D AV I D PAT R I C K C O L U M B I A a block party. Manhattan-style. I started out on 79th Street, walking south. (Carolina Herrera on the corner of 75th, where the guests were quaffing the champagne and taking in Carolina’s fabulous clothes.) Carolina is glamour, no matter what. Moving south, the sidewalks got busier. Until they were packed. I stopped in to the new David Webb where Samantha Boardman Rosen and Lizzie Tisch were hosting a cocktail party on the second floor, which is also where the workshops are located. I’d never seen a jeweler’s workshop, and Mark Emanuel, one of the new owners of the business, gave
me a tour. The workrooms at David Webb are lit by crystal chandeliers, which seems appropriate, considering the creations blazing forth. Mr. Emanuel showed me the largest sapphire in the world. It is astounding just to see—there’s no other word for it—because of its size and extraordinary beauty. It will be set in a David Webb design held up by a bracelet of diamonds. The workrooms are equally as fascinating with the craftsmen and artisans at work at their desks (a courtesy extended by them, no doubt, for the evening). My lifelong imagination’s picture of a jeweler’s workroom was been
transformed by this white and crystal state-of-the-art environment. I’d been invited to a number of different stores’ parties that night. There were lots of celebrities featured hither and yon, and crowds to greet them. It was soon obvious: so little time, so much to see. So I’d set a time limit for myself: two hours. I also saw quite a few people I know. I met Natalie Cole at Dennis Basso’s. I just missed Murphy Brown doing karaoke with her daughter Chloe Malle at Valentino. I also just missed Valentino, too. Someone told me that Sarah Jessica Parker was going to be appearing at Oscar de la Renta but they
didn’t have my name at the door and I can live without seeing Sarah Jessica Parker across a very crowded room. Parker was also at Manolo Blahnik, dressed Prabal Gurung, one of First Lady Michelle Obama’s favorite designer. It looked like they were having some kind of “White Sale” at Frette and the place was mobbed. As was Agent Provacateur which I didn’t know existed until last night, which shows you what kind of a shopper I am. Filled with a lot of provocateuring garb and garments, that was another mob scene. Back on the sidewalk, making his way homeward through the throng,
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