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'PROJECT' FUNWAY
When a crowd as jaded as Manhattan's fashionistas goes gaga, you know it's over something that's about to be the next hot-hot-hot thing. And so it was Feb. 4, when Bravo's taping of four collections created by contestants from "Project Runway's" fabuloso first season turned into the most entertaining mob scene since the last premiere party for "The Sopranos."
Signs on the metal fence around Bryant Park asked folks to pardon the public space's tented appearance even as they promoted Fashion Week. Stacks and stacks of boxes of Krispy Kreme's gooey great fried classic doughnut were there for the taking by the skinny-centric crowd.
Inside the "Runway" tent, it was a made-for-TV party until the taping started late enough to give the "Runway" show additional credibility. Page Six's Richard Johnson low-profiled it. Rail-thin Parker Posey, looking very Grace Slick, flung an end of her wrap over her shoulder and whacked the guy sitting behind her in the kisser.
The extended Bravo family was,...