Paris Parties

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It’s been an adjustment from summer to fall this year and I must apologize for my spotty dispatches. The season was upon us the day after Labor Day and since then I’ve been in a different city every few days attending fashion shows. I last checked in Milan and by the time I hit Paris, I was fashion-ed out. With every brand under the sun in town that week, Paris is not the place to lose steam so I had to summons the strength and hit the fashion shows, showrooms, and tradeshows. Going out took a backseat however. First, the mood was so strange in Paris with the financial whirlwind dominating conversations and I think everyone felt like I did, that in such uncertain times, you’re better off at home closer to your assets.

I didn’t turn up to all the events I was invited to, I committed to ones where I wanted to show my support and see people I liked. Givenchy then was mandatory, the usual band of Italians were in town to jam out with Ricki {Tisci} at his usual post show fete at Regines. This season Ricki also celebrated the curating of A magazine by showing projected visuals while drunk and ice-throwing Lara Stone, Maria Carla Buscono and sundry other fashion personalities danced into the night. The event wasn’t its usual baccanalia of the fashion jetset but it was extended family.

Speaking of family, the party of the week was held by the Daslu family. Donata Meireles, international director of Daslu, and her husband Nizan Guanaes in conjunction with Carlos De Souza hosted a super exclusive event at the couple’s Quai D’Orsay pied-a-terre to celebrate Daslu’s 50th anniversary and the first Claro Rio, a summer festa in Rio De Janiero next month. It didn’t hurt that attendees were heavy on the attractive and stylish Brazilians, international fashionistas and pleasure seekers but what created the amazing energy of the evening was the dance party atmosphere. And everyone got into the groove including Daslu’s Eliana Tranchesi and Monica Mendes, Elizabeth Saltzman, Hamish Bowles, Michael Roberts, Astrid Munoz, and Giambattista Valli.