or ignored it altogether.

Not that it put a damper on the evening: the room&rsquo;s ceiling was covered
in a sea of black and white balloons whose silver tails dangled over
people (and into their drinks) like tentacles; there were stuffed zebras
in various corners and on the bar, a glass sculpture of a crouching
naked woman. Waitresses passed out trays of black and white Magnum Ice
Cream bars.

And just thirty minutes into the party&rsquo;s start time, the space was so
packed it was sweating room only. Linda Evangelista chatted with Joseph
Altuzarra, in a striped sailor shirt; Cecilia Dean maneuvered in a
voluminous white Viktor &amp; Rolf gown with impressive ease; Oliver
Theyskens chatted with a tomboyish model and a drag queen resembling a
Naomi Campbell impersonator barreled through the crowd.
From left: Andre Balazs, Linda Evangelista; Cecilia Dean



Over at the bar, the model Saskia de Brauw and a friend rather
charmingly tried to pay for their beverages with a black Amex, not
realizing the board was gratis and Cynthia Rowley and Bill Powers
congratulated Prabal Gurung on his show before offering him a drink.

&ldquo;Just a beer&mdash;nothing fancy,&rdquo; he said.

&ldquo;You know the champagne&rsquo;s free?&rdquo; joked Powers, before ignoring his
request.
Joseph Altuzarra, center
Andre Pejicj entered in a ruffled white shirt, black sequined hot pants
and thigh high socks, licking a Magnum chocolate bar suggestively for a
video camera while Lady Bunny, the evening&rsquo;s DJ, played &ldquo;Let the
Sunshine In.&rdquo;

Around midnight, Sky Ferreira sang &ldquo;If You Could Read My Mind,&rdquo; followed
by cast members of Priscilla Queen of the Desert performing a medley of
&ldquo;Finally.&rdquo;

Lindsay Lohan made an appearance soon thereafter, installing herself in
a booth with Rowley, whose show she took in last week, and a group of
friends. Looking practically unrecognizable with snow white blonde hair,
she still managed to attract attention (shocking, I know) and had many
amateur snappers shooting photos with their iPhones and cameras.
Lindsay Lohan
&ldquo;Does anyone even care?&rdquo; sniffed one man as he glanced at her. &ldquo;And
where is her mother?&rdquo;

Not sure Dina would have helped the situation that soon ensued when
Lohan finally got wind of the people taking her picture. She pointed her
finger at one man as she stood up on the booth&rsquo;s seat, walking closer to
him. When he backed away, leaving only the booth&rsquo;s barrier between them,
she grabbed her drink and threw it at him, just missing him as it hit
the ground.

Guess she got the diva portion of the dress code right, though not the
class part.Photos: Billy Farrell Agency



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