New York, October 28 –This was Giorgio Armani week in New York, with the designer restaging his Milan fashion show and also being honored by The Fashion Group International at their Night of Stars. And the non-profit Fashion Group really lines up the stars for this annual bash. Kate Hudson, Martin Scorsese, Michelle Pfeiffer, Julie Andrews and Gretchen Mol presented awards. In addition to Armani, designers Stella McCartney, Marc Jacobs, Helmut Lang and architect Billie Tsien were honored.

Paging Sofia Coppola. Your muse-ship is fading. Marc Jacobs brought Lil’ Kim, who was uncharacteristically covered up in a red Jacobs dress. Did anyone find out who the guy with Chloe Sevigny was?

Usher, Heidi Klum and Seal, Desperate Housewives' Eva Longoria, French actress Eva Green (The Dreamers) and designers Zac Posen, Esteban Cortazar, Carolina Herrera, Cynthia Rowley, Pierre Cardin and Bradley Bayou flitted around the elegant Cipriani. In this crowd, we had to breathe deeply to keep from being immobilized by a severe attack of inferiority.