Michael Toscano, chef at Eataly’s ultra popular Manzo, is confirmed as the next chef and partner to join Gabriel Stulman’s new restaurant Perla. The new restaurant is in the old Bellavitae space at 24 Minetta Lane. Stulman’s other restaurants include Joseph Leonard, Jeffrey’s Grocery, and Fedora. Perla is named for his maternal grandmother.

As Oscar Sunday approaches, there is one Haute 100 lister that’s popularity seems to have a direct relationship to the nearing of the festivities. So to say, Graydon Carter, editor of Vanity Fair, is on pretty much everyone’s short list of people to cozy up to–in fact he said requests for invites have been pouring in by the hundreds in the past couple weeks. Carter sounded off about the legendary party to Bloomberg BusinessWeek:

Haute meets haute; Land Rover was the official automotive sponsor of Marchesa’s Fall 2012 fashion show. The relationship between the two brands continues to strengthen as Land Rover previously served as the official automotive sponsor of Marchesa’s Spring 2012 and Fall 2011 New York fashion shows.

Giorgio Armani revealed more than just its upcoming collection this Fashion Week; the brand revealed its renovated Madison Avenue flagship store. Naturally, the store was designed by Giorgio Armani himself and his architectural team. The store spans four floors and covers approximately 21,000 square feet. The new interior boasts modern and sleek design, fashionable décor and a redistribution of spaces to “greatly enhancing the store offering.”

Haute 100 lister Ralph Lauren presented his Fall 2012 collection yesterday at New York Fashion Week. Ralph Lauren, known for his iconic classic style did not disappoint, with an obvious inspiration for the line coming from English countryside wares.

Yesterday as the stiletto-clad masses infiltrated the Mercedes Benz Fashion Week tent at Lincoln Center, awaiting their turn to walk into the Vera Wang runway show, the atmosphere was all-out chaos. A wired energy reverberated through the air as eager attendees arrived, printed their bar codes and awaited admittance to the tent.

What do Haute 100 lister Anna Wintour, Sen. Kristin Gillibrand and designer Prabal Gurung all have in common? They all sat front row at Haute 100 lister Carolina Herrera’s Monday Fall 2012 runway show and sang her praises.

Can you think of anything more quintessentially New York than a slice of pizza? Every street corner offers another option but it takes a real New Yorker to be able to tell the best from the rest. Need a little guidance? Take some advice from Haute Living’s NY Editor and try these top 5 pizza joints that will have you saying “mangia, mangia!”

After a break from the NBA to mourn the loss of his brother in Florida, Haute 100 lister and New York Knick Amar’e Stoudemire returns to the court tonight. Tip off is at 7pm tonight in Toronto.