[Haleigh Breest, Bettina Anderson, Fern Mallis, Victoria Lampley. All photos by BILLY FARRELL for PMc]

The party got started Friday night with the kick off to Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week at Shang at The Thompson Hotel. Good times were had by all with a little help from indie faves, The Virgins, and some fashion-savy guests including Fern Mallis, Brittany Snow, Michelle Trachtenberg, Ryan Locke, Ashley Lloret, Bethenny Frankel, Emma Snowdon-Jones, Fern Mallis, and R & B crooner Ryan Leslie.

More photos from this event below...

Neel Shah, Jordana Freydberg

Ashley Lloret, Jessica Janik, Katie Lee Joel

Michelle Trachtenberg, David Chines, Sarah Landman

Derek Blasberg

Eugenia Silva, Beth Melillo, Patrick McMullan

The Virgins