Nina Ricci

While most starlets went the super-short and sparkling route, Leighton Meester took a more pared-down approach to her New Year’s Eve–earning Chic Report’s serious fashion props and our best-dressed title. The actress wore a romantic ruffled frock by Nina Ricci…that’s Peter Copping’s Nina Ricci. Bravo!

Get yourselves to Dover Street Market, stat! The incredible Rei Kawakubo-run retail space (think Lanvin, Rodarte, Pierre Hardy, Christopher Kane…) is exclusively launching the above Nina Ricci hangbag tonight, between 6 and 8 p.m. Allez-y!

© Patrick McMullan
The Nina Ricci show earned plenty of applause, but the Times ed was sufficiently moved enough to break from the tiresome stoicism that governs the front row to stand and applaud Olivier Theyskens, effectively giving him a one-woman standing ovation. Brava!