Industry insiders gathered on V-Day to fete the opening of Opening Ceremony at The Ace Hotel in NYC. There couldn’t be a better combo- Alex Calderwood’s Ace Hotel meeting Humberto Leon/Carol Lim’s OC is sure to cause a flock of faithful followers. The OC store will have all sorts of “anti-souvenirs”- everythign from “British Walker potato chips and Haribo gummy candies to Japanese toothpaste and Criterion DVDs, and of course a selection of threads.” As for the party? WWD described it, saying, “where the Opening Ceremony crew goes, the cool squad tends to follow, so a stream of black leather, plaid and fur-covered kids headed to the not terribly fashionable Flatiron area.” The cool kids in attendance included everyone like Alexander Wang (OC’s in-house favourite [and mine]), Chloe Sevigny, Terry Richardson, Olivier Zahm and a whole lot more. Dinner followed at The Breslin- now just picture Kirsten Dunst chowing down on “fried chicken, suckling pig, mashed potatoes and warm biscuits.” Best visual. And, no party would be complete without the music. The crowd headed downstairs to the hotel’s basement club for a live performance by The Dirty Projectors and DJ Solange Knowles (yeah, who knew?). Dunst danced up a storm right outside the VIP area, while Terence Koh, in a self-described “Where the Wild Things Are” monster suit, moved closer to the stage. Check out all the party pics courtesy of Hannah Thomson.