“At least it’s not snowing this year” was a phrase heard repeatedly at Fashion Group International’s 15th Annual Rising Star Awards luncheon, held today at Cipriani 42nd Street. There were several FGI veterans in attendance, including Catherine Malandrino and past winners Thom Browne, Christopher Coleman, and Monica Rich Kosann (all three were also presenters today), [...]

El Museo del Barrio threw a fiesta for its patrons last night to unveil its new renovation, a year and a half in the making. “It’s great to have the lights back on and the art back up,” wrote The New York Times yesterday about the dusted-off and expanded Fifth Avenue space, and partygoers [...]