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"The last time I was at a Louboutin party, I almost broke my foot," a woman said as she rode the escalator to the second floor at Bergdorf Goodman last night.

Things didn't get quite that rowdy at the retailer's red-themed 20th anniversary fête for the shoe maestro. Except, that is, when the man of the hour made his grand entrance. As guests tried to get a photo or an autograph of Louboutin—not easy, what with his pack of bodyguards—even industry insiders admitted that meeting the designer is a thrill. "In May, I had lunch with him in Budapest. I know it sounds name drop-y, but I'm from the Midwest, so it was pretty exciting," said Paper magazine's Mickey Boardman.

Bergdorf's Linda Fargo was on the same page—she decked herself out in confetti for the occasion. Just how did she manage to attach it to her skin? "I used lots of fake eyelash glue," she told Style.com. "Originally, I went to the store to get those gold star stickers, like the ones they used to put on your papers in school when you did well, and they looked at me like I was crazy!"

The 18th Annual SAG Awards ceremony was almost like watching the Globes all over again. Same A-list nominees, same A-list winners, save for upsets in the Best Actor and Actress categories. Only this time around the festivities included a drinking game courtesy of the Bridesmaids crew. Kristen Wiig and company's onstage antics echoed the action on the red carpet: For the most part, the vibe tonight was cooler, looser, and more fun—and better for it.

That's not to say the glam factor went missing. Natalie Portman and Zoe Saldana both nabbed looks fresh from the Paris haute couture shows that wrapped last Wednesday; the former chose a strapless Giambattista Valli in a deep shade of bordeaux, and the latter wore Look 17 from Givenchy. Minus the nose ring, that is—things weren't quite that loose.

Still, there was plenty to like: Emma Stone's black Alexander McQueen, Michelle Williams' lacy red Valentino, Jessica Chastain's royal-blue gown from Calvin Klein Collection. We'll be looking forward to seeing what those three choose for the Oscars. Gretchen Mol's white and gold L'Wren Scott column dress also made a big impact.

White and gold also proved lucky for a Marchesa-clad Viola Davis. After winning Best Actress for her role in The Help, she was back on stage again for the Best Ensemble prize.

Starwood Hotel Group's Luxury Collection has done some significant booking of its own recently, enlisting Tilda Swinton and I Am Love director Luca Guadagnino to conceive and create a short film showcasing three of its upscale American properties.

Here, which went live online and screened at midtown's Core Club last night, stars Agyness Deyn as a solitary traveler whose itinerary (the Equinox in Vermont, the Phoenician in Arizona, and the Royal Hawaiian in Honolulu) is delivered to her one mysterious handwritten note at a time. "You don't know what the romance is about, you don't know who the man is," Guadagnino explained post-screening. "Actually, it's Waris." As in Ahluwalia, who in his role as a so-called Global Explorer for the brand assembled the creative dream team (including costume designer Heidi Bivens and Jason Schwartzman, who co-wrote the score).

Deyn, who channels Tippi Hedren for the film, found parts of the role familiar. "A lot of my traveling for my job over the past ten years has been solo traveling, I suppose, where I've not planned the hotel or anything, so in a way I just discover it."

The concept came courtesy of Swinton (who stayed home in Scotland during filming) and fellow traveler Sandro Kopp, both of whom know the highs—and lows—of traveling alone. "The only issue with it, which is quite a funny moment, is when the systems crash and you realize you're in an airport, in a country, and somehow the booking didn't come through and there you are, stuck," the actress explained. But you won't find such snafus in Here. "That was all cut out of the film," she joked. "It's in the DVD extras."