http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/14/fashion/carolina-herrera-anniversary-book-party.html 2016-10-14 20:39:00 Celebrating 35 Years of Carolina Herrera Priyanka Chopra, Karlie Kloss and more gathered downtown to honor a new book about the designer. === On Thursday evening, Omar’s, a members-only dining club on West Ninth Street, was filled to its wood-paneled, mirrored brim with a cross section of New York City actors, models, financiers, socialites, activists, editors and artists. Mingling among the leather banquettes, tables littered with half-empty glasses of Champagne and vases overflowing with scarlet flowers were Linda Fargo, the director of women’s fashion at Bergdorf Goodman; Edward Enninful, style director at W Magazine; Serena Williams, tennis star and fashion designer in her own right; William Ivey Long, Tony-winning costume designer; and many more. The magnet who had drawn them? The designer “I love my book,” Mrs. Herrera said. “Some dresses I forgot I had. Fashion changes all the time, and that’s the way it should be. Social media has put fashion all over the world.” Witness her international crowd. There, in the back room, on the couch next to Mrs. Herrera’s husband, Reinaldo, sat Next to him was “This woman cares about humanity, cares about women, cares about her part of the world and what matters,” Ms. Nassery Cole said. She added, citing the current political climate, “a woman like this should be celebrated.” Near her, Miroslava Duma, the Russian founder of Asked whether she could learn something from a woman who built her brand decades ago, she nodded. “Everything we do is changing, from the way we travel — take Uber — to the way we live — take Airbnb,” Ms. Duma said. “But obviously there are things that always stay the same. If you read Molière about society in the 17th century, you realize people haven’t changed at all.” Sitting down in a quiet corner, Karlie Kloss, in heels and a black Herrera dress, leafed through the book, stopping to admire a series of Polaroid portraits of Mrs. Herrera shot by Andy Warhol. “I’ve seen these images so many times,” said Ms. Kloss, who has known Mrs. Herrera for nine years and has walked in her shows. “I love images like this, of her in New York in the ‘70s, looking super-flawless. She’s unbelievably graceful, but she has such a wicked sense of humor. ” Priyanka Chopra, a Bollywood star who has recently made a name for herself in the United States with a leading role in the television show “ “When I started working, I was 17 years old,” said Ms. Chopra, who has more than Thirty-five years of fashion means 35 years (and more) of social events. What was the best party she had been to? “I cannot tell you because I don’t remember,” said Mrs. Herrera, who didn’t sit for longer than a couple of minutes during the entire evening. “But have a drink!” And then she was off, attention on the next admirer who appeared, quiet and eager, in the dimly lit room.