Gangs of New York

(NEW YORK) "I'm staying in the room downstairs, so I had no choice but to come," joked Jefferson Hack at a Christie's-sponsored party at the Soho Grand penthouse previewing its upcoming May 13 sale of Andy Warhol's Double Marlon Wednesday night. "I wouldn't be able to sleep anyway."

Indeed, with Paul Sevigny at the turntables, the music could be felt blocks away. It didn't bother BJ Topol Blum, Mary Ellen Mark, Lydia Fenet, Jeremy Scott, Anouck Lepère, Natasha Royt, Genevieve Jones, Elise Overland, and even Ronnie Cutrone, Warhol's longtime assistant and publicist Kelly Cutrone's first husband. "It's sort of Monet-ish," said Jones of her artsy outfit--a colorful combo of a Fendi top with Carlos Miele skirt. "It'd be worst dressed in Us Weekly but best dressed in Vogue," she admitted.

In honor of the Warhol silkscreen print, which depicts Brando in an iconic pose from The Wild One, Schott had multiple versions of its Perfecto flight jackets on display that night. Ironically enough, one jacket with a skull patch on the left arm was stolen.

Host committee member Derek Lam stayed true to theme with a fitted black Tod's leather jacket he designed a few seasons ago. "I don't do men's anymore," he laughed, rubbing his stomach in jest. "American men have a little more extra 'wealth.'" James Scully, meanwhile, joked that he could perhaps now afford the Warhol's low bid of $25 million--at least judging by his new title. "I was on the guest list as the CEO/CFO of J.Crew," he laughed. "I'd love to have Mickey's money; it was my one executive moment!"

For Agyness Deyn, the opportunity allowed her to revel in her childhood youth. "Growing up, I lived in Doc Martens and was always a tomboy, and this is one of the first things I ever bought when I was 18," she said of her battered leather jacket, affixed with pins and other tchotchkes. "I had to persuade the shop owner to sell it to me. Now that I've been modeling some, I can actually stand in high heels--at least for a night."
JIM SHI