Fendi Fêtes Stefano Pilati s ‘Friends of Fendi’ Winter 2023-2024 Collection With an Intimate Cocktail Party

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Last night in Manhattan, Fendi hosted an intimate cocktail reception at the fashion house s 57th Street location, celebrating their Winter 2023-2024 collection curated with Stefano Pilati. The collection is the latest installment of Fendi s  Friends of Fendi initiative, bringing forth a diverse series of projects and collections instigated by Kim Jones and Silvia Venturini Fendi. Pilati s curation explores an iconoclastic and androgynous blend of Fendi s traditional womenswear and menswear while drawing references from the 1920s.

Inside the fête, partygoers perused the store, picking out their favorite pieces from the collection in between sips of champagne and greeting their fellow friends in the fashion industry. Attendees included Tommy Dorfman, Ethan James Green, Derek Blasberg, Leyna Bloom, and more.

"Stefano is one of the designers I admire the most. I was always in love with his work, and he is somebody I look up to—he has been an inspiration for what I do. Stefano epitomizes Friends of FENDI: He is a friend, an inspiration, and a designer for modern times, always looking to the future, asking questions, and proffering solutions," said Kim Jones.