Missing Julius Shulman who opted for the first night gala made me wish I’d not heeded Andy’s urging to pick one of the two opening nights and get some rest.

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Many a fashion designer and artist have shared a synergism that only seems to add texture and greater context to their individual works: Elsa Schiaparelli and Salvador Dali, Halston and Andy Warhol, Jamie Reid and Vivienne Westwood, an so on.

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When I spotted the bud-speckled vintage Yves Saint Laurent skirt at Decades last fall, I instantly had to have it. I couldn't get it out of my mind after leaving the shop.

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What is a muse? With the May 4 gala benefiting the Met’s Costume Institute nearing, its theme—the role of fashion models as muses—has become tolerable party talk.

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If you’ve been spring cleaning like Andy and I have this week, you probably have trash bags stuffed with clothes you no longer want, regardless of the store tags still dangling from some of them.

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Yoo-hoo! Yoo-hooooo” wailed Holly Woodlawn, twirling a white cloth napkin over her honey-colored curls to flag down the waiter-for-the-night model with the tray of wine.

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The import of 40 is as old as the Bible. Noah took his entourage on a rain-soaked cruise for 40 days and 40 nights. Moses spent the same time up the mountain top.

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An upside-down cake dotted in pineapple slices and maraschino cherries. Shaved cucumber sandwiches with chevre and spinach pesto. A tray of full-sized crudités.

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