Gemma Ward: DJ
Ms. perfectly-shaped does MisShapes
Monday, November 21, 2005
Gemma Ward and Benjamin Cho
© Patrick McMullan
(NEW YORK) When a DJ plays two songs by the same band, it's the musical equivalent of wearing head-to-toe Chanel. In other words, overkill. But style rules change when you’re a supermodel, and playlists get more leeway too. When
Gemma Ward hit the MisShapes decks on Saturday at Luke and Leroy’s as a special guest deejay, celebrating the winter issue of V, she started with a slew of Killers songs back-to-back. But the packed crowd paused, shrugged, and got back to dancing.
There was
Caroline Winberg, dancing with her friends to “Dancing With Myself.” There was
Benjamin Cho, who also spun, drinking vodka in the back room while
Julia Restoin-Roitfeld looked on, and
Leigh Lezark chatted with
Michael Stipe. And there was
Cecilia Dean, who shimmied alongside
Stephen Gan and
James Kaliardos in her silver Martin Margiela vest. “This place is so cute!” she shouted. Even
Zaldy, whose see-and-be-seen status has skyrocketed, thanks in part to
Gwen Stefani’s recent L.A.M.B. fashion show and the avalanche of press it garnered, was there. “Don’t look so surprised to see me!” he winked. “My heart is here!” His ardent fans will remember that he trekked from Karl Lagerfeld’s Halloween party to Luke and Leroy’s in a bejeweled black bodysuit and stayed until dawn.
The decidedly dressed-down Ward wasn’t used to being the DJ, but at least she dressed the part, in a bleach-stained hoodie from American Apparel with tight jeans and boots that looked right at home in the black-clad crowd. “I really want to play ‘M.I.A.!’” she said, before rounding out her set with Madonna’s “Like a Virgin” and “Take Your Momma Out” by the Scissor Sisters. Was the model nervous following in
Madonna’s footsteps as a MisShapes guest DJ? “No, no nerves, just fun!” she screamed from behind the DJ booth. And is it hard DJing one of the most crowded parties in Manhattan? “Hard,” she shouted back. “It’s so loud you can't hear anything!” It was true, but at least everybody could see the supermodel. And judging from their craned necks and adoring looks, that was really all that mattered.
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