A Lady Thinks of Everything

Last night I had the pleasure of attending a CLASSY little party at The Room. The occasion was the release of Derek Blasberg's first book 'Classy: Exceptional Advice for the Extremely Modern Lady' (Already a New York Times bestseller).  

For those of you who haven't heard about Blasberg, (where have you been for the past 3 years?!) he is fashionably ubiquitous penetrating the industry from every direction. He is the editor at large of Conde Nast's Style.com, he writes a regular column in Harper's Bazaar, he is the special projects editor at V Magazine, and regularly contributes to countless other magazines including Vogue and Interview. Blasberg is also well known for his styling and for editing Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen's best selling coffee table book 'Influence'. On top of that Blasberg is a regular fixture at the most exclusive fashion shows and parties, often on the arm of one of his devoted girls who include Margherita Missoni, Emma Watson, Barbara Bush, Kate Bosworth, Jessica Alba, Daphne Guinness, and Julia Restoin-Roitfeld among others. 

The book is a delightful guide of how-to's, do's, don'ts, and don't even think about it's. Blasberg provides advice about everything from how to throw a dinner party to how to dress at the airport and even on how to how to shape your eyebrows. His humorous and inspiring guide includes witty anecdotes, quizzes, checklists and visuals all modeled by the beautiful Byrdie Bell (pictured above) who accompanied Blasberg to last night's Room fete. 

I have been a big fan of Blasberg's writing for a few years now so it was very exciting to finally meet him and get a taste of the St. Louis, Missouri bred southern boy charm he's so notorious for--and was he ever delicious. 

*Special thanks to HG and SG for making it all possible

"You are only as good as the people you dress" -Halston

My friend HG had the chance to attend a Launch party for the new Halston Heritage line in Toronto a few weeks ago. She agreed to share her experience with us. Here is her contribution:

In their latest attempt to spawn a new generation of Halstonette’s, Halston has launched Halston Heritage. A literal throwback, the line brings back the caftans, jumpsuits and overall glam that made the name Halston synonymous with the effortless party clothes of the 70’s. He dressed and overindulged with the best of Studio 54, which is where these designs were last spotted, draped around the likes of Grace Jones, Liza Minelli, Bianca Jagger and Liz Taylor to name a few.

Roy Halston Frowick had the original Michelle Obama/Jason Wu moment – after designing the oversized pill box hat Jackie O wore to her husband’s inauguration, he left his job at Bergdorf’s and went on to rule the disco era. Halston died a tragic hero death, leaving behind his famous quote “You are only as good as the people you dress.”

Taking a que from Halston, powerhouse movie producer and current owner of the Halston House, Harvey Weinstein crowned Sarah Jessica Parker executive creative director of the heritage line. Arguably, the biggest style icon of our generation, the newest Halstonette was first photographed wearing pieces from the Spring 2010 collection on the set of SATC2, most notably the white dress she is sporting in the promo photos.

SJP recently hit Toronto to fete the line which launched exclusively at the Bay in Canada. Fitting that Halston Heritage is making its debut at the Bay, a brand also looking to resurrect the old days of The St. Regis Room. I was lucky enough to get an invite to the celebration, although arriving fashionably late prevented me from having my moment to gawk at SJP who arrived around 9pm and lasted a total of 10 minutes. Still, the Bay did their best to evoke elements of Studio 54 at Toronto nightclub This is London. Guests arrived to the sounds of the 70’s and an LED dance floor complete with dancers wearing pieces from the debut collection had guests busting out their hottest disco moves.
You can shop the entire collection online at Net-a-Porter.

Here are a few of my snaps from the party.

Yes this photo was taken in 2010...

Warhol’s of the legendary Roy Halston. Andy was a friend and staple at Studio 54.

A model wearing a version of the dress SJP wears in SATC2

Final note: Last summer I did my best Halston heritage when I wore a grey/silver jersey jumpsuit on a night out at Hudson Terrace during a visit to NY. I partied like it was Studio 54...
Peace out. HG