RING MY BELL: The bell received as the cryptic invitation to the Valentino show Wednesday afternoon had guests musing, and there was no shortage of ideas about what to do with it.
“It’s going to be really useful when I go on tour,” said Lily Allen. “I’ll ring it when I need something.” Allen was one of the first celebrity guests to enter the venue, but not long before the likes of Sir Elton John, Kirsten Dunst and Dakota Johnson got the flashbulbs popping. Sir Elton, accompanied by husband David Furnish, took to his seat immediately, while Dunst chatted with a friend in the corner of the room.
With her tour starting in March, it won’t be long before Allen puts her bell to good use. “In the next few days I start a month-long rehearsal for my tour,” she said. “We’ll see what needs the most work, but I would imagine the choreography.”
“I’ve been using it already, just no one’s there, no one’s coming, but I’ve definitely been ringing it,” laughed Shay Mitchell, who hinted that she may have a movie coming up but is otherwise focused on her luggage brand, Béis. “That’s my baby, my project, we have new collections coming up in time for fashion week in September,” she said. “There’s a fun little collab with a great designer.”
“That’s going in my house, as a very cute ornament,” said Tyla, a view shared by Thai actress, singer and model Freen Sarocha.
Tyla was moonlighting at Valentino, in a way; the singer-songwriter had just landed in Paris after performing her hit single “Chanel” on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” on Tuesday. “It’s way better here, New York is freezing right now,” the South African native said.
Quenlin Blackwell had more spiritual ideas in mind for the bell. “I’m going to use it to clear all of the negative energy,” said Blackwell, who was keeping quiet about future projects in the works, apart from saying they would be “crazy good.”
