Fashion Week is over. But it was fun, wasn’t it? Let’s remember the last weekend star-studded events:
Jonathan Simkhai FW19 Presentation with Ruffino Wines
Jonathan Simkhai showed his Fall Winter 2019 collection amidst a lighted installation at Industria Studios. Music was provided by Sarah Jaffe and violinist Rebecca Howard. Hair and makeup were done by Odile Gilbert, TRESemmé Global NYFW Stylist and Grace Lee for Maybelline New York. Guests enjoyed prosecco provided by Ruffino Wines. Afterwards guests celebrated at Sky Bridge with a surprise performance by Zara Larsson.
Notable attendees included, but were not limited to Arielle Charnas, Bella Thorne, Camila Coelho, Calu Rivero, Caroline Daur, Dani Thorne, Danielle Bernstein, Delilah Belle Hamlin, Devon Windsor, Iskra Lawrence, Jenny Cipoletti, Leigh Lezark, Leonie Hanne, Marta Pozzan, Mia Moretti, Michelle Madsen, Nuasheen Shah, Olivia Palermo, Tania Sarin, Vashtie Kola, Xenia Adonts, Zara Larsson
Jonathan Simkhai Fall/Winter 2019 After Party with Ruffino Wines
Jonathan Simkhai Fall/Winter 2019 after party, DJ’ed by Mia Moretti, with live performance by Zara Larsson. Guests enjoyed wine provided by Ruffino Wines.
Notable attendees included, but were not limited to Alice Eve, May Kwok, Mia Moretti, Brittany Xavier, Pritika Swarup, Michelle Madsen.
The Daily Front Row’s “New Wave” Party with SVEDKA Vodka
The Daily Front Row honored the 50+ talents to know in fashion. Over 600 guests assembled for the biggest bash during NYFW this season and were treated to an unforgettable moment when Aquaria, the winner of RuPaul’s Drag Race in 2018, surprised the crowd with a performance of Eartha Kitt’s “I Want to Be Evil.”When guests weren’t dancing to tunes provided by DJ Isaac Likes, they were posing with an oversized MCM bear, mingling with Temi, the Personal Robot who circulated through the crowd, and sipping refreshing cocktails from SVEDKA Vodka.
Notable attendees included, but were not limited to Alexandra Richards, Andrew Warren, Aquaria, Ashley Haas, Asian Doll, Austin Hare, Baron & Tessa Hilton, Brittany Peltz, Caleb Thill, Caroline Daur, Charlotte Lawrence, Chiara, Edo Ferragamo, Eric Jess, Eric Rutherford, Grace Atwood, Gustav Witzoe, Igee Okafor, Isaac Hindin-Miller, Josie Canseco, Juana Burga, Kiana Alexis, Kristen Hancher, Mariah Strongin, Marta Pozzan, Mikiel Benyamin, Ming Lee Simmons, Moti Ankari, Patrick Ta, Sofia Belhouari, Young Paris
LaQuan Smith NYFW Show with Tequila Mi CAMPO
LaQuan Smith presented his FW19 Collection at Spring Studios. There was a fully stocked Tequila Mi CAMPO bar set up backstage and following the show, Smith and the models toasted the show with Tequila Mi CAMPO shots.
Notable attendees included, but were not limited to Luka Sabbat, Fern Mallis, J. Alexander, EJ Johnson, Elisa Johnson, Maxwell Osborne.
Opening Ceremony Lunar New Year 2019 Celebration with SVEDKA Vodka
On Sunday evening, Opening Ceremony threw a party, PIG OUT, which brought also brought together Asian cultural icons — in this case, of NYC nightlife. The mega-fête stacked three downtown events on three floors of Hotel 50 Bowery: BUBBLE_T, a Queer Asian and Pacific Islander dance-party collective hosted by Stevie Huynh, Nicholas Andersen, Karlo Bueno Bello, Pedro Vidallon, and Pauly Tran; GUSH, a lesbian QTPOC intersectional and interdisciplinary party from Angela Dimayuga and Meriem Bennani; and Club Glam, a monthly party at the China Chalet restaurant hosted by DeSe Escobar.
A feast worthy of the party’s name ensued, with the help of cuisine curator Sue Chan of Care of Chan. Dance-floor vibes came courtesy of Yaeji, the Korean-American electronic musician. Pearl River Mart, OC’s long-time Chinatown neighbor, also set up shop, offering for sale a variety of Lunar New Years goodies, bamboo and silk fans, quilted Chinese jackets, well as OC x Muppets merch, on which zodiac it girl Miss Piggy sports a cheongsam. Nearby, Maybelline hosted a fortune teller, where guests had their futures read through their lipstick imprints.
Notable attendees included, but were not limited to Abbi Jacobson, Rosario Dawson, Justin Theroux, Greta Lee, Soo Joo Park, Leigh Lezark, Petra Collins, Phillip Picardi, Prabal Gurung, Jenny Han, Lana Condor, Mia Moretti, Selah Marley, Rainsford, Luka Sabbat, Coco Gordon Moore, Ryan Jamaal Swain, Tyler Mitchell, Anna Trevelyan, Ian Bradley, Li Xiao Xing, Tygapaw, Junglepussy, Meghan Collison