“I figured a barbecue was a good way to celebrate the end of summer,” Charlotte Ronson explained at her blowout fête at the Chelsea Piers last night. Given the heat index, the event didn’t much feel like a last hurrah. What with the fried chicken, burgers, cotton candy, and ice cream on offer, the party, [...]

In Los Angeles for a little summer vacay, Chris Benz descended upon West Hollywood boutique Beckley last night for a trunk show featuring his Fall ‘09 collection. “I definitely see someone from L.A. gravitating toward some of the lighter silks in the line,” said Benz. But it’s not all work for the newly minted member [...]

Fresh from his presentation, Chris Benz was the recipient of many a hug at his friendly post-show fête at Automatic Slims in the West Village on Monday night. Benz’s neighborhood bestie posse, including stylist Jessica Diehl and actress Eva Amurri, filed in to give major congrats to the designer. “We met two years ago at [...]

Elise Crombez, Simon Doonan, Eva Amurri, and assorted editors and social types toasted Pollini’s Jonathan Saunders at a lunch at La Grenouille yesterday. Saunders, whose sophomore Pollini effort will hit the runway in Milan on March 2, is in town to present his signature collection in a Chelsea gallery this Sunday night. Talk ranged from [...]

Last night, I had a revelation. I realized how appropriate it was that Madonna was the face of Louis Vuitton this season. In the fashion world, Jacobs is the king (queen?) of reinvention—of course, a finely honed Madge skill. It was only a handful of seasons ago that he was slightly pudgy and pale with [...]

The comfy-chic Parisian label Comptoir des Cotonniers opened its first U.S. outpost last night with the help of Susan Sarandon and her daughter, Eva Amurri. Walking the red carpet together, the two filled us in on family style—a prime theme for the fashion house. “I used to ask her if I could pick out her [...]