Wild Wild East
Models, Celebs, and Alt-Country Stars Put On Their Party Hats for a Quartet of Fashion Parties
Adam Kimmel said if word got out that Hank Williams III was playing at his party on Wednesday night, every biker in the state would be lined up outside Don Hill's, such is the ardor that Hank Williams' grandson inspires in the Angels. And if the crowd that came to celebrate Kimmel's collaboration with Carhartt is any indication, he has—or soon will have—an equally passionate following in the worlds of art and fashion. It was a friends-and-family affair: wife Leelee and mother Claudia Aronow, Arden Wohl, Neville Wakefield and Olympia Scarry, Aaron Young and Laure Heriard Dubreuil, with Nate Lowman deejaying round Hank III's set. The night was bookended by beards: Johan Lindeberg leaving early, Terry Richardson and Olivier Zahm arriving late, and just about everyone in between, Kimmel included, with a fine fuzz of facial hair. The message was clear: Real men wear Carhartt.
Earlier, Blake Lively, Sky Nellor, and Tinsley Mortimer had gathered at the Lambs Club to fête Georgina Chapman and Keren Craig's latest Marchesa collection. "It was so great, it gave me actual tears," Eve said of the presentation. "The python pants, a dress that was kind of nude with stones all the way to the floor—I want a lot of stuff." Kelly Osbourne, who was not allowed to attend due to her Badgley Mischka contract, told Style.com, "My stylist was e-mailing me pictures all day today while I was in bed."
Downtown at Indochine, Derek Lam joined pals Tenzin Wild and Magnus Berger of The Last Magazine to host a dinner of their own. "I'm here to blow off steam," Suno's Max Osterweis declared. "With all the stress leading up to our presentation, I'm just enjoying the brief lull before it kicks back up again." His other design half, Erin Beatty, stayed home to prepare for a trip to Peru in the morning—some pieces from their Fall 2011 collection are hand-knitted there. "She gets to go to Machu Picchu, while I get to take meetings in L.A. next week," he added. "Not exactly fair." Well, at least there was plenty of eye candy as consolation prize, Joan Smalls, Marcel Castenmiller, and Anja Rubik included. "I took it easy this week," Rubik shared. "I only did Marc Jacobs. I pretty much relax and not do much before I go to Milan for a few shows. After that is Paris, which is when it gets really crazy. The nice part is I'll see everybody from New York there."
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