When Diane von Furstenberg was approached by the Manezh Central Exhibition Hall in Moscow to create a retrospective of her life and career, she immediately had two thoughts: "One, I knew it couldn't just be dresses, because for me fashion is so much more than that," she explained at the exhibit's opening on Friday night. "And two, that I would need my dear André Leon Talley's help." Called Journey of a Dress and curated by Talley, the resulting show spans not only the garments von Furstenberg is famous for—from her early wrap days to Studio 54 to now, when she occupies the top seat at the CFDA—but also correspondence (with Diana Vreeland, among others), photographs, and portraits of the designer by the likes of Andy Warhol. Viewing the artwork, Justin Portman noted a similarity to the recent commissions of his own wife, the model Natalia Vodianova. "I think she's following DVF here: Francesco Clemente just did her picture, and now Anh Duong has done it," he said as he passed two large-scale works of von Furstenberg by those artists. "I guess I should be happy that Warhol is dead."

After the opening and dinner at the Bolshoy restaurant, it was off to the club We Are Family, which had been decked out to look like a Muscovite version of Studio 54: women in sparkly swimsuits sitting in pyramid formation in the middle of the room, waiters in hot pants, and…well, it only got more interesting. "Wait, is that a horse?" Kate Bosworth asked. Indeed, a white stallion had been placed on the stage and taught to lie down and roll over. "In the club?" the actress laughed. "OK, this is as close to 54 as I'm going to get." From her perch in the center booth, surrounded by her future daughter-in-law Ali Kay and her husband, Barry Diller, von Furstenberg reflected: "It's similar, but there will never be another 54."

— Derek Blasberg