West Village

Despite the downpour, a chic smattering of designers, photogs, and eds popped by Omar’s in the West Village last eve to toast Glamour’s freshly minted fashion director, Jillian Davison. Even Anna Wintour made the rounds—fittingly, given that she’d been the matchmaker behind Glamour and Davison—and the mag’s EIC, Cindi Leive, was on hostess duty.

Vogue goes inside Karlie Kloss’ gorgeous townhouse to get a look at her swanky digs. KK enlisted interior designer Nate Berkus to help her create the perfect West Village abode. “I wanted to mix and match the same way I do with fashion—wearing, say, a beautiful Saint Laurent tailored blazer with an H&M T-shirt,” Kloss tells the glossy about her decorating choices.

While Cathy Horyn Did Not Get To Eat Lunch With Giorgio Armani, She Did Get To Explore His Expansive Home [New York Times]
Which did teach her a bit about the designer in an unexpected way…Stuart Vevers Has Arrived In New York, To Begin His Work For Coach [Vogue UK]
The British designer has shipped his belongings from Madrid to the West Village…Marion Cotillard Models The Lady Dior Bags Like A Piece Of Art [Grazia]
And each bag is art, composed of 100 pieces and hand crafted in eight hours.

Last night at Industria Superstudio in the West Village, Joseph Altuzarra was named the winner of the U.S. section of the 2013-14 International Woolmark Prize, as announced by Michelle Lee of The Woolmark Company. The other nine U.S. finalists chosen by the CFDA to compete included Bibhu Mohapatra, Creatures of the Wind, Daniel Vosovic, Giulietta, Ohne Titel, Timo Weiland, Tucker, Wes Gordon, and WHIT.

WHAT: Dillon des Prés Co. Skinner Case…WHY: This très chic case from Dillon des Prés is made from firm vegetable-tanned leather with a latigo leather strap and hand-painted bottom. While this unisex carryall is big enough to fit your iPad, plus a small phone and a book, easily, we’re envisioning it as our new summer clutch. It would be quite parfait perched in the basket of your bike during a Sunday afternoon jaunt around say, the West Village or East Hampton…WHERE: $125, DillonDesPresCo.com…

A night full of wool in the depths of June? Indeed! The Woolmark Company toasted Narciso Rodriguez, their brand ambassador as of late (he’s repping Merino wool, and doing so chicly, of course) with a din at Wallse in the West Village last night. The intimate mea, celebrating a campaign called “No Finer Feeling” that will bow in the fall issues brought out a klatch of EICs (W, WSJ., Glamour, and Marie Claire were all repped by their leading eds). Plus, a flood of Aussies filling the Austrian resto: after all, we’ll have you know, as we just learned last night, that a whopping 90 percent of the world’s wool is sourced from Oz. Fascinating factoid, non?

A morning jaunt, whether it’s a leisurely, pre-beach Saturday in Southampton or a busy, pre-work Tuesday on the UES, isn’t complete sans a cappuccino at Sant Ambroeus. Just ask the elegant Milan-founded spot’s fashionable regulars. The Italian original is 77 years old…and much has transpired since its birth! Dine on the tasty tale of a hautespot that feeds the fanciest crowd.
BY ALEXANDRA ILYASHOV

Donna Karan was a lucky gal last night when she was in a Kenneth Cole and Hugh Jackman sandwich at Urban Zen in the West Village. Karan put on a party with eBay and the CFDA to launch “Fashion For Haiti: One Million Hearts To Raise Social Consciousness and Funds for The Haitian Artisan Project.” Victoria Bartlett, Sophie Theallet, Zac Posen, former NFL football player Shawne Merriman were just a few of the bold face names who came out

Whether you’re a Project Runway junkie or not, you’ll probably want to check out Season 10 winner Dmitry Sholokhov’s exclusive spate of dresses now available at Lord & Taylor! We chatted up Sholokhov as he debuted the new line at the department store on his architectural inspirations (thank his dad for that) and the thrill of furniture shopping (for free!) on the street…

Calling all wax obsessives: haute candle company Cire Trudon (the fragrant French purveyors have been around since 1643!) has trotted out new ready-to-burn goodies for Spring, including accessories designer Yaz Bukey’s first collab with the brand. The result? A rather sexy black pillar, cheekily festooned with lips plus talk and thought bubbles and a plexiglass topper also sporting lips (akin to Bukey’s pop art-y bauble designs), scented to evoke leather a la motorcycle rides. “We tried five scents before choosing the right one—they were actually not very far from each together, but we needed to find a subtle-enough scent that didn’t smell like gasoline,” Bukey explained. Mission accomplished! Last week, Bukey toasted her candling foray at the brand’s West Village outpost, packed to the gills with oodles of beauty eds plus the likes of Prabal Gurung and Zac Posen. As for the latter, who ambled around the store sniffing the goods and poking around the pretty displays dispersed throughout the store, Bukey and Posen have a collab chronicle of their own, complete with its own soundtrack. “I’ve worked with Zac for four years, on his secondary line, Zac, which used to be called Z Spoke, designing bags for him,” said Bukey. Their shared affinity? Musicals, and a penchant for Liza Minnelli. “We listen to Judy Garland all the time!” Can we pop by the design studio during that part of the process, s’il vous plait?