Last night, more industry A-listers than we can count flocked to the IAC building on Manhattan’s west side–for dessert.

To clarify, when infamously diet-obsessed Kaiser Karl collaborates with an ice cream company, interest is piqued. There to celebrate the the Lagerfeld-directed series of short films promoting Magnum’s US debut (a brand of creamy frozen sweets quite popular across the Atlantic), celebs like Sky Ferreira and Kim Raver sipped chocolate-infused cocktails and mingled in the atrium. They were joined by some serious fashion bigwigs, from Anna Wintour and Patrick Demarchelier to designers Olivier Theyskens and the Costello Tagliapietra duo, as well as a flurry of models including Crystal Renn and Charlotte di Calypso.

As we enjoyed our cocoa-spiked prosecco, we were ushered into an adjacent hall for a few opening remarks from Tribeca Productions co-founder Jane Rosenthal. “I’ve basically been on a diet ever since learning we were teaming up with Magnum ice cream!” she laughed, introducing both Lagerfeld and Rachel Bilson, the star of the shorts. “Karl, you’re the rock star at this year’s festival,” Rosenthal said. With that, lights dimmed and the mini-flicks began. So what did we learn?

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