There are at least two things I can count on in Paris: various fellow New Yorkers letting loose for fashion month’s last leg, and a late-night dance party at Regine’s. For the past few seasons, I’ve helped friends like Paul Sevigny, MisShapes Leigh Lezark and Geordon Nicol, and Tommy Saleh organize a little fête, appropriately [...]

A dance party for Browns Shoes, given by Nicholas Kirkwood, seems like the perfect occasion to talk about the unfortunate combination of high heels, swanky dos, and standing. Taken individually, each of these things is incontrovertibly good—high heels, good; swanky dos, good; standing, the thing that separates human from ape and thus, yes, good. But [...]

At Tory Burch’s presentation yesterday at the Prince George’s Ballroom, it was clear that the designer’s appeal is branching beyond ladies who lunch. Way beyond. Kanye West, Santigold, and LL Cool J served as hip-hop ambassadors, while Burch fans Leigh Lezark and Greg Krelenstein represented the hipster demographic. One could argue that Burch’s current boyfriend, [...]

With their weekly DJ residency at Lit—not to mention gigs at Dior and Visionaire parties—turntable artists Cassie Coane and Harley Viera Newton have quickly become staples of the downtown scene. So it’s only fitting that when the two of them celebrated their 21st birthdays on Tuesday night (yes, the friends were born on the same [...]

I’m not sure if it’s a recession-induced need to par-tay (and drink the remaining dollars away), or perhaps it’s just this fair city’s longstanding desire to dress up (I do love me some eyeliner), but on Wednesday night I went to my third—yes, third—Halloween party. And, mind you, that was still two days before the [...]

Fashion Week notes from the MisShapes DJ and girl-about-town. Look out for more animated opinions in the days ahead

Fashion Week notes from the MisShapes DJ and girl-about-town. Look out for more animated opinions in the days ahead.

Fashion Week notes from the MisShapes DJ and girl-about-town. Look out for more animated opinions in the days ahead.

Fashion Week notes from the MisShapes DJ and girl-about-town. Look out for more animated opinions in the days ahead.

Fashion Week notes from the MisShapes DJ and girl-about-town. Look out for more animated opinions in the days ahead.