Summer socializing started off on an 18-story high note this week with the grand opening of Susanne Bartsch’s much anticipated seasonal saturnalia "On Top," at the Top of The Standard Hotel. The event kicked into full tilt right out of the gates, and within minutes of Ms. Bartsch’s arrival, she had mounted the bar and was excoriating the crowd to “WORK!” in her trademark Swiss-inflected English. Her lofty perch also provided an excellent perspective from which to view her star-spangled Blond’s corset, which I came to find was as dangerous as it was beautiful when she dismounted the bar via my shoulders, digging several glittery, brilliant corners of hand-crafted corsetry into the back of my neck. Oh well, it’s not a good party unless you’ve got the scars to prove it...

The Museum of Art and Design played host to Monday night’s Rare Earth’s Fluorescent Ball, and dare we say it was a full on fashion prom complete with art nerds, wannabes, music geeks, and those ever-present popular kids. Throw in some fluoro outfits, (some good, some bad) and you have a Prosecco-filled Monday evening that certainly boggled Tyson Beckford’s mind. We spotted him observing the room from its sidelines with puzzled awe. Although the evening’s weather wasn’t up to par, energetic DJ sets by scenesters like Paul Sevigny and Chrissie Miller certainly lightened everyone's mood, especially the cork-wedge clad group of (probable) financiers whose bump-its and fist-pumping skills proved to be an unlikely start to a wild dance party. The event served as the museum’s young patrons gala with a sale of one-off fluorescent works including a light-up noose—any takers? Always Mister Popular, Paper's Luigi Tadini favored the video installations on display, “its always nice to see movement,” he attested. Aesthetic technician and designer Christian Cota--there to co-chair and cheer on contributing artist friend Anne Grauso--said, “You need light to make fluorescent come alive, it doesn’t always work with fashion.” Rather fitting as this was evident in a few choice attendees’ ensembles, though we won’t single out offenders.

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more Julia Roitfeld and Robert Konjic feted Stella McCartney's stunning collection last night in Paris. [gallery exclude="23606"]

more Jeremy Kost was backstage at Bryant Park for Tommy Hilfiger--the last show of the last season at Bryant Park. [gallery]

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Jeremy hung out backstage before Sophia Kokosalaki's Diesel debut--he found models, Kate Lanphear, and some seriously cool clothes.more [gallery]

1. This year marks the 50th anniversary of Doc Martens--it feels like yesterday I bought my first pair, wore them with floral dresses and fancied mys

more Jeremy was backstage at Marc by Marc Jacobs yesterday, look what he found! [gallery]

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more Richard Chai landed a stellar cast of models for his AW10 collection.  We sent Jeremy Kost backstage to snap them getting ready for the runway.

Fashionista's favorite party photographer, Jeremy Kost, took a break from snapping the actual partying scene for a minute to capture his boys-only exh

Fashionista's very own photographer, Jeremy Kost, is looking for an intern. He's specified he needs someone "sharp, tactful, hard-working and self-mot