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Shanghai Express
As the recently released book Indochine, Stories Shaken and Stirred reminds us, the French-Vietnamese boîte on Lafayette Street is something of an anomaly in this town. Plenty of hot spots come and go in a matter of months, but Indochine has been a favorite of the art, fashion, and Hollywood sets for decades. Further proving its relevance on Friday night was the restaurant’s 25th anniversary party. The 1920’s Shanghai-themed fête, which drew the likes of Naomi Watts and Liev Schreiber, Rosie Perez, Griffin Dunne, Tory Burch, and Zac Posen, was a two-story, seven-hour bacchanal of epic proportions. “There are people literally swinging from the chandeliers,” pointed out Julia Restoin-Roitfeld. Not that the light fixtures were the only decorations to inspire acrobatics: Makeshift canopies, cages, and even palm trees became props for the party people, as did the floor when one celebrant wound up on her back staring at the ceiling. “Don’t bother,” she told her fellow revelers when they tried to help put her back on her feet. “I’ll wind up back down here anyway.” As the night wore on, the crowd moved downstairs to Undochine to catch the scantily clad pole dancers and drag stars in action. “I think everyone is here,” Sophia Lamar observed. “And it’s because everyone is afraid they’d miss something if they didn’t come.” They were right.
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Holiday Shopping Guide
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