Kate Schelter

To a certain segment of New York, the one that attends parties thrown by fashion designers and glossy magazines, or reads about them on Style.com or Women Wear Daily’s Web site the next day—Kate Schelter is instantly recognizable: Blond and leggy, decked to the nines, mugging for the camera and seeming to have an extraordinarily good time at events where a majority of guests are strenuously networking or social climbing. Ms. Schelter, 31, resembles, even at her most glamorous, a Princeton lacrosse captain. You get the sense she wouldn’t have talked to you in high school.  read more »

Last night brought together a spirited mix of New York’s cutting-edge fashion designers and artists—young representatives from two industries that are impossible to keep apart these days.

Designer Philip Lim, model Jessica Stam, stylist Kate Schelter, Vogue’s Stephanie LaCava, socialite Genevieve Jones, men's wear designer Thom Browne and supermarket mogul Ron Burkle were among the revelers swirling around the Max Lang gallery in Chelsea—a smallish, brightly-lit, bi-level space on Tenth Ave. It's where French shoemaker Repetto was celebrating its 60th anniversary traveling exhibition and the launch of their eponymous charitable foundation.  read more »