After Hours
Partying Into the Night With the Met Crowd
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Monday was most definitely an uptown evening: Every boldfaced female in New York City slipped into her fanciest dress and swanned about the Met Ball. But as the old adage goes, what goes uptown must come downtown, and not long after midnight, the crowd on the 18th floor of the Standard Hotel lit up faster than Katy Perry's glow-stick disco dress.
Some girls, like Lily Donaldson and Sienna Miller, had changed into clothes more appropriate for the Meatpacking District (think: leather pants and baggy T-shirts), while others, such as Rosario Dawson and Dr. Lisa Airan, remained in their elaborate gowns. "This isn't easy," Airan said of the J. Mendel confection that prevented her from wading too deep into the crowd. Then there were the gals, Bar Refaeli and Paula Patton included, who decided to go barefoot. "They should've invested in a pair of shoes like mine," said Fabiola Beracasa, who explained she was wearing $70 platforms she bought at a West Village store that caters to drag queens.
As for the fellows, Prabal Gurung engaged in a dance-off with Hamish Bowles, and Joseph Altuzarra and Alexander Wang hopped on a table in the back of the club, only to be joined by a tangoing Chloë Sevigny and Leigh Lezark. The rest of the action took place in the booths: Jude Law swapping stories with Marion Cotillard, Rachel Zoe adjusting Marc Jacobs' baseball cap, and Allison Sarofim explaining to Anh Duong why her strapless Vera Wang number was much more important than a wedding dress: "I'll always look back on this night and be happy," she smiled. "You can't always say the same thing about a wedding night."
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