Duro Olowu was the guest of honor at a dinner party hosted by Vogue's Sally Singer that drew Maria Cornejo, Simon Doonan, and Lakshmi Menon, among others, to Norwood last night. The London-based, Nigerian-born designer, who's married to the American curator Thelma Golden, was experiencing the after-effects of a successful trunk show at Barneys the day before, during which he'd helped dozens of ladies into and out of his best-selling patchwork printed tunic dresses, orchid-sleeve jackets, and high-waisted cheetah trousers. "I'm knackered," he said, then proceeded to keep his tablemates Iman and Iris Apfel entertained all night.

"Many of us make our livings finding things and collecting stuff, but there's no greater curator of anything than Duro," said Singer during her toast. "And that's increased exponentially since he married Thelma." Case in point: After everyone had sung Olowu and his pal Amanda Brooks "Happy Birthday" and then dug into the delicious red velvet cake, Golden table-hopped, touting the authenticity of the ingredients—"beet juice makes it that color, not food coloring," she said—as well as the Harlem bakery, Make My Cake, from whence it came. Here's another: "Duro has the most incredible taste," said Brooks. "He combines couture shapes and the best Italian and French silk with his own love of African-inspired prints and outrageous colors. I'm just waiting for Michelle Obama to discover him."

— Nicole Phelps