Gold Party

Last night was the Harper's BAZAAR Gold Party - decadence at its best. Bottomless glasses of Moet, girls in their glittery-finest, boys in their bests (although to some this still means jeans), and lots and lots of schmoozing.

Typically a night for BAZAAR to thank its nearest and dearest advertisers with some celebrity eye-candy and a few nibblies, 2008 was a bit low on the celebs, but not on the champas. And many a woman in pinching-stilettos was thankful for that.

The festivities began around 3pm when, although unvoiced, a general consensus was reached that work must stop and chatter about dresses, make-up and manicure and hair appointments must begin... Fashion of course had called-in the latest from Roberto Cavalli, Dolce & Gabbana and Balenciaga, while the rest of us had settled on a version of the Little Black Dress that hung in our wardrobes, and visited Accessorize in a lunchtime for something kitsch to gild our garments. By five o'clock the office had turned into one large dressing room. There were calls across the cubicles for eye-liner, perfume and tit-tape (to keep our gorgeous knockers in place)... And in typical mag-style we called for cars to take us the two minutes from Carnaby Street to Green Park.

Upon arrival there was the customary black curtain backdrops and paparazzi lined up waiting to snap those people who are actually somebodies... The Intern got snapped - unfortunately none of her pics made it into today's papers (sigh). Among the notables who did, were Leona Lewis (2007's winner of the X Factor, who sang three songs on the night), Sophie Dahl (with Jamie Cullen in tow) and Saffron Burrows. The Intern was gutted that she didn't get to chat to Sophie during the night, but took pleasure in the fact that she had at talked to the doe-eyed beauty earlier that afternoon when arranging her and Jamie's transport for the evening.