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Yves Saint Laurent and his pug were recently spotted in the dining room at the Hotel Sofitel (806 15th St. NW; 202-730- 8800) where Karl Lagerfeld also glowered from behind the concierge desk. No, the Francophile hotel hasn’t been sucked into an ultra-stylish dream world; it’s hosting the photography exhibit “Fashion Stills” through June 13. Thirty-five runway-centric shots by photographers including Derek Hudson, Jean-Marie Périer and Gérard Uféras (shown, Chanel 2003 haute couture show) deck the walls of the sleek downtown property, with Hudson’s image of a cigsucking Kate Moss overseeing the Le Bar cocktail lounge and Cathleen Naundorf’s surrealist photos of Jean Paul Gaultier madonnas gracing the Ici Urban Bistro. You can buy any of the works through Polkagalerie.com, or just drink them in while sipping a flight of (what else?) champagne at the swanky bar.
