Fern Mallis

The Upper East Side got the John Varvatos rock ‘n roll treatment last night, as the menswear designer sat down with Fern Mallis at the 92Y. Opening this installment of her “Fashion Icons” Q&A series, the hostess of the eve remarked: “If I would ever agree to have a blind date again in my life, and the door opened [to] the man wearing John Varvatos, we’d be off to a great start.” Beginning at the designer’s start in Detroit and touching upon his stints at Ralph Lauren and Calvin Klein, there were plenty of fun tidbits from the chic chat.
BY DENA SILVER

Tickets are still available for Thursday’s ‘Fashion Icons’ with Fern Mallis, and this round, she’s sitting down with John Varvatos. The menswear designer recently published John Varvatos: Rock in Fashion and is working on the launch of John Varvatos Records.

In her latest edition of Fashion Icons with Fern Mallis, John Varvatos is put in the hotseat to discuss the fashion industry from an insider’s perspective.

The indomitable Fern Mallis has interviewed the likes of André Leon Talley, Bruce Weber, Marc Jacobs, Calvin Klein, Diane von Furstenberg, and Tom Ford for her Q&A series at the 92Y. So, who’s next? Isaac Mizrahi will be on stage gabbing with Fern on Tuesday, February 4th at the 92nd Street Y at 8 p.m. as part of the Fashion Icons series.

Instead of sitting front row on Wednesday night, Fern Mallis was front and center on stage at the 92Y for a lengthy chat with Kenneth Cole as part of her “Fashion Icons” series. The designer’s climb to fame came along with witty one-liners and punchy political sayings, and he proved to be ever the entertainer at the Q&A. As a sort of intermission, an HBO documentary, The Battle of amfAR, was shown to highlight Cole’s work towards finding a cure for AIDS. As a final treat, Simon Doonan and Alan Cumming joined Cole and Mallis to close out the night. And we took astute notes from start to finish…
BY DENA SILVER

John Varvatos had a book singing last night at his Soho store for John Varvatos: Rock In Fashion that rocked the likes of Dylan Walsh, Ty Pennington, Jim Moore, Mick Rock, Fern Mallis, and Stephen Kolb, who all came out to toast his first tome. Varvatos took a break from a lenghty line of autograph seekers to tell us what the book was all about.

Following the recent addition of Fern Mallis to AHAlife’s board of advisers, the online retailer announced that Ari Emanuel, co-chief executive officer of William Morris Endeavor has joined the buzz-worthy team. While Emanuel’s investment opportunities hold a bright promise for future projects, AHAlife’s founder and CEO, Shauna Mei, is also interested in capitalizing on the various characters that the literary and talent agency represents.

Fern Mallis is back May 7th with another one of her already legendary ‘Fashion Icons’ chats with Suzy Menkes in the hot seat next. What does one ask a legend like Suzy? “I’ll ask her all about her life, and how she came to be a ‘critic’ of fashion,” Mallis tells us. “But I love learning about families and how she found her style surrounded by so much of it in the industry.

Hey, chicettes: The USPS is cutting off Saturday deliveries. Discuss! “Does anyone use mail anymore? E-mail!” —Prabal Gurung
“I’m not happy. I like the mail. I’m old-fashioned. The mail is fun.” —Lynn Yaeger
“It’ll be one day a week I don’t get bills. That’s pretty much what I get in the mail.” —Fern Mallis
“I don’t really check my mail; I’m terrible!