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Tiffany & Co. unveiled its annual Blue Book collection with a party at the Guggenheim Museum last night. Although it wasn't quite as titanic a production as last year's Jazz Age Gatsby blowout, a crowd of clients, fans, and socialites nevertheless stepped out in support of shiny things in blue boxes. A benefit of this year's lower-key affair was that the focus was more on the jewels themselves, and with the array of rare diamonds and stones on display around the museum's ground floor, there was plenty to focus on.

Katie Holmes was so enamored with the 27-carat sapphire ring she got to borrow for the evening that she called over her friends earlier in the afternoon to try it on. Her love affair with jewelry began with a charm she and her sisters passed down to each other on their sweet sixteens. "It's nice to have graduated to this, though," she said. "It's just incredible."

Jessica Biel also started collecting jewelry in her teens: "My first piece was one of those collapsible mesh Tiffany rings. I still have it!" She, too, has graduated—her favorite piece today being her engagement ring from husband Justin Timberlake. But it's not about carats for Biel: "It's easy to say jewelry is sparkly and beautiful, but it's more about how it comes from the earth. Mother Nature is the most spectacular artist. She makes these things that look like nothing, then people find them and clean them up. What's the energy inside a stone? That's what I'm intrigued by."

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Tommy Hilfiger has tapped into Zooey Deschanel's geek-chic appeal and teamed up with the actress for a new capsule collection: To Tommy, From Zooey. Celebrating the partnership last night in L.A., the designer toasted the adorkable starlet alongside Jennifer Morrison, Angie Harmon, Malin Akerman, and Deschanel's New Girl costars Hannah Simone and Max Greenfield. "I met her at a lunch and I saw what she was wearing and I thought, Oh my God, this girl really knows what's going on," Hilfiger said of a vintage seersucker look Deschanel was wearing. "I thought we could do her quirky preppy aspiration with our sensibility and it would be a great collaboration."

Deschanel, for her part, said she took the design task seriously. "All the details were sort of fun for me—the buttons, the zipper pulls, the trim, all the little collars, adding my flair to his flair. It was kind of like having someone make all the things in your head come into reality."

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Mary Katrantzou doesn't make it to New York often, but when she does, she goes to Indochine. To celebrate five years of her business, MAC Cosmetics hosted a dinner at the designer's favorite restaurant last night, and Katrantzou was living it up. "It isn't every day there's a party where everyone wears my clothes," she told Style.com.

Arden Wohl paired her Katrantzou with printed booties from her own Cri de Coeur vegan shoe collection, and Hannah Bronfman paired her sneaker-printed MK dress with actual sneakers. Over dinner, Fivestory's Claire Distenfeld waxed lyrical about what makes Katrantzou's dresses appealing: "No matter how you wear it, despite all the color and all the prints, there's an innate purity to it."

The designer was so busy going table to table catching up with friends that she didn't even end up eating. No matter—she'll be back again in a few months. "I can't wait to see New Yorkers wearing some of the lace pieces from Fall. You can wear them with a biker jacket, or on their own, sheer, to show off your body," she said. "A New Yorker is confident and likes to wear things her way."

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April showers continued to pound the city last night, but inside Tribeca's New York Academy of Art, spring was already in full bloom. For the annual Tribeca Ball, five floors of the building had been transformed into a Garden of Eden, complete with students' work, performances by musicians and artists, and models roaming around accessorized with large, floral headpieces and jewels by Van Cleef & Arpels.

"This feels like Sleep No More, only with the lights on," said one partygoer on the crowded fifth floor, as she passed the live art tableau featuring a man and a woman dressed like Adam and Eve. Artist Carroll Dunham, who was being honored with his wife, Laurie Simmons (they happen to be the parents of Girls' Lena Dunham), concurred: "It's hard to see the art because there are so many people. I don't really trust myself looking in such a crowded situation." Simmons, for her part, was busy taking in the aromas swirling about the studios. "I just really love the way it smells here," she told Style.com before sitting down with the likes of Dustin Yellin, Alan Cumming, Padma Lakshmi, and Misha Nonoo. "All art schools smell the same—it's a mix of oil paint, plasticine, and sweaty bodies."

Midway through a dinner by Daniel Boulud, when Simmons and her husband were presented with honorary doctorates of fine arts, she admitted to the crowd, "We have taught at a number of schools, including Ivy Leagues, and we have always managed to keep it a secret all these years that we don't have one of these." It doesn't have to remain a secret anymore, Dr. Simmons.

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"Kate [Moss] and I were thinking I should show my underpants for money, but as you know, I don't wear underpants, so Kate will show hers," said a very inspired Sharon Stone at the amfAR Inspiration Gala in São Paulo, Brazil, on Friday night. Stone, amfAR's global fundraising chairman and the night's auctioneer, hosted the event alongside Moss, Naomi Campbell, Riccardo Tisci, and Kenneth Cole.

Brazil seems to be a hot topic right now. If you follow Tisci on Instagram (#riccardotisci17), you know that he's been traveling to the country a lot recently. "What I love from Brazil is the celebration of life," he said. "Brazil is the future in many scenes…art, music, architecture, design. The people are liberated and full of joy. The energy you find in this country is rare to find anywhere."

The fundraiser took place on the last day of São Paulo fashion week, so it was filled with top models—Izabel Goulart and Candice Swanepoel included. Daiane Conterato wore an all-nude dress straight off of designer Paula Raia's Spring 2015 runway, one of the best shows at SPFW. "I did sixteen shows this week. I felt like a newcomer," the model told Style.com. "I am here today, and I fly tomorrow to Hong Kong for the Dior show."

For its fourth year in the city, the event raised $2.7 million for the cause, making São Paulo a new hot spot for the foundation, which, since 1985, has raised more than $366 million for AIDS research and HIV prevention, treatment, and education. The event featured a tribute to Nizan Guanaes, one of Brazil's leading communications entrepreneurs, and his wife, Donata Meirelles, style director of Vogue Brazil. Campbell presented them each with the Humanitarian Award. "There are many great things in life, but finding a cause you connect to and being able to help is better than anything," Meirelles said in her speech.

The gala ended with a performance by Mary J. Blige, but the night was far from over. Performing at the after-party, samba artist Mart'nália had Tisci favorite Lea T dancing up on the stage.

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Save Venice took over The Pierre on Friday night for its annual Un Ballo in Maschera, transforming the hotel's grand ballroom into an enchanted garden. And thanks to sponsor Dolce & Gabbana, there was enough moda Italiano on display to make the evening feel authentically Italian. Guests ranged from stalwart philanthropists like Adelina Wong Ettelson and Gillian Miniter—one woman called this her "oh, fifth, sixth, or tenth Save Venice"—to newcomers such as Public School's Maxwell Osborne and Dao-Yi Chow, whose slim black suits were a cool counterpoint to some of the evening's more decadent costumes. "We don't really do much women's evening right now, but seeing all of this, who knows," said Osborne. "We're not quite there yet, but when we are, we'll do it our way."

Other designers shared their tips for gala season dressing. "Don't take your shoes off to dance, don't be that girl," Brian Atwood advised, right before one overzealous dancer dropped her champagne flute on the dance floor. Tabitha Simmons suggested to "be prepared like a Boy Scout, you never know where the evening will take you!" And this from Bibhu Mohapatra: "The secret is to not reveal the ultimate surprise. Make sure there is something for the person next to you to discover." DJ performances from Mia Moretti, Caitlin Moe, and May Kwok kept partygoers dancing until well after midnight. The evening raised $700,000 for Save Venice's mission of restoring art and architecture in the canal city.

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It was model central last night at the Jacquelyn Jablonski-hosted Autism Speaks fundraiser. Valentina Zelyaeva, Sara Blomqvist, Ginta Lapina, and Daria Strokous all turned up at Milk Studios to support the cause. "I'm so proud of her," Joan Smalls told Style.com. "As a friend, Jacquelyn is already incredible, but to actually believe in this so much and give herself to it…she is so selfless. I'm totally blown away."

The evening's main event was a silent art auction. Jablonski's favorite piece? "This great shot of me by Sean and Seng, in Rome, hugging this filthy dog. But I'm wearing Valentino and some heels, so it's OK." At one point Smalls got into a bidding war with Limited Brands' CMO Ed Razek over a Demarchelier picture of some giraffes. Men trying to pilfer her contact information from the bidding sheet were disappointed—she had signed her bids with no e-mail address or phone number, only "Joan S."

Autism strikes close to home for Jablonski—her brother Tommy is on the spectrum. "When I started modeling, I knew I wanted to do something," she said. "Tonight is about raising funds, of course, but also about raising awareness. The CDC announced last week that 1 in 68 children land on the autism spectrum." Job well done, Jacquelyn: The model's brother was by her side the entire night, and her friends helped raise more than $70,000.

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