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How is a Paris museum gala different from a New York museum gala? "You can smoke." Emmanuelle Alt said it herself last night at the inaugural Vogue Paris Foundation's dinner in honor of the contemporary collections at the Musée Galliera, which the event helped fund. The soiree coincided with the opening of the museum's Les Années 50 exhibition. A who's who of the world's most famous designers turned out, and yes, some of them were lighting up. Balmain's Olivier Rousteing arrived arm in arm with Kim Kardashian and Kendall Jenner. Alber Elbaz brought Kristin Scott Thomas. Even designers in absentia didn't do badly. Nicolas Ghesquière didn't make it, but his flower print minidress from Louis Vuitton Resort was a perfect fit for Adèle Exarchopoulus. Another difference? Milliner Stephen Jones, who sat with the Schiaparelli clan, was taking iPhone pics of the insides of the dresses in the exhibition (straight up from the hem) without so much as a second glance from the guards. "I did it at the Charles James show at the Met and I got in a bit of trouble."

It was an unusually cold and drizzly summer night in Paris and inside the Palais Brongniart, Lancôme continued to make it rain—showering guests with gallons of gold and pink confetti in honor of the brand's Nouvelle Vague collection (a trio of luxury makeup bags designed by Alexandre Vauthier, Yiqing Yin, and Jacquemus). While Vauthier's black-and-gold clutch seemed to be the favorite among attendees (most notably spotted in the hands of Kate Winslet), others like Leigh Lezark doubled up: "I'm carrying Alexandre's bag and wearing a Jacquemus dress," she said. For Caroline de Maigret, the newest member of the Lancôme family (she's creating her own range of makeup with the brand next year), the evening's fete was also her coming-out party. "What I really like [about joining the company]," she noted, "is that I'm allowed to have flaws."

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Cocktail hour started early yesterday—mid-afternoon, to be precise—at the Baccarat headquarters in the 16th arrondissement, where the French heritage brand held first-look screenings of its Love Story trilogy. Of her first-ever speaking role, in the slightly complicated (and deeply French) vignette by Sonia Sieff, Caroline de Maigret admitted that she nearly backed out. "I had knots in my stomach constantly. But in the end, tackling something I didn't know how to do was liberating." So liberating, in fact, that she'll be taking on her first short film this fall.

In the evening, summer showers dampened the garden portion of the Bulgari party, but given that the venue was a 19th-century mansion that's currently home to the gastronomic restaurant Apicius, no one was much bothered. "It's winter back home in Australia, I've got no complaints," said actor Eric Bana, who confessed to a "soft spot for the greens" among the gems paraded at the evening's fashion show. Carla Bruni-Sarkozy leaned more toward the diamonds, but added that she loved the candy-chic look of the bracelet she was wearing. "To me, jewelry is made of memories and history, like perfume. Bulgari brings me back to my roots, my childhood, because it's part of a major legend in Cinecittà and fashion," said France's former first lady. "I became French when I married five years ago. But I love having the chance to be Italian again!" Speaking of Italian, Fendi threw a party at its Avenue Montaigne store to introduce the world to Karlito. The little doll Cara Delevingne toted down the label's Fall runway in February has multiplied; we expect to see them popping up all over the shows in September.

The Germany-Brazil World Cup match was getting started as the first courses arrived at Just One Eye's dinner for jeweler Wilfredo Rosado at Caviar Kaspia. By the time the famous baked potatoes emerged from the kitchen, it was 5-0. Alix Duvernoy, a Brazilian who was making the rounds at couture for the first time, wasn't pleased. Rosado himself had tickets to Sunday's final, but sold them. "I've never been to Rio," he said. Instead, he'll take his holidays in Europe. As of halftime, he was still deliberating between Budapest and Prague.

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The Serpentine Gallery's annual to-do is London's party of the year. Last night's crowd was as glittery as ever: Keira Knightley, Orlando Bloom, Dakota Johnson, Mark Ruffalo, Lily Allen, and Bryan Ferry all turned up. Brendan Mullane, creative director of Brioni, who hosted the event alongside Marina Abramovic, André Balazs, and François-Henri Pinault, among others, told Style.com that partnering with the iconic London gallery was an organic process: "Brioni has deep cultural links instilled in its heritage—performance, art, and craftsmanship are at our core, so for us, getting involved seemed like a natural thing to do. When the opportunity presented itself, we jumped at the chance."

This year's pavilion, a giant cylindrical fiberglass structure designed by the Chilean architect Smiljan Radic, had partygoers wondering what it was. A pod? A helmet? A spaceship? A half-eaten doughnut? The guesses got more interesting as the evening progressed. Another attraction was the "Laboratory of Sound"—an "intelligent glass" box created by The Vinyl Factory that the DJs could manipulate to go completely dark. If Bradley Cooper and Suki Waterhouse were looking to get in some private time, that feature would have come in handy.

It was also fashion's night out: Cara Delevingne, Riccardo Tisci, Prabal Gurung, Christopher Kane, Natalie Massenet, and many more rushed to the stage when a distinctive hat was spotted. Let's just say there were some very happy Pharrell Williams fans in the crowd. Matthew Williamson summed up the evening best: "I knew tonight was going to be fun, I just didn't think it was going to be this much fun."

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After a garden show at Paris' École des Mines on Friday, Berluti took advantage of the warm Paris evening to stage a cooking showdown of sorts featuring pasta in all shapes and sizes whipped up by friends of the brand, including Benn Northover, Jefferson Hack, Jean-Baptiste Mondino, Alexandre de Betak, and Joseph Dirand.

"I love gardens, and after the show it's time to be with friends—relaxed and nice," Berluti's Alessandro Sartori told Style.com. After table tennis and mini croquet, an eager crowd formed in front of each chef's station. Yorgo Tloupas, art director of Vanity Fair's French edition, served a version of kritharaki pasta with feta and herbs from his Greek childhood. "I made up the recipe, but it's based on a memory," said Tloupas. "I thought you could only find this kind of pasta in Greece, but Paris has everything." Hack and Northover teamed with chef Michele Farnese for aglio e olio, a simple dish with garlic, olive oil, and parsley. "We had the sweetest chilis flown in from Morocco and we added bread crumbs," Hack reported. "Michele also taught me a trick: Add salty cooking water to the sauce when you mix it with the pasta."

Mondino, for his part, dished out Italian actor Ugo Tognazzi's celebrated recipe for fresh tomato pasta alla checca, while architect Dirand put together a penne all'amatriciana based on a recipe belonging to his wife. As the dinner drew to a close, De Betak, who served kale pesto fusilli, summed up the logistics of a great party: "It's a question of family. We all know them, they all know us. There are five hundred guests and we're five guys cooking. That's one hundred for each of us."

On Saturday, Barneys New York and Marcelo Burlon got showgoers together to celebrate Oklahoma City Thunder point guard and budding designer Russell Westbrook's limited-edition collection for the store. There was no pasta, but there was plenty of foie gras and filet de bar roti.

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