Scene Last Night: De La Renta Tells Clinton to Run

It was fairly predictable to see Hillary Clinton’s longtime friend Oscar de la Renta encouraging her to take a second shot at the Oval Office. It was interesting to see it happen at a fundraiser for the generally nonpartisan Carnegie Hall (“practice, practice, practice” is good advice for all), and in a style as elegant and choreographed as a state dinner (with wines from France and Italy).

“Don’t disappoint me, I want you as the next president, OK?” the designer said last night in front of about 400 guests in the Plaza Hotel ballroom, including Colombian billionaire Alejandro Santo Domingo and hedge-fund manager Glenn Fuhrman.