Another Don Hill's Party

Have you ever wondered what it would feel like to be a piece of chicken cooking inside a George Foreman grill? You would have found out, if you attended last night's Dazed & Confused party at Don Hill's. Hot, hemmed in from every side, suddenly flipped around by forces beyond your control or comprehension. To say the joint was packed would be the understatement of the century.

Dazed editor Jefferson Hack undoubtedly knew he was in for a fire-hazard crowd from the moment Yeah Yeah Yeahs agreed to play. As usual this week at Don Hill's, the gig was secret; as usual, the word got out.

Earlier that evening, at Hack's Another Magazine dinner, the vibe was considerably mellower. Lily Donaldson, André Balazs, Adam Kimmel, Leelee Sobieski, and Daphne Guinness were just a few of the notables who made it up to the party at the Milk Studios penthouse, which interior designer Ryan Korban had kitted out in his signature Italian-seventies-meets-French-forties style.

"The idea was basically, let's make the penthouse feel like someone's incredible apartment, and entertain the way you would at home," Korban explained. And sure enough, Jen Brill and Terence Koh could be found lingering over small plates at a dinner table, while Maggie Gyllenhaal and Peter Sarsgaard lounged on sofas nearby, and Serge Azria, who co-hosted the Dazed fête with Nur Khan and Hack, was out mingling on the patio with the smokers. Very civilized. Chicken was served.