As designer Derek Lam’s much-anticipated show was about to begin on Sunday, the lights came back up at St. John’s Center Studios. A rep explained to fashion editors that there would be a delay: It seemed that venerable International Herald Tribune fashion writer Suzy Menkes had gone to the wrong location and was late. The proceedings were held up for 10 minutes as all waited for Menkes’ arrival. When she did show, fotogs chanted, “Su-zee! Su-zee!”

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