Chic Report

After the longest winter in recent memory, more signs of spring truly being here are heading our way. Like what? Well, André Balazs has announced the return of The Standard Plaza café. The outdoor seasonal eatery is situated at sidewalk level outside The Standard, right next to the High Line, will unveil a new pizza-themed concept this year.

Katy Perry is all over town this week catching Kinky Boots on Broadway, hitting the Prada store to celebrate The Great Gatsby, and saluting Vera Wang. The busy gal presented Vera with an honor at the seventh Delete Blood Cancer DKMS Gala at Cipriani Wall Street, for her promotion of the charities ‘Share The Love’ campaign that encourages people to get swabbed and register as bone barrow donors.

bar III has put together a just released film featuring some of the most relevant influencers on the block these days. Set to a catchy jam, the short shot by Jake Davis features Hannah Bronfman, Langley Fox Hemingway, Brendan Fallis, Sean Sullivan, and Chiara Ferrangi doing their thang at spots like NYFW, Puerto Rico, Marfa, and Coachella, to name a few locales. This is their reality.

Your Daily Chicaholic has returned! Since Spring has officially sprung, we’ve reemerged on the scene faster than you can say, “where’s the rosé?” Our first stop was at Speakeasy Moderne, an ensemble performance of singers, dancers (Amber’s our fave!), and pure entertainers serving up a mix of Jazz Age Manhattan, vaudeville, cabaret, and just a touch of burlesque.

Well, we’re tickled pink—our favorite color!—by what the folks over at SCENE had to say about The Daily and our founder, Brandusa Niro, in their May issue. A big merci or three to the New York Observer-produced mag’s EIC (and Daily alum!) Peter Davis for all the love. Check out the full article for plenty of dish from The Daily’s decade of entertaining fashionettes, plus lots of fun bon mots from Niro’s chic life—pre-Daily

A mature looking Brad Pitt covers the June issue of Vanity Fair with a tell-all of his “epic battle” to make the zombie thrilled World War Z. (Ironic title with all that on-set drama!) Our friends over at Vanityfair.com have also put together a photo gallery of all of Brad’s numerous covers including his first Annie Leibovitz appearance in February 1995. Fun fact: Cathy Horyn interviewed him for the November 1998 issue where he told her that he mourned his breakup with Gwyneth Paltow explaining: “I believed.” Ancient history.

Last night the chic set came out to toast Salvatore Ferragamo and 35 years of their iconic Vara shoes at The McKittrick Hotel. In celebration of the anniversary, the brand is launching an online venture called L’Icona, where the coveted mid-heel grosgrain bow shoes first launched in 1978 and the following Varina flat-heeled versions introduced in 2007, can be customized to come in various color combinations and an exclusive summery pattern.

If eating out wasn’t quite as delish last night in Manhattan, blame that on every major chef taking the night off to hit Cipriani’s downtown location for the 30th anniversary “Can Do 2013 Awards” dinner and gala benefiting Food Bank for New York City. This year the organization that helps support the nearly 2.9 million New Yorkers who have trouble putting food on the table honored Mario Batali, and his wife Susan Cahn, Delta Airlines, Target, and Diane Sawyer and ABC’s ‘New Hidden America’ team. Another honoree Food Bank founder Kathy Goldman received a standing ovation and was introduced by Selita Ebanks who revealed a personal secret to the crowd. “My family came to this country to pursue the American dream and by the time I was born my mother relied on food stamps and the food pantry so we never went hungry,” Ebanks shared. “She was resilient and determined to make that happen for her children. Food bank programs make that possible.” Some of the foodie luminaries in the room included Rachael Ray, Anne Burrell, Tom Colicchio, Sandra Lee, David Burke, Joe Bastianich, and Ellie Krieger who rubbed elbows with newly appointed Food Bank CMO Amy McFarland, Josh Charles, Kelly Bensimon (having a rare night on the town with her 16-year-old daughter, Sea), and Chelsea Clinton, who presented Mr. and Mrs. Batali with their plate. It was a personal affair for Clinton who came out as a massive fan of the croc wearing chef. “Mario and Susan began supporting the food bank twenty years ago,” Clinton explained. “Twice as long as I’ve been proud to call New York my home. It would not be a hyperbole to say I could not imagine my life in New York or really my life in general without Mario. The first meal that the man I’m very happy to say is now my husband was at Babbo. Thankfully we’ve shared many meals since.” Not enough to wet your palette? How about a few songs by Jon Bon Jovi to wind things down? Doesn’t get much better than “Living On A Prayer” live on a Tuesday night…

We caught up with hunky male model du jour, Garrett Neff, at Ferragamo’s party at The McKittrick Hotel last night after featuring Neff’s look at the Bergdorf’s Scatter My Ashes premiere for “Look of The Daily”. And yes, he wore Ferragamo at both events! More titillating stuff ahead… What were you and your friend filming outside the Ferragamo bash? You know where the red carpet was?

Say it ain’t so! Page Six is reporting that Naomi Campbell has split with her gazillionaire beau Vladimir Doronin after five years. The Face star and her Russian hunk are allegedly taking a break and haven’t been spotted together in public since March. He’s still expected to be at her 43rd birthday bash next month in Ibiza. Make it work, kids.