To say that everyone at Giambattista Valli’s dinner at Caviar Kaspia was excited to finally let their hair down after a month of shows would be an understatement. During dinner—co-hosted by Moncler, where he designs the Gamme Rouge collection—Valli found himself dancing on tables, tossing cherry vodka shots down the banquettes to his friends, and [...]

David Yurman’s international efforts have been at full force in the past few years, taking the American brand to China, Korea, and, as of Monday night’s shop opening at the Printemps department store in Paris, to Europe. To help celebrate, a whole smattering of international fashion fans came out to show their support, from the [...]

The Elton John AIDS Foundation’s annual black-tie Oscars viewing party is less high-pressure than the big show itself, which has its perks: You can table-hop, talk freely over the telecast, and take a bathroom break whenever you feel like it. Joaquin Phoenix, Will Smith, and Victoria Beckham were among the dinner guests taking full advantage [...]

“It’s like Hollywood prom.” That wasn’t Precious star Gabourey Sidibe’s best line on the red carpet (more on that later), but she delivered it in two separate interviews. Well, Sidibe (who positively glowed in navy Grecian-draped Marchesa) was half right. It’s a metaphor that rings true for attendees—the nerves, the limos—but for the rest of [...]

Welcome to the ‘Bul market—Istanbul, that is. The latest territory to get its own edition of Vogue is Turkey, and the new magazine was fêted with a launch party at the Crillon in Paris last night. “Have you been to Turkey? It’s sort of an undiscovered paradise, and I’m feeling very proud of my countrymen [...]

Gaia Repossi, poster child for the newest generation of the Place Vendôme-based French jewelry company, made some major inroads in New York this season. A few weeks ago, her own collaborations with Alexander Wang and Joseph Altuzarra debuted on the designers’ respective runways. To celebrate, she decided to host a dinner last night for her [...]

First theory of parties: The size of the venue is inversely proportional to the quality of the event. That seemed to be the case last night at the tiny design shop Maison Darré, which hosted a cocktail party to celebrate the store’s newest series of editions. Things started off quietly enough, but then diners at [...]

Whether or not you’re familiar with the edgily glamorous biannual itself, you’d have to be living under a rock not to know that Purple magazine’s parties are the ones to see and be seen at during New York and Paris fashion weeks. (For more on the pant-dropping, candle-wax-spilling NYC bash, click here.) So popular, in [...]