Cityfile: New York's Most Notable and Influential

Spotted | John Mayer leaving his building ... Sean Penn getting out of an SUV with model Jessica White ... Sarah Jessica Parker leaving the gym ... Ted Danson and Mary Steenburgen holding hands in Nolita ... Mena Suvari walking until an umbrella ... Calvin Klein and Ross Bleckner eating at Bar Pitti ... Miranda Kerr getting out of an SUV with her puppy ...  ... Liev Schreiber and Naomi Watts pushing a stroller in the East Village ... Daniel Craig signing autographs outside his Broadway show ... Mischa Barton leaving Gemma on the Bowery ... Charlize Theron walking with Stuart Townsend ... Justin Timberlake leaving the Jay-Z concert, and signing autographs for fans at the US Open over the weekend ... Nigel Barker walking with his wife and daughter in the West Village ... Alessandra Ambrosio getting out of an SUV ... Matt Dillion at Da Silvano ... photographer Bruce Weber walking on Bleecker Street ... Kelly Rutherford carrying her son near Bryant Park ... Jessica Stam walking in the West Village ... and Ed Westwick and Jessica Szohr leaving the Gramercy Park Hotel.

♦  André Leon Talley has joined the chorus of disapproval over Sarah Palin's wardrobe budget: "Wal-Mart hockey moms would never spend $150,000 on clothing." Then again, he's not so unhappy with what he's seen so far: "I thought that she was totally pro-Jackie in that knit suit." [The Cut]
♦  Meanwhile, that Louis Vuitton bag that Palin's daughter, Piper, was spotted with? It was quite likely a fake. [Fashionista]
♦  In tribute to Richard Blackwell, the UK Sun does its own worst-dressed list, honoring Rachel Zoe, Britney Spears, and Sharon Stone. [The Sun]
♦  The "luxury mall" in the basement of the Plaza has opened. [NYO]More

• The New York fashion scene will soon be bereft when Sean Avery heads off to Texas to join the Dallas Stars. But he'll remain a ubiquitous presence on the city's billboards and buses as one of the models in Gap's fall campaign, which launches today with Liv Tyler, Ginnifer Goodwin, Georgina Chapman, Julia Restoin Roitfeld, Scott Schuman, Leigh Lezark, and Cecilia Dean. [style file/Elle]
• Cathy Horyn ponders whether Liz Claiborne can successfully reinvent itself with Isaac Mizrahi, who has complete creative control over the label and "will design everything, as well as accessories and concepts for advertising and logos, in his own studio." [NYT]