Getting last-minute cancellations can put a black cloud over an event before it has even started. If it's a large, casual cocktail party, then I'll o…

- Derek Blasberg

Talking, texting or tweeting on your phone is the worst in any social situation. I went to a lunch during Paris Fashion Week, and I managed to steal …

- Derek Blasberg

If it is a cocktail party, I think bringing your partner, husband or wife is fine. To a certain extent, when someone throws a party, they expect to h…

- Derek Blasberg

I think the sort of person you want at a party is someone who is self-aware, polite and has a basic knowledge of table manners. And that goes for bot…

- Derek Blasberg

With her first Oscar nomination for her portrayal of Lisbeth Salander in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Rooney Mara gave fashion fans a new Gothic-…

- Derek Blasberg

If you are going to worry all night, you should let the hostess know that you're coming for cocktails and leaving when everyone sits down for dinner.…

- Derek Blasberg

Often times if you're bored, the other person is probably bored too.

- Derek Blasberg

I grew up in the Midwest, so I have sort of an honorable moral code. But I moved to a city and joined a sort of fast crowd. A lot of people who grew …

- Derek Blasberg

A good party is one that is designed to entertain and bond friends. The bad parties I've been to are the ones that are held to impress other people.

- Derek Blasberg