By the time we arrived at the ancient passage Vero-Dodat for the unveiling of Olympia Le Tan's "You Can't Judge a Book by its Cover" handbag and minaudière collection last night, the arcade's black and white check stone floor was wet with spilled champagne. Paris's literary crowd is notoriously hard drinking, but when fashion gets involved the plot thickens. What exactly is a minaudière, you ask? It's a small ornamental case for women's cosmetics. Pierre Le Tan (Olympia's papa) did the illustration for the invitation in his signature shaky pen and ink style and the whole soirée had an old fashioned 30s feeling to it as if Elsa Schiaparelli and the Surrealists were around and about.—Rebecca Voight