"He's Clark Kent right now. He looks so hot," raved
Kate
Mara about her date,
Zac Posen, and his nerdy, secretly super getup at last night's Met ball after-party at restaurant Philippe. The affair, which was hosted by
Lauren Santo
Domingo and
her date for the evening, Nina Ricci designer
Olivier
Theyskens, drew gala-goers like
Kate
Bosworth, Harvey Weinstein, Amanda Harlech, and Proenza Schouler's
Jack McCollough and
Lazaro Hernandez down
to East 60th Street for dumplings and dancing.
Vogue's
André Leon Talley arrived with
Venus Williams on his
arm and an enormous scarlet cape on his back. That sartorial extravagance only looked like a handful. Explained Talley:
"It's easy. It's like wearing a sweater. It takes no practice. Style is not about practice." Guests swarmed like
proverbial moths to a flame when the designer of said cape,
Karl
Lagerfeld, walked in. He took a seat next to Anna Wintour and proceeded to praise the comic-book theme of the
Costume Institute's new exhibit. "It's very graphiclike video games," he said. "It's something young we can relate
to." The last word on the evening may have belonged to
Ivanka
Trump, though. "How often can you wear a nine-carat diamond on your forehead?" she mused.
Darrell Hartman