With Fashion Week—make that Fashion Month—right around the corner, we’re reading up and making plans for all the wonderful places we’ll eat, sleep, shop and play in New York. That is, if our packed Dia diaries allow…

EAT:
True, it’s across the park from Mercedes Benz Fashion Week’s new home at Lincoln Center, but we’re willing to make the trip for lunch at this restaurant gem. Great atmosphere, impeccable French bistro fare and delicious waiters—what more could a hungry style-seeker want?
Le Bilboquet, 25 E 63rd St., 212.751.3036

SLEEP
The hotel name on every MBFW devotee’s lips: The Standard. 18 stories high and straddling the High Line, a reclaimed train line turned urban oasis, The Standard is Andre Balasz’s hotel-shaped gift to New York. Views from the top floor bar (who knows what they’ll call it next?) are spectacular, and the ping-pong tables at the Biergarten are always free.
The Standard New York, 848 Washington Street, 212.645.4646, http://www.standardhotels.com/new-york-city/

SIP
Down some nondescript steps in a no-man’s-land block of West 17th Street, you’ll find a hushed, velvet-curtained room with a vintage-style bar that calls for vintage velvet dresses and long strands of pearls. Our favorite feature? The call buttons built into each banquette area—the better to order you cocktails by, my dear.
Raines Law Room, 48 W 17th St, http://www.raineslawroom.com

SHOP
Us? New York? Shopping? Too many places to list here, but luckily, Barney’s CO-OP has an Upper West Side branch easily reachable during show breaks. It’s the one place we can depend on for well-edited selections of all our best-loved contemporary brands.
Barney’s CO-OP, 2151 Broadway, 646.335.0978

PLAY
When, at the end of a long day, all we want to do is shake it, we’ll make a beeline for Le Souk in the East Village. It’s a bit off the beaten track, but the tunes are rhythmic, the belly-dancing vigorous, the experiences memorable. Take our word for it.
Le Souk, 47 Avenue B, 212.777.5454, http://www.lesouknyc.com