Posen and Purple Go Boom
Partying Late Night With Zac and Olivier
When Topher Grace walked into Mr. Chow last night with a baseball cap pulled down over his eyes, he wasn't quite prepared for the scene he found. "I didn't know this was a dinner," he said, sidling up next to Olivia Munn, who'd invited him. Indeed it was, hosted by Purple and Z Spoke by Zac Posen, with the magazine's Olivier Zahm going around greeting some of his many favorite females (Eniko Mihalik, Josephine de la Baume) and the designer more or less holding court in the corner in a dapper suit.
Near at hand were Geordon Nicol and Leigh Lezark, who are viewing Posen's collection this weekend in order to put together the music for his Paris show. The last time either of them had been to the storied midtown restaurant? Lezark thought for a second: "After the Met ball, maybe two years ago? This is a better crowd"—a compliment to, among others, Irina Lazareanu, who had slipped into a Posen sheath after walking in Charlotte
Ronson's show at the tents. "It takes me about three seconds to get into any Zac Posen dress—very easy to get into, very hard to get off," the model said. Her friend, Olivia Wolfe, giggled. "Can I argue with that statement?"
The next round was at the Standard, where the after-party filled the entire top floor. It was a tight squeeze for the likes of Alexander Wang, Jared Leto, and LCD Soundsystem's James Murphy. "I'm overwhelmed by this room," declared recent Purple cover girl Chloë Sevigny, who was standing with Patrik Ervell. Outside the hotel, there was a second crowd pushing to get in. In a way, they too were overwhelmed by the room—and they weren't even in it.
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