New York Fashion Week Fall 2008

There was not a cocktail in sight, but guests stayed afloat on champagne while dapper white-coated chefs passed out a raft of pretty canapes. "Paris is such a beautiful place," said Sophia Coppola of the chic scene. "It's a city steeped in history and then, of course, the fashion." The filmmaker also sang the praises of friend—and Fendi heir—Silvia Venturini Fendi.