Last Days of Haute Couture Week
 The following day, Kelly Steremberg and I gave a small cocktail reception at our hotel for Kate and Laura Mulleavy of Rodarte, whose window at Colette was the talk of Paris. Guests included Cameron Silver, Nico and Rachel Lethbridge, Daniel and Josiane Fruman (the Fruman Embroidery Collection), curators and jewelers Mark Walsh and Leslie Chin, Ciina Feng of Chanel, Louvre curator Blaise and Isabelle Ducos, Alan and Susan Casden, and Serge and Tatiana Sorokko.
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The last days of Paris Haute Couture were heady and warm. The Christian Lacroix show was magic, with a lovely nod to the twenties. Afterward we spilled out into the cloister of École Nationale des Beaux-Arts for a champagne reception. Christian Lacroix and Marie Martinez, the ravishing silver haired directrice of the house of Lacroix, introduced me to Simon Falic, the owner of the house. Mr. Falic seemed pleased with the turnout and obviously has high hopes for his new acquisition.
Karl Lagerfeld came in shortly before the store was closing on Friday and bought one of their samples for his friend Lady Amanda Harlech. I met Lagerfeld in June in NYC at the CFDA awards and I am happy to say I was wearing a Rodarte gown, which was pointed out to him by Johnson Hartig of Libertine. For simply the most purely joyous show of the week, Kelly and I picked Franck Sorbier’s circus theme defile, which was held at the Winter Garden. At Gaultier, we saw Cher, in full out rock star get up, accompanied by a young man in the same unisex look. Sitting across the runway from them was Catherine Deneuve, serene and elegant. The comparison of how women accept aging and handle it was inevitable—-and striking. At Chanel, Piano Man Billy Joel was the curious star of choice. The venue—a tent into the Bois de Boulogne—was so hot and blindingly white that the audience couldn’t really see how gorgeous the Lesage work was on the beautiful clothes. Luckily, Ciina Feng of Neiman Marcus took Kelly and me to the atelier where we were able to see them close up. These are absolute collector pieces, one more important and refined than the other. Choosing will be very difficult for the Chanel client. Kelly took me on a jaunt out to Versailles to end our week on a very high note. We lunched at Les Trois Marche. The Hall of Mirrors is partially closed for renovation but we enjoyed our tour and walked around the gardens, where music of Louis XIV played on loud speakers. It was easy to imagine the glory days of this magnificent place. As Kate and Laura Mulleavy would say, “Duh!”
