Season 4 of RuPaul's Drag Race doesn't premiere until January 30, but last night, the show threw a party at the Patricia Filed boutique in New York. What did the colorful party-goers wear? Shiny, short, animal print, and gobs of makeup, of course.

[New York, May 25. Image via Getty]

• The inquest into Alexander McQueen's death has revealed that before he hanged himself, the designer took a lethal quantity of cocaine, as well as tranquilizers and sleeping pills. He also slit his wrists. He left a note, which read:

Many brands are partnering with the movie — HP, Moet — and now Skyy has announced a special edition Patricia Field/SATC 2 bottle. It might look a little tacky, but it's actually "cocktail couture"! [ONTD via Luxist]

• Beth Ditto is designing another Evans collection. Last time the singer held fast to the 80s, with sometimes mixed results, but the range that will hit stores in September counts everything from Victoriana to "Noughties body-con" as an influence. [Telegraph]

• Victoria Beckham got an 18-page spread in the new German Vogue. [FGR]
• Tara Subkoff, now recovered from her brain tumor, says, "I've decided to bring back Imitation Of Christ in its most basic incarnation: easy-to-wear staples with an edge." [Harper'sBazaar]

• Eva Mendes wore a Snuggie at a party for Flaunt magazine. [P6]
• According to one study, the luxury sector is projected to grow everywhere in the world this year, with the exception of Japan. [Independent]

Denise Rich's Angel Ball benefits Gabrielle's Angel Foundation for Cancer Research, and 2009's, at Cipriani Wall Street, brought out Blake and Penn, Kathie and Hoda, Pat Field, Jennifer Hudson, Estelle...and some of the year's best looks! (Oh, plus Star Jones.)

• New lows in celebrity sartorial publicity: Dior would like everyone to know that Madonna was wearing its sunglasses when she visited the victims of her stage collapse in Marseille, which killed two workers and left eight injured. [WWD]

• 42-year-old Kristen McMenamy, whose deeply unconventional beauty shone in many of the most memorable fashion photographs of the early '90s, was chosen by Steven Meisel for the new cover of Italian Vogue. [FWD]