A Barneys Benefit

It starts out civilized enough, but the Barneys New York Warehouse Sale looks like an enormous coed locker room once the bargain hunters start stripping down to try on designer whatnots (marked down by half or more) in the makeshift aisles at Santa Monica’s Barker Hangar. At last month’s $10-a-head preview--a benefit for AIDS Project Los Angeles--invited guests got first dibs before the shopping event of the year opened to the public.