Carine Roitfeld knows how to throw a party

NYFW OPENS WITH HARPER'S BAZAAR ICONIC PARTY

“That's a nice phrase too,” Liesbeth says to me. We are sitting high-heeled and short-skirted in the taxi. I have just very smoothly dropped the phrase: “Could you take us to the Plaza Hotel, please?”. There we are expected by Carine Roitfeld at a party she is throwing in honour of her Icons issue for Harper's Bazaar.

Pharrell, Lindsey Wixson, Karolina Kurkova and us

We are not the only ones on the guest list. The party has a huge is-that-notPharrell-yes-it-is-Pharrell content, for us stands Pat McGrath, one of the most famous make-up artists, just down the road poses Lindsey Wixson (in a gorgeous dress with gold sequins), Alek Wek is there, Saskia de Brauw, Daphne Groeneveld (in a black ankle-length Versace dress), Karolina Kurkova, Alessandra Ambrosio.

Moët & Chandon from lemonade glasses

When the champagne glasses are finished and everyone, by now, is drinking Moët from lemonade glasses (also goes fine, goes fine), the curtains in the hall open and an intimate stage opens up. Lady Gaga comes on stage in her most sober creation ever. Blonde bobline (a bit Eva Jinek-ish), bare arms and a black dress made of some kind of taffeta that her sister has sewn for her. By the way, the sister graduated this day, she adds.

Lady Gaga sings the blues

Lady Gaga sings jazz like you've never heard before. The normally sullen fashion audience claps, films, and shouts. We don't suffer from jet lag at all, only when there are still lemonade glasses but no fresh bottles Moët are more, we go home.