“This is always one of my very favorite parties to come to,” said Jenni Kayne at the Hammer Museum’s Gala in the Garden in L.A. on Saturday. The annual benefit bash was an animated affair—literally, in this case, honoring The Simpsons creator Matt Groening and artist Lari Pittman.Kayne was in good company. Will Ferrell, John [...]

Trends come and trends go, but simplicity is chic forever. That’s the design philosophy behind Mannin, the line Suzanne Donegan founded to create “the seven basics of the jewelry wardrobe.” (Fashion historians will hear echoes of Donna Karan’s classic Seven Easy Pieces.) The Mannin collection has since grown, but its spirit remains the same—and that’s [...]

Just when we thought the whole trendy “I Tried To Be Terry Richardson But All I Got Were These Lousy Glasses” phase had fizzled out, something is going on with spectacles. Jenni Kayne had oversize plastic frames, Antonio Azzuolo used 60’s and 70’s Italian deadstock, and Scott Sternberg borrowed metal ones from Silver Lining Opticians. [...]

New York fashion week officially gets under way this Friday, February 13, and wraps up on Friday, February 20, but eight days just isn’t enough time for the 200-plus fashion shows, presentations, and showroom appointments on the Fall 2009 schedule. Which means things really get rolling this Wednesday, with—voyeur alert!—Jenni Kayne’s presentation at her parent’s [...]

Newly reunited friends Rachel Zoe and Nicole Richie and old “friends” Sam Ronson and Lindsay Lohan all stopped by Andy LeCompte’s intimate little Thursday night party, co-hosted by his friend Jenni Kayne, at the stylist’s West Hollywood salon. Lohan, who wore a sexy vintage seventies Azzedine Alaïa frock with a new pair of Alaïa boots, [...]