We asked PAPER contributing editor and man-about-town Peter Davis for his top 10 party moments of 2012. Below, he tells us about his year in partying serious.
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1. The Margiela for H&M extravaganza -- I not only scored a faux fur coat I have yet to wear (among three gigantic bags of other stuff), but I also spotted Stella Tennant in her knickers trying on disco ball tights. And they had champagne, supermodels and movie stars. What more could one want at a party?
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6. Having dinner with Spike Lee and his gorgeous wife Tanya. I was right across from Spike and he told me all about the scene in Summer of Sam where John Leguizamo and Mina Sorvino leave Studio 54 and Plato's Retreat and drop the F bomb like 100 times.
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7. More starfucking: meeting Stephen Colbert, another hero, at Brooks Brothers, where he hosted his book party. I was speechless, which is rare as I usually can't shut up, so I let him do the talking and I did the laughing.
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8. Any night where I see Michelle Violy Harper who's daredevil style always is mega eye-candy, smart and chic. And Michelle is one of the most interesting and sweetest of all my NYC glam gal pals.
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10. My DJ debut in Sagaponack for The Pace Gallery/Grey Area party.
Is there anything cuter than an over-the-hill DJ? This is my new side
career. I have already enrolled in Scratch DJ Academy's winter classes. See you on the dance floor. XOXO
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1. The Margiela for H&M extravaganza -- I not only scored a faux fur coat I have yet to wear (among three gigantic bags of other stuff), but I also spotted Stella Tennant in her knickers trying on disco ball tights. And they had champagne, supermodels and movie stars. What more could one want at a party?
2.
The Quentin Tarantino tribute at MOMA was one of those 'why am I here
nights?' Especially when I was taking a wee-wee in between a very petite
Harvey Keitel and a ghostly Steve Buscemi while Jamie Foxx (who I now
know from his full frontal Django Unchained scene) has a lot to pull out
in the bathroom. Sorry, no iPhone photos taken.
3.
Becoming Twitter BFFs with Courtney Love and having that tweet affair
turn to real human contact at a party at Julian Schnabel's crazy-huge
palazzo where we straddled each other to the thrill (and jealousy) of
all my friends. Love to love you, La Love.
4.
The return of my beloved bombshell Amy Sacco with her boite No.8 and
seeing my favorite doorman, the aptly named Disco, back in action.
5.
The premiere of Hunger Games (Andrew Saffir's Cinema Society is still
the golden party ticket in New York). I must have been living under a
rock, or on too much Xanax, but had no clue about those books or that
the film had scenes where everyone dresses like the late, great Anna
Piaggi. And I got to meet the super talented, stunning Jennifer Lawrence
at The Boom Boom Room afterwards.
6. Having dinner with Spike Lee and his gorgeous wife Tanya. I was right across from Spike and he told me all about the scene in Summer of Sam where John Leguizamo and Mina Sorvino leave Studio 54 and Plato's Retreat and drop the F bomb like 100 times.
7. More starfucking: meeting Stephen Colbert, another hero, at Brooks Brothers, where he hosted his book party. I was speechless, which is rare as I usually can't shut up, so I let him do the talking and I did the laughing.
8. Any night where I see Michelle Violy Harper who's daredevil style always is mega eye-candy, smart and chic. And Michelle is one of the most interesting and sweetest of all my NYC glam gal pals.
9.
My other favorite nightlife Zelig: photographer Hanuk Hanuk. If Hanuk
hasn't snapped his signature photo of him kissing your cheek (and posted
it on Instagram), you really should just never leave the house again.
10. My DJ debut in Sagaponack for The Pace Gallery/Grey Area party.
Is there anything cuter than an over-the-hill DJ? This is my new side
career. I have already enrolled in Scratch DJ Academy's winter classes. See you on the dance floor. XOXOMORE YEAR-END LISTS:
The Best + Worst Films of 2012
Listen to PAPER's 2012
The Top 15 Celebrity Bulges of 2012
Our Top 10 Year-End Music Lists
Kim Hastreiter: 10 Things That Inspired Me in 2012
Rebecca Smeyne's Favorite Photos of the Year
Chris Black's Favorite Blogs of 2012
Julie Besonen: The Top 10 Dishes I Can't Get Out of My Head
Alia Akkam: The Top 10 Cocktails I Drank this Year
The Top 10 GIFs of the Year
The Best Spreads in PAPER This Year