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Lykke Li hates dresses. At least that's what she told us before she took the stage to premiere some of her new music at MoMA's Party in the Garden last night: "I don't find them comfortable. I never wear dresses, so why would I wear one tonight? I wore this instead." "This" was a boyfriend-proportioned tuxedo jacket of her own design from a recent collaboration with Swedish brand & Other Stories. Her sister and stylist, Zara Zachrisson, showed support by spending the night by her side in a coordinating tux.

Another woman wearing a look of her own design was Ariana Rockefeller, who admitted that getting dressed for the occasion was a bit stressful. After all, family expectations were high—her great-grandmother founded MoMA: "I tried to wear something that I thought she would like, that would make her proud. She was a woman of very specific taste."

That's the thing about MoMA's Party in the Garden—it's an occasion that brings together generations of the museum's supporters. Although the seated dinner honoring Daniel Craig, Steve McQueen, and Maja Oeri was attended by some of the more veteran patrons of the arts, scores of the museum's younger supporters (Chloë Sevigny among them) filled the sculpture garden for the after-party. So by the time Lykke Li took the stage after 10, the evening was less like a formal gala and more like a relaxed backyard dance party. Even Madonna herself took in the show, swilling straight from a bottle of rosé.

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Plenty of people shy away from the number thirteen, but last night (May 13, as it happens) at Kirna Zabête in Soho, it was everywhere. Editors and designers joined store owners Beth Buccini and Sarah Easley at the boutique to toast the 2014 CFDA Swarovski Emerging Talent Award nominees and to see their one-of-a-kind crystal creations, inspired by the theme Lucky 13. Swarovski is celebrating its thirteen-year partnership with the CFDA—a fortuitous thirteen years, indeed, for all the talents who have benefitted from the brand's support.

L.A.-based jewelry maker Irene Neuwirth said that her skateboard, made of thirteen different shades of crystals, took more than seventy hours to make. "I was taking Super Glue and making a dot and putting on each one." Does the native Californian skate? "I do, sometimes, but not very eloquently." Todd Snyder also created a piece inspired by a hobby: a bedazzled Brooklyn Nets basketball jersey. "I used to play in the city league in Iowa growing up, and thirteen was my lucky number," he said. "Obviously, a city league jersey isn't as chic as a Brooklyn one, so I went with the Nets…I am hoping Jay Z outbids me for it." All proceeds from the auction running on Gavel&Grand through June 2 will benefit Free Arts NYC, which provides art education to children.

If anyone was feeling like they might need a good-luck talisman at the actual awards next month, they weren't showing it. "No, we aren't really nervous, we're just going with it," said very calm first-time nominee Rosie Assoulin. She paused for a second, cracked a smile, and added, "I am lying, by the way."

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Tod's should seriously consider an inside hire for the next face of the brand. Since taking the reins of the house's accessories and ready-to-wear collections more than a year ago, designer Alessandra Facchinetti has proven that she not only has a keen, fresh sense of what women want, but that she's the perfect model for her own creations. "When you're designing, there's always one point when you have to ask yourself, 'Would I wear this?'" Facchinetti said during last night's Tod's dinner at Il Principe at Soho's Hotel Hugo. Judging by the way Facchinetti worked her silver leather skirt and airy baby blue top, we'd say the answer to that question was a firm yes.

Yesterday's dinner marked the first official New York event Tod's has thrown since Facchinetti came on board, and the fashion set turned out to give the creative director a warm Manhattan welcome. "She took me to the Met ball last year, and we just really liked each other," offered Maggie Gyllenhaal, who's gearing up for her new television miniseries, The Honourable Woman ("I've never been more proud of anything I've made in my life," she told us), as well as a Broadway play this fall. Considering that the actress wore a colorful Valentino number to last week's Met Gala, we wondered if she had a particular fondness for Italian brands. "I do like the Italian thing. I was married in Italy, I like Italian people, so yeah, I guess I do like Italian clothes," she mused.

Italian food isn't too shabby, either. Guests including Katie Holmes, Leandra Medine, Waris Ahluwalia, and Caroline Issa were offered nibbles like mozzarella and tomato bites and arancini before sitting down to dinner. Designer Misha Nonoo arrived just as partygoers were heading to their tables. "I have to say that I really like what Alessandra is doing. The clothes are very clean and very modern. I think it's a great direction for Tod's to head in." Lucky for her, then, that Tod's has a stateside retail expansion in the works. "That will probably happen in two seasons, but in September, we're going to completely redo the Tod's store on Madison," said Facchinetti. Sounds like this New York festa will not be Facchinetti's last.

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God, fashion people can be cynical sometimes. As guests gathered around the two long tables in the private room of NYC's Locanda Verde last night, a common refrain could be overheard: "What is this dinner for?" People! When did we start thinking that all soirees had to be in aid of something? Can't two brands, like Rag & Bone and Mytheresa, just decide to throw together a multicourse meal for the hell of it, because it might be fun?

That was indeed the raison d’être for the shindig, a mutual admiration society gathering thrown by Rag & Bone and Munich-based e-tailer Mytheresa to celebrate their admiration for each other. Liv Tyler, Spike Jonze, Michael Pitt, and Alexa Chung were among the friends-of enjoying a dinner of salads; various kinds of thin slivers of meat; lemon, Pecorino, and asparagus pasta; chicken and fennel; and much, much more. The groaning table seemed to offer some of the guests an opportunity to soak up their hangovers after a few boozy nights, starting, of course, with the Met ball. Rag man Marcus Wainwright, however, was in perfectly good form and reported that his placement at the Met dinner provided spark enough. He was, he said, seated with Rihanna. Meanwhile, a few seats down, erstwhile Victoria's Secret models Toni Garrn and Camille Rowe tucked into large helpings of dessert—yogurt-flavored gelato, lemon tart, chocolate torte—with appetites that would drive any persistent dieter to despair. Rowe, who opened the Fall 2014 Rag & Bone show, appears to stay slender thanks to a keenness for sport. "Foosball," she enthused, between mouthfuls of tart. "Like all French kids, I grew up playing. I'm obsessed. I can kick anyone's ass."

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Raf Simons arrived at last night's Dior Cruise after-bash at the Top of the Standard just a few minutes before 1 a.m. The effect wasn't unlike the appearance of a homecoming king—had said king just brought an archetypal French fashion house across the murky waters to Brooklyn. Simons' latest offering earned him quite the entrance, as much of a sizable crowd made bids for their moment (or Instagram snap) with the man of the evening. Guests including André Saraiva, Michel Gaubert, Alexandra Richards, and Malgosia Bela bent elbows and took to the dance floor for some slow jams—alongside one or two rogue twerking elements. Though Dior CEO Sidney Toledano's moves went sadly unseen, he offered up his thoughts on the show: "It was, for Dior, the right vocabulary. It's the new New Look. It's right on the target." Simons, for his part, answered the question on so many minds: Why Brooklyn? "New energy! And it's nicer to have a view of Manhattan than the other way around."

Nearby at Highline Stages, the Whitney was dispensing its 23rd Annual American Art Award. Receiving accolades were Dorothy Lichtenstein, wife of artist Roy and president of his foundation, and the Andy Warhol Foundation for the quarter-billion dollars in art-related grants it has distributed since 1987. But the real star was Maria Giulia Maramotti, third-generation member of the family who founded and still operates Max Mara, who accepted an award on her family's behalf. In 2007 they converted a factory into a public museum to display grandfather Achille Maramotti's prolific collection of contemporary art, and Max Mara has underwritten the Whitney's Art Party for the past two years. "My mother called me from Italy this morning to tell me how proud my grandfather would have been," Maramotti told the crowd. "And I thought, Oh, thanks, now the pressure is really on!" The evening raised more than $1.6 million for the Whitney.

Across town at Lafayette, meanwhile, Burberry and W magazine joined forces with the New Museum's Lisa Phillips to honor the artists Hannah Sawtell, Roberto Cuoghi, Ragnar Kjartansson, and Camille Henrot. Among the art enthusiasts who turned out to celebrate: Naomi Campbell, Suki Waterhouse, Dianna Agron, and Hollywood newcomer Gugu Mbatha-Raw.

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Though a bevy of fetching women turned out for last night's Creative Time gala at Brooklyn's Domino Sugar Factory (Chloë Sevigny, Jenna Lyons, and Cindy Sherman among them), none received so many long glances as the lady of the evening. She was stark naked, 65 feet long, and entirely crafted from sugar. Her name? A Subtlety: Or the Marvelous Sugar Baby, an Homage to the Unpaid and Overworked Artisans Who Have Refined Our Sweet Tastes From the Cane Fields to the Kitchens of the New World. Commissioned by Creative Time, the work of conceptual confectionery is honoree Kara Walker's first large-scale public project, and a last hurrah for Domino, the bulk of which will soon be demolished to make room for housing.

Walker's tremendous sphinx stretches out in the factory's former storage shed, and commanded an array of responses. "My sweet tooth is coming out," laughed Public School's Dao-Yi Chow. Dustin Yellin had a less G-rated take. "I want to lick this thing," he intoned, "from head to…ear. I want to go climb in the rafters…I like…honey. I…love molasses."

Guests from Chuck Close to André Leon Talley marveled at both the work and the cavernous space. Chow's colleague Maxwell Osborne lamented the imminent loss of the spot, which the born-and-bred New Yorker said he had once visited on a school trip: "It's a bummer, seeing New York lose a lot of its historic landmarks. It could be your favorite pizzeria or the Domino Factory." Waris Ahluwalia took a different tack, proclaiming, "Everything is temporary." Even 60-ton sugar sphinxes.

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You'd think that the Met Gala would've tired everyone out, but there are no nights off for the fashion flock. Tuesday evening began in Soho, where Style.com contributor Darrell Hartman threw a one-year anniversary dinner for his travel website, Jungles in Paris. Elettra Wiedemann, Kate Foley, and Jeff Halmos turned up at Rintintin to show their support. Explaining the connection between style writing and travel journalism, Hartman said, "I think Jungles functions as a source of inspiration. It fosters this feeling of wonder about the world—and that can include creative inspiration for designers." Max Osterweis—who cofounded Suno, a brand known for its global outlook—confirmed that a recent story about elk in Wyoming had caught his eye.

A few blocks west, at his Grand Street store, Alexander Wang threw his friend, interior designer, and creative collaborator Ryan Korban a release party for Ryan Korban: Luxury Redefined. "It's not your normal 'here's twenty years of work' interiors book," Korban said. "I think it has a different point of view, and it's meant to add some excitement to the interiors world." The new volume juxtaposes photos of his interiors with artistic images that inspired each space, and took Korban four years to complete, so it was definitely time to have a drink or three in celebration. "Ryan is one of my best friends," Wang told Style.com. "He has an eye that is really special, and is very honest. He isn't afraid to tell me when I'm wrong. But it works—I say black, he says white, and we land on gray."

In the West Village, Bonpoint's Sabine Brunner celebrated the new Soho store with a private dinner, while uptown Bergdorf Goodman feted jeweler Noor Fares. Not far away, Ferragamo was launching its new handbag range at Casa Lever. Fiamma, as the line is called, is named after Salvatore Ferragamo's daughter and is modeled on a bag she designed in 1992. Mariel and Langley Fox Hemingway and Jacqueline and Stella and Lola Schnabel, among other mothers and daughters, tucked into caprese salads and grilled branzino below images from the Fiamma campaign in which they star.

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