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"While New Yorkers were getting their FNO on throughout the five boroughs, the Paris party was already in full swing. Over in the fashion capital of the world, I headed to the super chic Avenue... While New Yorkers were getting their FNO on throughout the five boroughs, the Paris party was already in full swing. Over in the fashion capital of the world, I headed to the super chic Avenue Montaigne, (the high-end shopping street in Paris home to the great couture houses) to check out the soir\u00C3\u00A9e. By the time I arrived at 6:30 p.m., the area was already filled will attendees, photographers, and camera crews.\n\nFor the most part, the evening took a super lu vibe (typically Parisian!)--at Chanel, white-gloved waiters served pastel colored Laduree macarons, while Dior offered Pierre Marcolini chocolates. Over at Valentino, generous glasses of champagne and adorable notebooks made to look like mini Vogue magazines. One of the more colorful boutiques was Manoush, which had outfitted its facade with pink balloons, flowers, and sculptures made of gum drops and taffy. There, I skipped the free cotton candy, but indulged a slightly weird man in a cat costume wandering the store in an awkward exchange of cartoony gestures.\n\nLater, I tried to head back to Chanel, but got caught in a huge crowd trying to get in. \"What's the commotion?\" I asked my neighbor. Apparently Karl Lagerfeld had just showed up (but apparently didn't stay long because it was his birthday). And down the street at Dior, French Vogue editor-in-chief Carine Roitfeld had also arrived.\n\nBut for the most part, it didn't matter--the excitement was also outside as expertly styled girls wearing draped necklaces and Balenciaga purses talked on the sidewalk and the beats from the party spilled out into the street. If last night was a preview of the excitement to come during Paris fashion week...then I can't wait.\n\n--Leonora Epstein"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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