Gearing up for Fashion Week, when models are ubiquitous, literary lothario and social scene iron-man Salman Rushdie made the rounds Tuesday night. The writer popped up at Vladimir Restoin Roitfeld’s West Village opening for Ouattara Watts’ art show, “Vertigo,” where he was spotted rubbing shoulders with Diane von Furstenberg and artist Brice Marden. Also in the high-end crowd were model Lily Donaldson, W editor Stefano Tonchi, chef Todd English and designer Yigal Azrouel. Rushdie then skipped an Acme after-party to head to Flatiron eatery Junoon, where he was honored by Dom Perignon and Booktrack, which creates music to go with e-books. “He got up and was supposed to read a page or two from his short story [‘In the South’],” said a spy. “But by music momentum, or popular demand, he read the entire story.” Rushdie spent the rest of the night surrounded by beautiful women including DJ Donna D’Cruz and Topaz Page-Green.

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