Overheard: Forty minutes after Kimora Lee Simmons’ Baby Phat show’s scheduled start time, an aggravated publicist started hyperventilating and screaming into her headset: “Oh, my God! She wants to go back to New Jersey to change? What do I do?”
Meanwhile, at the Lacoste show, celebrity stylist Robert Verdi advised model-turned-R&B-songstress Cassie to proudly display her Fendi handbag in photos. “They’ll send you luggage,” Verdi said to the stunning singer. (See The Post’s Haute List blog for pictures of Verdi and the haute new luggage he’s toting.)
At the official Mercedes-Benz launch party at downtown It-boite The Box on Thursday night, Alex von Furstenberg told pals that he’d refuse to attend his mother’s after-party if she didn’t screen the Super Bowl. Two years ago, Diane von Furstenberg famously set up cushy sofas and flat-screen televisions for fashionable fans. “We’re not doing that this year,” says Furstenberg’s rep.
Gossipmonger novelist Imogen Edwards-Jones lands on our side of the Atlantic this week to celebrate the American launch of her internationally best-selling book, “Fashion Babylon” – a naughty behind-the-scenes look at the industry that details the who (does Tom Ford wish would stop buying his clothes?), what (top designer perfume was created to smell of ‘feminine odors’?) and where of fashion. Edwards-Jones will be feted at Michael’s and at a cocktail reception later this week. You can bet that Vogue editors will be scarce in attendance.
To combat the scourge of skinny models at Bryant Park, Jack Spade will be handing out cookies shaped like hot dogs and hamburgers. Each cookie will bear a tag with the message: “These cookies have been baked with extra love and care. Please visit jackspade.com to purchase a cookie, a portion of proceeds given to skinny people everywhere.”