The Week In Parties
1) The 303's new gallery in Chelsea was christened last night with a performance by The Virgins and partiers Lisa Spellman, Kirsten Dunst, Matt Creed, Thurston Moore, Serge Becker, Anna Sui, Byrdie Bell, Cynthia Rowley, Poppy de Villeneuve, Genevieve Jones, Julia Restoin-Roitfeld and Magnus Berger (left), Jessica Stam, Marilyn Minter, Sean MacPherson, and Rogan Gregory. [PMc/FWD]
2) On Tuesday night, Isabel and Ruben Toledo's home was the venue for a celebration of Isabel's award from the Couture Council of the Museum at FIT. Museum director Valerie Steele and Harper's Bazaar's Glenda Bailey hosted guests including Vera Wang, Stan Herman, Marylou Luther, Joe Zee, Joanne Pailey, Yigal Azrouel, Pamela Fiori, Michael Vollbracht, Simon Doonan, Kai Kühne, Kristina O'Neill, Marjorie Gubelmann, Carmen Dell'Orefice, Liz Peek, Narciso Rodriguez, Helen Lee and Tim Schifter, Matthew Modine, Mickey Boardman, Linda Fargo, Douglas Hannant, Threeasfour's Adi and Gabi, Iris Apfel, and Bill Cunningham, who cooled themselves in the un-air-conditioned loft with cocktails and handpainted fans. [PMc/FWD]
3) Also on Tuesday evening, the Cinema Society screened a new adaptation of Brideshead Revisited followed by a party on the rooftop of the Gramercy Hotel. Andrew Saffir, Daniel Benedict, Matthew Goode, Hayley Atwell, Mamie Gummer, Linda Wells, Amy Sacco, Hamish Bowles, Nicole Miller, Keren Craig, Rufus Albemarle, Elizabeth Saltzman, Yigal Azrouel, Byrdie Bell, Helen Lee and Tim Schifter, and Jamee and Peter Gregory ate risotto, steak, and mini tiramisu. [Style.com file/FWD]
4) HamptonsUnderCover.com had their NYC launch party at the High Bar on Tuesday evening with hosts Kelly Killoren Bensimon, Coralie Charriol Pa4ul, and Quintessentially. In attendance: Tracy Stern, Olivia Palermo, David Herbert, Kipton Cronkite, Annabel Vartanian, Liam McMullan, Bettina Prentice, Timo Weiland, Tatiana Platt, Kristian Laliberte, Nicole Miller, Ramona Singer, and many others. [GoaG]
5) Manhattan magazine, Patrick McMullan, Stephen Kong and Euan Rellie hosted a "gentlemen's lunch" on Monday at the 21 Club for Jeffrey Slonim, Andrew Fry, Antony Todd, Frederick Anderson, Boykin Curry, Scott Currie, Bob Morris, Charlie Scheips, Bronson Van Wyck, Douglas Hannant, Carlos Mota, Scott Cooke, Carlos Souza, Tyler Thoreson, Eric Villency, Shoko Cheng, Dirk Standen, Philip Bloch, Fabrizio Volterra, Sam Bolton, Robert Burke, and Dennis Basso. [PMc]
6) Aristo-shirt-maker Rufus Albemarle is heading back to England, so Vanessa Von Bismarck and Nadine Johnson threw him a going away party on Wednesday at Bungalow 8. Robert Burke, Jennifer Creel, Prosper Assouline, Ann Dexter-Jones, Todd Eberle, Frederic Fekkai, Douglas Hannant, Eva Lorenzotti, Gigi Mortimer, Carlos Mota, Euan Rellie, Amy Sacco and Andrew Saffir all showed up to bid farewell. [NYSD]
7) At the Bryant Park Hotel screening room Tuesday night, Michael Kors invited fans of Mad Men—including Andre Leon Talley, Chris Noth, Joanna Coles, Joe Zee, and Meredith Melling Burke—to watch the first episode of season two and snack on retro appetizers like pigs in a blanket and mini meatloaf balls. [PMc/FWD]