Chelsea Clinton and ski-bum hubby Marc Mezvinsky are out on the town. (
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DIAMOND GIRL
When we caught up with Chelsea Clinton and her hubby, Marc Mezvinsky, at the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum on Wednesday — at the opening gala for “Set in Style: The Jewelry of Van Cleef & Arpels” — the former first daughter’s skepticism toward us wasn’t without merit. Last month, The Post reported Mezvinsky had left his job at 3G Capital to temporarily become “a ski bum” in Wyoming. Asked what she was wearing, Clinton said, “Well, I’m wearing a bracelet,” extending her arm to display a delicate diamond band on her wrist. Then, with a gracious smile, she explained, “It was a gift from my husband.” Sure enough, there he was.
LOOSE JEWELS
Unlike Clinton, designer Jason Wu, also at the museum, can’t seem to keep jewelry on his wrist, or anywhere else for that matter. “I’ve pretty much lost every watch I’ve ever owned,” says Wu. “I have a ring that my mother gave me, and I actually didn’t wear it tonight, because I don’t want to lose it.” Former hedge-funder and noted fashionista Julie Macklowe has also suffered traumatic jewelry losses. “Oh my God, on my honeymoon, of all places. My husband and I got robbed. Somebody broke into our room . . . It stinks when that happens, but I guess they needed it more than we do.” “Gossip Girl” Kelly Rutherford doesn’t need to worry about insuring her jewelry — her favorite new piece is a plastic dime-store “diamond” ring that her 4-year-old son bought her a few days ago.
LEGEND GETS LIFTED
Late Wednesday night, more than a dozen fashionistas exiting Jeremy Scott’s sky-high soiree at the Meatpacking District’s Le Bain crammed into an elevator with John Legend, who seemingly asked no one in particular, “Have you guys seen the M. Night Shyamalan movie ‘Devil’?” “How is it?” one partygoer interrupted. “Terrible,” replied the nine-time Grammy winner, “the worst.” The crooner then listened as his fellow passengers berated Shyamalan’s flick as the elevator descended 18 floors. Then, just before the doors opened on the ground floor, Legend said to his fellow passengers, “The point is, it takes place in an elevator.”
PENALTY BOX-TOED
Rangers gadfly and former Vogue intern Sean Avery (left) claims that he banned his teammates from wearing a certain type of shoe and put in place a penalty for anyone who fails to follow his fashion edict. “I’ve disposed of square-toed dress shoes,” Avery told Buzz at Wednesday’s Gilt Man dinner, which he hosted with Euan Rellie at Fedora. “If you wear them, you’re fined. We have all round-toed dress shoes on the team now.” When Buzz proposed the National Hockey League hold a fashion show on ice, Avery suggested, “We should do that. I’d wear a big fur coat.” Presumably he’d pair that coat with round-toed skates.
Additional reporting by Sheila McClear, Anahita Moussavian and Johannah Masters