This Week in Events: Fashion Week Officially Kicks Off

February 10, 2023

On Thursday, Lingua Franca held a grand opening party for its townhouse on Jane St.

Ann Dexter-Jones and Rachelle Hruska MacPherson
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Dee Poku
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Nate Berkus and Athena Calderon
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Meanwhile, Mytheresa held a cocktail party in honor of New York Fashion Week at Temple Bar.

Virginia Smith and Heather Kaminetsky
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Ezra J. William, Fernando Garcia, and Laura Kim
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Sarah Hoover
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Joseph Altuzarra
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Lilah Ramzi
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Leandra Medine
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Elsewhere, Gagosian, Victoria Miro, Tanya Bonakdar, and Phaidon co-hosted a party at Saint Theo’s to honor the release of artist Sarah Sze’s new book, Sarah Sze: Paintings.

Sarah Sze
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Deborra-Lee Furness, Hugh Jackman — Deborra-Lee Furness and Hugh Jackman
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Agnes Gund and Madeleine Grynsztejn
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Andrew Solomon and John Habich
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Marilyn Minter and Bill Miller
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Also on Thursday, couturiers Viktor & Rolf held a dinner at Studio 525 in honor of Emily Ratajkowski, who is the new face of their fragrance, Flowerbomb.

Viktor Horsting, Tina Leung, and Rolf Snoeren
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Maye Musk
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Emily Ratajkowski
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On Wednesday afternoon, The Society of Memorial Sloan Kettering held its annual Winter Lunch at the Rainbow Room.

Muffie Potter Aston, Allison Loehnis, and Gillian Hearst
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Gillian Miniter and Karen May
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Kate Allen and Jennifer Oken
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Eleanora and Anna Kennedy
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Elizabeth Kurpis, Amory McAndrew, Krista Corl, and Alex Rose
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Later that night, Saks and Emma Roberts held a party at Jazz Club at The Aman to celebrate New York Fashion Week. The night featured performances by Charli XCX and Big Freedia.

Emma Roberts, Stacey Bendet — Emma Roberts and Stacey Bendet
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Charlott Cordes, Nicky Hilton Rothschild — Charlott Cordes and Nicky Hilton Rothschild
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Toby Milstein Schulman, Zach Weiss — Toby Milstein Schulman and Zach Weiss
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LaQuan Smith, Roopal Patel — LaQuan Smith and Roopal Patel
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Luca Mornet, Ivy Getty, and Kate Bartlett
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Remi Bader and Kit Keenan
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Meanwhile, Frédéric Malle celebrated the opening of his new Editions de Parfums shop at Bergdorf Goodman.

Frédéric Malle, Linda Fargo, and Stephane De La Faverie
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Batsheva Hay and Chiara Clemente
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Nicole Berry, Kristen Pak, and Thelma Golden
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Elsewhere, RxART held its annual party at Nine Orchard. This year the event honored Nina Chanel Abney & Derrick Adams.

Derrick Adams and Mickalene Thomas
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Nina Chanel Abney
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Brian Donnelly (aka KAWS)
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Igee Okafor and The Macallan fêted Manolo Blahnik’s spring menswear collection at its Madison Avenue boutique.

Igee Okafor
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Amy Fine Collins and Andrew Wright
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Edward Barsamian and Chester Hu
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Desta
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Kody Onyiuke, Dorian Braxton, and Alioune Fall
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Also on Wednesday, La Ligne launched its denim collection at Fouquet’s.

Sara Moonves, Karen Elson, Lynn Yaeger, Mark Guiducci, Molly Howard — Sara Moonves, Karen Elson, Lynn Yaeger, Mark Guiducci, and Molly Howard
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Eric Andre, Chris Rock, Rebecca Schwartz — Eric Andre, Chris Rock, and Rebecca Schwartz
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Valerie Macaulay, Allie Michler, and Jill Kargman
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Huma Abedin and Cleo Wade
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Victor Glemaud
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Natasha Lyonne
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On Tuesday, The Museum at FIT held a reception for its new exhibit, Fresh, Fly, and Fabulous: Fifty Years of Hip-Hop Style. Click here to read Avenue‘s review of the show.

Dapper Dan
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Elena Romero and Courtney Sloane
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Marisol Deluna and Valerie Steele
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Tone Stith and Tony Triumph
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On Saturday, the second annual Fifteen Percent Pledge gala was held at The New York Public Library.

Thom Browne, Aurora James — Thom Browne and Aurora James
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Carly Cushnie, Hannah Bronfman, Charles Harbison, Eva Chen, and Tommy Dorfman
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Radhika Jones — Radhika Jones
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Bethann Hardison and Veronica Webb
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Steven Dubb and Selby Drummond
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Meanwhile, in Palm Beach, The Beach Boys performed at the Prostate Cancer Foundation gala and dinner at the Cox Science Center & Aquarium.

Igor Tulchinsky, Elana Mangutkina, and Michael Milken
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Katrina and Don Peebles
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Bettina Anderson
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Troy Duffie and Julia Bowman
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Bruce Johnston
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