Calvin Klein and Mytheresa Bring Downtown Energy Back to Indochine
Veronica Leoni didn’t plan to be first on the dance floor, but when Kid Harpoon dropped Kylie Minogue’s “Can’t Get You Out of My Head”—a track he’d nodded to in the show soundtrack earlier—resistance was futile. “I feel like I knew him in another life; I’m so happy he played this,” the designer said, hours after presenting her sophomore runway collection.
The early-’00s earworm set the tone as legendary haunt Indochine filled with models in minimalist-leaning looks. Think Georgia Fowler in a belted white column dress; Jacquelyn Jablonski in low-rise red skinnies; and Lila Moss in a backless black maxi—her mother, Kate, being forever linked to the brand’s pared-back ’90s vibe. Influencer couple Darianka Sanchez and Corrado Martini also saluted that era, making visible Calvin Klein waistbands the focal point of their outfits.
Even on the eve of her own hotly anticipated runway show, Catherine Holstein of Khaite popped by to toast Leoni, as did industry mainstays like photographers Juergen Teller and Tyler Mitchell. “There’s such an electric vibe in here. This place is New York—we’ve had lots of great dinners here,” said Leoni, who splits her time between the brand’s offices in Rome and Manhattan. “I’m so excited. The Fall collection is dropping in a few days, and we’ll take the Spring collection to Paris in the coming weeks to show buyers there.”
Further fueling the frenzy, BTS member Jung Kook and his entourage arrived around 9 p.m., prompting hundreds of K-pop fans to line Lafayette Street hoping for a glimpse. While flashbulbs popped on one side of the room, elsewhere, guests sprawled into the restaurant’s famous emerald booths. A chic pow-wow coalesced around The Gilded Age’s Louisa Jacobson, model couple Kristen Coffey and Sharon Osterbind, artists Silvia Prada and Miles Greenberg, and writer Sophie Lesjak—and yes, one corner even hosted a make-out interlude.
“The energy is real,” said Tiffany Hsu, chief buying officer at Mytheresa. “Veronica’s refreshed vision feels both powerful and effortless. The new collection strikes a balance between minimalism and sensuality that women want now—timeless yet confident, contemporary pieces.” Hsu noted the Fall offering will drop on the luxury e-tailer in the coming days.
Over margaritas and Indochine crowd-pleasers like sticky rice and spring rolls, the party went well past midnight—despite a rumored 11 p.m. curfew. With Kid Harpoon and KITTYSAYWORD trading off at the decks, Leoni needn’t have worried about flying solo on the floor. Servers wove through the crowd with silver cups of fries and raspberry sorbet as guests shimmied in little black dresses and leather jackets—no refuel break required.
Marc Patrick/BFA.com1/20Jung Kook, Veronica Leoni
Marc Patrick/BFA.com2/20Tyler Mitchell, Tamu McPherson, Chloe Wise, Antwaun Sargent, Ludwig Hurtado