The Love Connection
Valentine's Day: romance pressure cooker for the coupled-off, depression-inducing bane of singles. Who invented this holiday? Not Richard Chai, but given that his newest line is called "Love," the designer felt honor-bound to take a crack at playing Cupid last night. To celebrate the arrival in stores of the debut Love collection, Chai teamed up with Barneys New York to host a party at White Slab Palace on the Lower East Side. And he was hoping at least a few of his single pals would luck into some amour at the fête. "I wanted to celebrate Valentine's Day with all my wonderful friends," Chai said, squeezing the hand of party co-host Poppy Delevingne. "And who knows? Maybe there'll be some sparks…"
DJs Harley Viera-Newton and Sébastien Perrin were doing their best to set the tone, music-wise, mixing up eighties pop faves (Viera-Newton) and bleeding-edge dance tunes and new wave (Perrin). "I want to dance!" enthused Barneys New York fashion director Julie Gilhart. "I'm not sure there's room, though…." No kidding: By the time Viera-Newton saw fit to spin Human League's "Don't You Want Me?" the party had spilled out of White Slab's petite private back room and into the main restaurant space. Ana Lerario and Robert Geller, who found love together long ago, could be discovered there, mingling with Thakoon Panichgul, Phillip Lim, and Carlos Quirarte. The latter had stopped by en route to his own party for Evisu, where he had enlisted some exotic dancers to perform. Ah, romance.
—Maya Singer
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