On Thursday night, Vogue and the Whitney Contemporaries hosted Piaget's new Limelight Paris-New York jewelry and timepieces at the The Loft and Garden at Rockefeller Center. Maggie Gyllenhaal, Liv Tyler, and others drank cocktails and tried on diamonds. Celebrities probably feel less sartorial anxiety in August, when most of the rich people who would normally attend parties and try on diamonds with them are still away in the Hamptons, diving for reefs in the Bismarck Sea, or whatever it is that they do. The outfits were tepid, nothing too outstanding or terrible (with the exception of Mena Suvari). The Decent, the Bad, and the Ugly after the jump!
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Decent
Leighton Meester has the uptown sophisticate look down, but the embroidery detail doesn't add much to the classic shape. I'm bored.
Emmy Rossum's dress combines the bubble and sparkle trends, which I'm tired of, but at least it's flattering. I like how the ruffle on the front of her dress becomes part of the bubble hem.
Kate Schelter used to shoot street fashion for Style.com and now works as an image consultant, so you know she's good at dressing for these parties. Simple dress, lovely jewelry.
Liv looks great in her floral, beaded cheongsam. Her shoes are a bit much for all the excitement of the dress, but she pulls it off. Success!
Bad
Time is a challenge, even for celebrities. Maggie Gyllenhaal should've gotten her modish, bateau-neck dress hemmed. Her flats only emphasize the slightly-off proportion, though I do like the faint stripes and iridescent material.
The print on Zoe Kravitz's dress screams "older person's misguided attempt to design something that is 'young.'" There is no whimsy here. I wish I could see her feet.
The belt-like neckline on Ugly Betty's Becky Newton's dress is a discreet intimation of S&M. Safety first!
Ugly
Oh, no. Mena Suvari's halter dress fits her well, but the bodice with the cutouts and strange rope decoration is so trashy.
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