CIRCUS MAXIMUS

In London, V.F. toasted its European edition with more than 100 British friends, ranging from the literati to the glitterati

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As a thank-you to the many British friends who have supported Vanity Fair throughout the years, the magazine toasted more than 100 guests at the cavernous Criterion Brasserie in Piccadilly Circus. Among those on the rarefied guest list were novelists Sebastian Faulks, Robert Harris, and Auberon Waugh, James Fox the writer and James Fox the actor, and Imran Khan, just off the plane from Pakistan, and his wife, Jemima. Fresh from directing Madonna's new Max Factor commercials was Alek Keshishian, who mingled with Joan Juliet Buck, David Bailey, John Mortimer, Eric Clapton, and Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels stars Nick Moran and Jason Statham. The most popular guest? Gucci C.E.O. Domenico De Sole, whose company's fate would soon be decided by a Dutch court, looking relaxed and making dozens of new friends.

EVGENIA PERETZ