On Monday afternoon, Vogue's Sally Singer and retailer Pete Nordstrom hosted a luncheon at quaint West Village eatery The Little Owl in honor of 6267 designers Roberto Rimondi and Tommaso Aquilano. And with the grandest party of the year—the Met gala—mere hours away, "What are you wearing tonight?" all but replaced "Hi, how are you?" as a salutation among the fashion-centric crowd that included Isabel and Ruben Toledo, Joanna Della Valle, Chiara Clemente and Waris Ahluwalia. "I'm wearing Brian Atwood…on my shoulders," quipped Byrdie Bell, who was in fact planning to wear a gown by Atwood and to attend the gala as his guest. "It's going to be Brian, his boyfriend, and me," she explained. "I'm kind of the third wheel, but I'm okay with that. I'm just happy to have two such attractive dates." Rimondi and Aquilano, both Met ball first timers, were gearing up for some serious stargazing. "I'm excited to see Nicole Kidman," said Rimondi in his charmingly heavy Italian accent. "I like her as an actress." We didn't have the heart to break it to him that since Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes were expected guests of the gala's honorary chairman, Giorgio Armani, there was every chance that Cruise's ex would likely be a no-show.