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June 5, 2008 2:42 pm
Although many guests at Erin Fetherson’s Resort presentation at the Van Cleef & Arpels store on Fifth Avenue last night were still scratching their heads over Calvin Klein’s abrupt eleventh-hour cancellation of its fragrance launch, which had also been scheduled for yesterday evening, Fetherston herself didn’t seem to mind. “It’s good news for me,” she joked. “Now people will hang around and have a drink.” The collection of muted frocks was set up to look like Cecil Beaton images of debutantes. Said the designer, “It kind of reminds me of what I might want to wear on a giant plantation in the Bahamas.” Down at the Earnest Sewn shop in the Meatpacking District, the vibe was less, shall we say, formal. First there were the drinks (vodka mixed with Red Bull doesn’t do a thing for depth perception); second, it was wall-to-wall hipsters; and third, the holes between the oversize planks that make up the floor don’t exactly mix well with high heels. This last fact almost proved a doozy for the night’s hostess, actress Isabelle McNally, the daughter of restaurateur Keith McNally. “That was a little embarrassing,” she said after a stumble, adding that she had intentionally worn wedges for this very reason. Not that she minded, since many of the witnesses were her friends. “I feel like it’s my bat mitzvah,” she laughed.
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