Drop the mic. (Alex Bedder)

These questions regard last night’s episode of HBO’s Game of Thrones. Please answer the prompts with specific examples from LAST NIGHT’S EPISODE, though supplementary material will be accepted as a secondary source. Please write legibly. No. 2 pencils only. You have an hour to finish this test. See below for questions and sample responses.

1. Dads ... right? For a show that has shown us how powerful a mother's love for her children can be--Dany and her dragons, Cersei and her son, Catelyn and her children--this week's finale bludgeoned us over the head with the opposite. Apparently all dads hate their sons, to the point where getting the LITERAL "dick in a box" of your only male offspring can't sway you to pull out of a losing battle. From the rat lord to Tywin's admission to Tyrion to the revelation of the identity of Theon's torturer as the bastard of Roose Bolton, is there such a thing as a positive male parental figure on this show?

Well, leaving aside the whole situation of the vengeful Starks and their Cult of the Dead Dad, the return of Jaime Lannister this week reminds us of the essential point that, unlike motherhood, the question of who is your real father will always be an open one in this world without paternity tests or a Montel Williams to force dads to undergo them. So accepting a son as your own is always something of an act of faith, not to mention a gamble, for these characters. Balon and Tywin seem to think they have backed losing horses. The saving grace in such a fluid paternal situation is that adoptive fathers and similar father figures have a huge role to play here, stepping in to commit this act of faith where real dads continue to fail. So we have Davos, who has lost his own son, playing the fatherly role to both the fatherless Gendry and the might-as-well-be-fatherless Shireen, Sam forced to deny his paternity of the newly named Sam Jr. while clearly being a better father to him than Craster (not that this was much of a challenge, all things considered) and the Hound edging his clumsy way into a definite parental role vis-a-vis Arya, even if it is one that condones killing as long as they do it as a team. Fathers are those who act like fathers; imagine how much happier Tyrion would be (and Theon would have been) if he just stopped trying to satisfy this man who is nothing to him but biology.

2. Tywin's argument--that the "dishonor" of killing the Starks at a wedding is outweighed by the fact that it means fewer bodies on the ground--is totally disingenuous (the real reason is that he wasn't able to beat Robb in battle), but it rings eerily similar to the reasons given by our government for "lightweight war" and the use of drone attacks. I really thought there'd be a better PRISM analogy to use tonight, as almost every episode of Game of Thrones has some sort of "leak" of information, but are there other resemblances to the current administration's foreign policy to be found in this magical, medieval landscape?

As long as there have been governments, there have been spies, so a leak of information is not itself a surprising element or theme of any story that involves statecraft. Of course, the governments of Westeros have no technology that compares to our unimaginably vast surveillance networks--these are people who communicate by bird, after all, and who can cut a city off from the grid through a simple raven genocide. Stannis seems to suggest that dragons and other kinds of magic are the military-support technology of their world, and if so, and if the gods real, then Tywin has made a crucial misstep. Bran reminds us how poorly their gods, similar to those of the Greeks, take violations of hospitality, a much worse sin than, say, murder and forced cannibalism. Much like our United Nations, however, they don't seem to intervene, so maybe Tywin has it all in hand. After all, there are no laws constraining him, as there are supposed to be constraining our government, no Geneva convention, and no free press to cry him foul. In his world, the victors really do get to write the history books, in the most literal sense, not to mention the songs that the minstrels of the future will play.

3. It's the return of Tyrion's one-liners! Between his mocking of Walder Frey's cryptic note ("Is this bad poetry?) to his wisdom to Podrick ("It's not easy being drunk all the time. If it was easy, everyone would do it.") to his slam-dunk on Cersei ("There's nothing worse than a late-blooming philospher"), the half man is back in full form and better than ever. I'd like to say he's Westeros's answer to Mark Twain or Oscar Wilde, but he's got a little too much of the Byronic thing going on to be as glib as he pretends. But there are certain similarities to Tyrion's life and that of our most celebrated writers (rich parents, the black sheep of the family, an alcoholic), and we can all agree that if he chose to write a book, it would be an instant classic.

As Jonathan Franzen (or one of those other oft-quoted novelists who always do these things), write a back page blurb for Tyrion's debut book. You may not use the following phrases: "promising," "young," or "voice of his generation."

Years of sharpening his wit on the whetstone of his familial frustrations have made Tyrion Lannister a rapier-sharp raconteur, and now one of our finest novelists. Everyone, from the prostitutes of Flea Bottom to the High Septon, will find themselves stung, in the most pleasurable of ways, by this, his sparklingly debauched debut. A roman à clef that spares no one, not even the king, in its merciless portrayal of palace life, Knee-High to a Man marks the arrival of a crucial new voice in Westerosi fiction. Small though he may be, Tyrion Lannister is a monstrously huge talent, and I, for one, can't wait to see what he does next.

4. While the premiere of Game of Thrones began with a scene involving the White Walkers, until now they've just been just another narrative thread as part of our "Keeping Up with the Starks (and Lannisters and Dany)." But now Melisandre, one of the biggest manipulators of the game--whose angle has been, as far as we know, to get Stannis on throne so she herself could take power--has done a 180 by claiming that there are now more important wars to be fought. I don't know what kind of "magic fire" you need to tell you that the upcoming zombie apocalypse is a little more pressing than the bitch-fight over who gets to sit in the world's most uncomfortable chair, but does Stannis have a point about Melisandre and her sorcery? Could the Onion Knight's fear of her powers have made him prejudiced?

And more importantly ... if characters are finally waking up and realizing that land titles and monarchy mean nothing when faced with the reality that there is some crazy ass supernatural shit going on in their world, does that mean we have to throw everything we've learned from the last three seasons out the window?

Have we actually learned anything from the last three seasons? I mean, besides "the world is a horrible place and everyone and everything is trying to kill you and all happiness is a fleeting moment between massive amounts of pain and also winter is coming"? Post-Red Wedding, I think it is fair to say that whatever we thought we knew about whom to root for and why is also out the window like a twincest-spying Bran. The approaching zombie apocalypse is entirely in line with this. If anything, it seems a little too on the nose. Horrible things happen, and also we have an approaching army of horribleness just waiting to illustrate that. But that war seems a ways off, considering there is another army from the North, Mance Rayder's, between Stannis and the Wall at this point.

If we and Melisandre are to draw any conclusion, it is that Game of Thrones cares much more about the little people (that one's not a dwarf joke) than it does about the story's major geopolitical players. As in Lord of the Rings, the armies will range against one another, but it will be the actions of individuals--probably those ignored by kings--who turn the tide. At least that is what I hope, because something has got to make Bran's story have a point. Otherwise it is just "crippled boy gets carried for miles in the snow," and that is getting pretty old.

5. So we finally find out who has been keeping Theon captive in this season's most uncomfortable/unwatchable scenes! And it's...the bastard son of the most cold-hearted traitor in the North? Seriously? What does it say about Roose Bolton, who betrayed the Starks to win the Lannisters' affection and get his wife's weight in silver by marrying a Frey, that he knowingly entrusted his OBVIOUSLY INSANE son with such an important task as defeating the Ironborn invaders?

We can talk about filial cannibalism all we want, but are there other examples where blood IS actually thicker than water? Or at least thicker than Dany's new Jolie-Pitt model of 3rd world adoption?

Ugh, Roose Bolton. It's like instead of understanding that we are quickly running out of characters to root for, the show keeps giving us more and worse bad guys, of which we have a surfeit. Bolton really is remarkably odious, though, isn't he?

Speaking of odious, the obvious reference for actual family-feeling in this episode would be Cersei's speech (possibly her best yet) painting Joffrey as a sweet little child. But assuming we take her at her word, the clear implication is that psychopaths aren't born but bred. And who bred that sweet flaxen-haired boy into the whore-killing terror he is today but Cersei? The doting mother who doted too much seems to have literally spoiled her son, ruined him, twisted him into something truly awful. It is enough to make you wish for the Tywin model.

Luckily we do have a couple of blood relations who are showing them all how it's done, and notably, they are both siblings, not parents. And both sisters, at that. Arya finally puts her dagger where her mouth is and offs a dude—I actually cheered—because he was bragging (and almost certainly lying) about desecrating her brother's body. And similarly, Yara Greyjoy goes against her father's wishes to save her brother and take revenge for his own desecrated body. The edge goes to Yara, though, who barely knows her brother, and to the extent that she does, hates his guts. But she does the right thing by him anyway. Leave it to a ship captain to remember what blood is thicker than.

Harvey Fierstein and Cyndi Lauper.

From Torch Song Trilogy to La Cage aux Folles, Broadway legend Harvey Fierstein has earned a legacy on the Great White Way. And now, his Kinky Boots has taken the theater world by storm, garnering a stunning 13 Tony nominations (the most of any show this year), including a nod for Best Book. Here, as guest editor of Eight-Day Week, Mr. Fierstein shares how he’ll spend his special week.

WEDNESDAY, June 5

Barbara Walters interviewed me 30 years ago for 20/20. It was, she claimed, her first ever on-air interview with an openly gay person. (Can you believe that?) On the eve of her retirement, the broadcasting legend and I will sit down on The View and reminisce about how life has changed over three decades. I’m bringing along the cast of my show Kinky Boots to perform!

Then it’s lunch at The Palm West, where they recently installed a mural of Cyndi Lauper, Jerry Mitchell and me celebrating Kinky Boots. Since it’s matinee day, I’m going to splurge on the lobster.

And then I’ve got to run myself over to Sardi’s, where my Kinky Boots collaborator, Cyndi, is having her caricature revealed. No matter what, she’s going to look older in her portrait than I do in mine, since I was immortalized back in 1983.

The View, 11am on ABC; The Palm West, 250 West 50th Street, (212) 333-7256; Sardi’s Restaurant, 234 West 44th Street, (212) 221-8440.

THURSDAY, June 6

It’s my birthday, and I’ve got some fun planned.

I’ll start off being interviewed by MSNBC’s gorgeous hunk Thomas Roberts about the recent op-ed I wrote for the Huffington Post regarding the Boy Scouts’ new gay policies. Then I’ll slip away for a very private lunch with friends at Angus McIndoe. I’ll follow that up with a reading of my new play, due to be produced next season. (It’s all very hush-hush, so don’t tell nobody.) After that, it’s home for a little more private celebrating. Hey, you only turn 45 twenty or thirty times.

Angus McIndoe Restaurant, 258 West 44th Street, (212) 221-9222.

FRIDAY, June 7

J. Mascis of Dinosaur Jr.

Opening night of the 2013 Governors Ball Music Festival, under the stars on Randall’s Island, features concerts by alt-rock heroes Dinosaur Jr., Feist, headlining arena-rockers Kings of Leon and Canadian electro-punks Crystal Castles, and it’s my chance to find out what’s inside Erykah Badu’s turban. The festival also features lawn games (like a giant Connect Four board), art installations, warm-up yoga classes, Ping-Pong tournaments, and face and body painting. Oh, yes, body painting. I hope someone brings a roller!

The Governors Ball Music Festival, Randall’s Island Park, 12pm-11pm, tickets $95-$180.

SATURDAY, June 8

Early in the morning, I’ll slip into something very comfortable and drive up to one of my favorite antique shows of the season, in Harwinton, Conn. Ninety minutes from the city, part indoors and part outdoors, this show always has a great variety of Americana, country and folk art.

Nathan Lane in The Nance.

Then it’s back home to pick up my tuxedo and head off to Saturday night in Manhattan where, on the eve of the Tony Awards, I will pop in to watch pal Nathan Lane’s Tony-nominated performance in The Nance. I’ll be treating myself to a night over in the Big Apple, staying at my favorite boutique hotel, The Michelangelo, so I can be fresh in the morning.

Harwinton Antiques & Design Weekend, 70 Locust Road, Harwinton, Conn., (317) 598-0012, 9am-5pm; The Michelangelo, 152 West 51st Street, (212) 765-1900, rooms from $349.

SUNDAY, June 9

First thing in the morning, it’s a mad dash over to Radio City Music Hall to rehearse for that night’s live telecast of the Tony Awards. I am always so excited to watch the shows rehearse their big numbers, check out where all of the celebrities will be sitting that night, and make a trip to the “Presenter Gift Lounge,” where they give you a bunch of swag for appearing on the show. No kidding: I once got a
TempurPedic bed!

But for those looking to see a matinee, you are in luck—if your name is Tony. The hit musical Spider-Man is giving out a free ticket to Sunday’s matinee to anyone named Tony. It’s their second year doing it. So, Antoinette, get your butt over there.

I don’t want to sound like a poop, but I’ll most likely nap before dressing and heading off to walk the Tony red carpet and getting to my seat in time for the big show to begin. Keep your fingers crossed for Kinky Boots!

Win or lose, it’s party time at the Governors Ball, followed by the O&M exclusive after-party at The Carlyle Hotel. Last year I was photographed in bed with at least a dozen celebs. I won’t tell who until it’s time for the autobiography!

The Tony Awards, 9pm on CBS; Radio City Music Hall, 1260 Avenue of the Americas, (212) 247-4777; The Carlyle Hotel, 35 East 76th Street, (212) 744-1600, by invitation only.

MONDAY, June 10

No rest for the weary. I’ve got a political evening coming up:

First I am appearing at Gracie Mansion along with Mayor Michael Bloomberg to help present my darling friend Audra McDonald with the “Made in NY” prize.

Out the door and across town I will fly to make an appearance for another friend, Christine Quinn, who is running for mayor.

Gracie Mansion, 88 East End Avenue, (212) 570-4751, by invitation only.

Jennifer Lopez.

TUESDAY, June 11

This boy is taking a day of rest, even though there’s a fashion show!

SNOW Magazine’s NYC Fashion Show will get you ready for winter and skiing season at Hudson Studios with a presentation by fashion brands Rossignol, Bo

gner, SOS, UGG Australia and Snow Sugar, among others. So, you go to that and tell me all about it. I’ll be napping by my pool!

Hudson Studios, 601 West 26th Street #1330, (212) 924-2430, 11am-3pm, by invitation only.

WEDNESDAY, June 12

Held at The Plaza Hotel, this year’s amFAR New York Inspiration Gala honors Valentino, Jennifer Lopez and Alan Cumming, with special guest Liza Minnelli and a performance by Carly Rae Jepsen. Expected guests include Michael Bastian, Nina Garcia and Carlos Souza. Tickets start at $1,200. How many would you like? Or shall I just save you an entire table?

The Plaza Hotel, 768 Fifth Avenue, (212) 759-3000, cocktails 6:30pm, dinner 9pm, tickets from $1,200.

Still, if one can make money off a porny web series called Game of Bones...Oh wait, you say, Game of Bones is a terrible porn name? That Game of Boners would have at least been funny? Do you think you can write a better porn name?

So do we.

"We figured we had three choices for titles: 'Game of Bones,' 'Game of Moans' or 'Game of Thongs," said Lee Roy Myers, who in addition to being the least visionary porn director/writer working today, is also the purveyor of WoodRocket.com, the company making the web series. Leaving aside that Game of Thongs doesn't even RHYME, this production is already plagued by Mr. Myers's diva act. He's so touchy about his casting that he told XBIZ.com that after putting an ad out on Twitter and Facebook, "auditions tomorrow are completely booked, there are no more spaces."

Really? Not even if James Deen came in tomorrow and asked for a role? Let's not get choosy here, guys. Sorry, maybe Mr. Myers confused his porn website with Weinstein studios, in which case yes, the auditions are closed and Mr. Tarantino is only halfway done with the edgy, Oscar-winning script.

It's not like you were interested anyway. Still, if you went to the auditions at the very exclusive "undisclosed L.A. location" where they were being held, and offered up your alternative title—Winter is Cumming, obviously—we doubt Mr. Myers would turn you away. Especially if you offered up these way better names. (Which, seriously, if you're not going to have fun with the punny titles, maybe the stardust of the adult film industry has lost its sparkle for you, pal.)

Laying Down Lannister

Keeping Up with Crastor

The King in the North Goes South

Direwolf Doggie Style

Foxy and the Hound

Littlefinger, Big Member

The Red Wedding

Stark Naked!
The Bear Does the Maiden Fair

Illustration by Alex Bedder.

These questions regard last night’s episode of HBO’s Game of Thrones. Please answer the prompts with specific examples from LAST NIGHT’S EPISODE, though supplementary material will be accepted as a secondary source. Please write legibly. No. 2 pencils only. You have an hour to finish this test. See below for questions and sample responses.

1. So after the dust settles, the blood congeals and everyone has done screaming "Holy shit" and swearing they're breaking up with the show, we'll all have to admit that not only was the Red Wedding an outcome fully in line with the themes and tone of the show (nowhere is safe, words/promises are just illusions, love does not last) but that it was also very clearly telegraphed by the scenes leading up to it. If you had not read the books, what would have tipped you off the most that something truly devastating was about to happen, and why? Suggestions: Walder's obvious contempt for Talisa; his line "the wine will flow red"; Roose Bolton's sobriety (and everything else about Roose Bolton); the fact that everyone seemed to be happy, for once; the title of the episode.

Can we actually just press pause to take a breather here? I know there was no episode last week (although, to paraphrase a friend, there was a nice fan fiction episode in which Jaime Lannister ends up in servitude to Michael Douglas playing my bubby), but last night packed enough developmental and emotional wallop to outdo even the first-season climax of Ned Stark losing his head. So please ... just a moment of respect.

Okay, done. So now ... holy shit. Yes. The Red Wedding. We've been waiting for it all season (those who knew it was coming), and it didn't disappoint in sheer WTF-ness. I can't say the moment someone would have been tipped off, but you could tell the moment Catelyn was: when they started playing that funeral pomp (which I'm assuming was the song from the title, and a Lannister tribute) after they shut the doors on her brother and his way-too-beautiful-for-this-to-go-well wife. That's why she grabbed Bolton's hand in what looked like a moment of very un-Catelyn-like passion, only to draw up the sleeve and reveal that he was wearing chain mail. Which, to be honest? If Robb was smart, he would have gone in wearing some in the first place himself. Poor, stupid Robb Stark. We never much cared for you, but it was sad to see your direwolf die.

2. Despite the fact that we finally got to see some fighting in the East, Dany's campaign continues to be a nearly bloodless war in which everything she wants is rather conveniently delivered to her. Though we are told that it is her compassion that makes slaves lay down their weapons before her, the presence of romance novel cover model Daario Naharis reminds us that her physical beauty plays no small part in her victories. Does this alter our understanding of Dany, her entourage and their successes--especially in light of the increasingly jealous Ser Jorah? And how might it reflect on the proceedings at the Twins, which are also rather oddly focused on looks, both those of Talisa and those of Roslin Frey?

Oh, I mean ... look. Would I watch that scene of Jorah and Daario and Grey Worm fighting a bunch of dudes six or seven times in one night? Certainly. Even if it was in the most horrific episode of the season. Why? Because they are all ridiculously attractive in their own way. It's like watching Inigo Montoya and whatever that blond dude's name was (Farmboy?) from The Princess Bride have a sword fight. "You guys are very attractive! This will be my favorite movie throughout childhood!" So in a larger meta-context, watching these three fight for Dany's approval makes a good portion of the not-attracted-to-Dany audience more interested in her storyline, because the stakes just got raised, hotness-wise.

As for the Frey-Tully marriage, it's another instance of the "Probably should have looked that gift horse in the mouth," kind of scenario. Like, if Walder Frey is pawning off his hottest grandchild to the most arrogant, dickish member of a family that has totally slighted him, there might be a problem. Then again, I never trusted Talisa either, and her hotness seems to be now a red herring.

3. Imagine you are Bran Stark. You realize you are in a fictional tale of some sort, but you don't know what kind: is it a Shakespearean political drama, a fantasy novel, a horror film? In order to make the crucial decision of whether to split up your party--which may be expedient in some genres, but is clearly a bad move in every extant horror film or thriller--what evidence do you use to determine which it is? How does your recent discovery that you are an extremely powerful magician, able to enter the minds of wolves and halfwits, affect your decision?

Look, Bran is not stupid. He knows there is powerful magic at work that is allowing his younger brother to suddenly age five years in one episode, as well as give him the power of fluent speech. If I were Bran, I'd put as much distance between myself and Rickon as humanly possible as well.

4. Speaking of magic, Gilly fulfills Sam's childhood dream of becoming a wizard, naming him such because he knows how to read. She clearly finds this much more impressive than the actual magic he performed with the dragonglass in the last episode--and this season has made much of literacy, especially in the case of Davos. With the illiterate Osha getting a crucial scene this week and the almost certainly illiterate Ygritte being betrayed, what might Game of Thrones be saying about the relationship between the ability to read letters and the ability to read a situation?

Well in the case of Ygritte, I don't think it would have helped much. Sorry, Ygritte, that's what you get for kind of forcing a dude to sleep with you and then convincing yourself that that means he loves you. It's not like Jon Snow kept a secret diary around that would have clued her in had she just been literate.

There is a sense in Game of Thrones that literacy is a trade-off: those who are literate often lead a much more sheltered life than those who aren't, so people like Osha can play up their "wilding knowledge" card almost as much as some Maester can play up his ability to read a host of different languages. On the other hand, I do wonder about those characters whose literacy is never been called into question--like Dany--and wonder if that is going to hurt her somewhere down the line.

5. Jon Snow is the world's worst undercover cop. He was willing to kill Thorin Halfhand in order to establish his bona fides with the gang, but now he blows his cover because he can't just kill (or let the rest of them just kill) one guy who is an almost complete stranger? (He's acting even more immaturely here than his little sister, who basically does the exact same thing in this episode, though with fewer repercussions.) Is there any way we can make Jon's actions seem consistent? Is this all part of some larger plan, or has the weather south of the wall just thawed him out and made him soft?

I think it's consistent if you remember that Thorin gave direct orders that Jon Snow SHOULD kill him if the situation arose, to make it look like Snow's turncoating was legit. After all, Jon is very good at taking orders--going as far as having sex with Ygritte to "fit in"--but he's also got a heart. So no, he didn't act in his best interest, and if Bran hadn't "warged out" from the rooftop, he probably would have died. But he's also not as badly outnumbered as he was beyond the wall, so he probably figured he'd take his chances and hope that Ygritte would fight for, and not against him.

And hey, that gambit paid off. So who knows nothing NOW, Ygritte?

Patrick Robinson and Virginia Smith.

Parsons has produced more fashion stars (think the Proenza Schouler guys, Jason Wu, Marc Jacobs and Tom Ford) than Barney’s can stock. The school’s 2013 fashion show will be attended by big-name store buyers, magazine editors and movie stars, all on the lookout for the next big thing primed for Seventh Avenue success. Hosted by the school’s Executive Dean Joel Towers and Dean Simon Collins as well as alumnus Patrick Robinson, the show’s front row will be stocked with the power players who rule Fashion Week at Lincoln Center. Dress for the style press.

Pier Sixty, Chelsea Piers, 23rd Street and the West Side Highway, (212) 336-6060, 11:45am, by invitation only.

Tiffany Thiessen.

Former Beverly Hills 90210 star Tiffani Thiessen is hosting Redbook’s MVP Awards over breakfast at A Voce in the Time Warner Center, New York’s closest thing to a mall—fitting for the TV beauty whose most-famous character loved shopping in tony Los Angeles malls. The awards honor the year’s best makeup, skin care, hair care, nail colors and fragrances, with industry judges Rita Hazan, Alli Webb of Drybar, Cindy Barshop of Completely Bare and Jenn Falik, to name a few. Book a facial, laser hair removal and a blow-out now.

A Voce, 10 Columbus Circle, (212) 823-2523, 8am, by invitation only.

Hartley House has devotedly served those who live and work in Hell’s Kitchen since 1897 with educational, creative, recreational, civic and social programs. The 2013 Spring Benefit honors the organization’s Home Outreach Program for Elders (HOPE), a comprehensive case-management program focused on the West Side of Manhattan. The honorary corporate chair is Harold McGraw III, and benefit chairs include Judith Baldwin, H. Hartley du Pont and Alexis Robinson Waller. The master of ceremonies is Lonnie Quinn, the weathercaster for CBS 2
—the forecast calls for fun.

Natsanat screening, Golden Egg Film Festival, Tribeca Cinemas, 54 Varick Street, 7-9pm. Hartley House Spring Benefit, The Museum of the City of New York, 1220 Fifth Avenue, (212) 534-1672, 6:30-9pm, tickets from $200. 

Start at the George Washington Bridge, 6:30am-5:30pm, $280 per person including registration insurance. 

Chef Marc Murphy of Landmarc.

Tribeca is known for big-bucks lofts, celebrity residents and fancy food. The Taste of Tribeca, started in 1994, is a great way to pig out on glamorous grub from eateries like Robert De Niro’s Tribeca Grill, Bouley, Landmarc, City Hall and many others. The family-friendly event benefits the neighborhood’s public elementary schools P.S. 234 and P.S. 150, and thus features a play-all-day Kids Zone. And for the parents: a New York State wine tasting.

Hudson Street, 11:30am-3pm, tickets from $45. 

A look from the Oliver Spencer Autumn/Winter 2013 collection.

Designer Oli Spencer founded his label Oliver Spencer in 2002. A self-taught tailor, the British designer marries traditional cuts with street wear while drawing inspiration from Americana, Japan’s cool kids, hunting and military clothes, and the costumes of Sandy Powell, who did the Martin Scorsese films Gangs of New York and The Aviator. Spencer launched women’s wear in 2008, and has also added a shoe line. Think the perfect outfit for The Clash’s Mick Jones to wear on a dinner date with Anna Wintour at The Monkey Bar to discuss the Met’s “Chaos to Couture” punk exhibition. Fashion editors will preview the Fall/Winter Oliver Spencer 2013 collection at PR powerhouse LaForce + Stevens’s showroom. Oi!

LaForce + Stevens, 132 West 21st Street, (212) 242-9353, 9am-5pm, by invitation only.