“Regine told us all about her punk parti; New Jimmys last night at which she served beef stew in dog dishes and chocolate mousse in a toilet bowl. She was thrilled to death by the fact that some real punks crashed and started fighting with the fake punks and she had to call in the real police. "

Bob Colacello OUT—in Paris Society Interview, July 1977

Halston and Diane von Furstenburg havent been there yet, but Andy Warhol went to CBGBs to see the Talking Heads and the Ramones.

In London, lords and ladies dress in punk outfits at their dinner parties, and there was a punk band (not as well received as the disco music, naturally) at Lou Lou de la Falaises (shes Yves St. Laurents Best Friend) Paris wedding reception.

When I returned from London last December, filled with enthusiasm about bands like The Sex Pistols and The Clash, not too many record industry people (with the exception of a few; they know who they are) were interested. Now, Sex Pistols videotapes are shown at fashionable Manhattan dinner parties.

Its happened. I should have known it would. Punk slumming.