Video: Valentino's Karaoke of Sinatra's 'I Did It My Way' at Barney's Party for Carine Roitfeld

Valentino & Ashley NYC
(L-R) Dawne Marie Grannum, designer Joe Zee, Ashley NYC

Barney’s had a party for their new creative director Carine Roitfeld during Fashion Week at Westway the strip club gone high end bar/lounge).

The 'it' moment of the party (if not the entire Fashion Week) was when fashion icon Valentino took to the runway to sing karaoke. Appropriately, he chose Frank Sinatra’s ‘I Did It My Way” to sing to! Of course as anyone aware of his amazing life and career, this song’s lyrics was the soundtrack of his life. It was so surreal to see him own the message of this song!

Jessica Hart was in attendance and I asked her what she thought of Valentino’s performance.

Jessica Hart tells Ashley and New York:

“I totally loved Valentino singing ‘I Did It My Way’. Everybody should do it their way, that’s what makes everyone special.”

After the karaoke portion was over, fashion icon and part girl extraordinaire, Genevieve Jones, , and a few of girlfriends took to the runway to dance, and others quickly joined them. Later, after a couple glasses of champagne, my friends and I too had to get up and walk the runway, was super fun!

Carine Roitfeld, the former editor of Vogue France, will no doubt take over New York! She also got on stage to do karaoke, with four male backup singers, she is uber-fab!!

Supermodel Jessica Hart & Ashley NYC
Genevieve Jones and her girlfriend take to the runway stage to party like rockstars!
Genevieve Jones poses with friends
Jessica Hart and her boyfriend Stavros Niarchos sing karaoke together, so cute!
Carine Roitfeld and her back singers show the crowd how to do karaoke in style!

Maggie Betts, Genevieve Jones, Lady Alice St.Clair Erskine & Jessica Hart Host Salvatore Ferragamo Fashion Night Out Event

(L-R) Genevieve Jones, Jessica Hart, Maggie Betts, Lady Alice St.Clair Erskine

w/ jewelery designer Genevieve Jones

(L-R) Leonara Lonsdale, Lady Alice St.Clair Erskine, Ashley NYC

New York fashion trend setters and NYC socialistas Maggie Betts, Genevieve Jones, Lady Alice St.Clair Erskine & Grace Gummer hosted Salvatore Ferragamo’s ‘Step Out…Fashion Night Out’ party last night at the Fifth Avenue store. It was a black and white clothing themed party, so it was cute that the four hostesses ranged from black, white to bi-racial. We are all one race: The human race :)

I saw and really liked Maggie Bett’s directorial debut of the documentary, The Carrier, at the Tribeca Film Festival this year, a compelling story about a woman with HIV determined to prevent her unborn child from being infected.

Grace Gummer is an actress like her mother Meryl Streep. Meryl Streep is hailed as one the most talented actresses ever, so I wouldn’t be surprised if she passed down some of her gifts to her stylish daughter.

I have always liked Genevieve Jones’ jewelry. Jones tells Ashley and New York:

"I love Salvatore Ferragamo because his style is very classic, the clothes are high quality, nothing is permanent, but you want them to last a longtime. I also really like the accessory designer."

I met and chatted with Lady Alice St.Clair Erskine, who was very friendly. I asked her about Ferragamo. Alice tells Ashley and New York:

"I usually wear vintage, but with Ferragamo I feel elegant, more sophisticated,another side of Alice"

w/ Lisa Yom

Ricardo Duenas, Maggie Betts

(L-R) Julia Loomis, Diana Hsu,Genevieve Jones

(L-R)Pal Patel, Ashley NYC, Amber Dawkins

(L-R) Ashley NYC, Joe Wiese, talented artist Zev Eisenberg