Inside Mulberry’s ’70s-Inspired Dinner at the Newly Renovated Chelsea Hotel

After nearly a decade of renovations, The Chelsea Hotel is slowly reopening its hallowed doors. The NYC landmark’s iconic Bard Room served as the perfect location to celebrate Mulberry’s new flagship store.

“We are actually a child of the seventies,” Mulberry’s Marketing and Digital Director, Charlotte O’Sullivan, explained, “which feels fitting for this setting.” That’s around the same time the hallmark building was bustling with creative superstars, from Janis Joplin to Bette Midler. And it’s still proving to be a gathering place for young artists. On Wednesday evening, Mulberry’s fête welcomed an eclectic list of guests, from And Just Like That actress Katerina Tannenbaum to Nicky Hilton Rothschild.

In addition to celebrating the latest store opening, the night also lauded the inaugural issue of Softie, a zine that shares the same name as Mulberry’s cloud-like handbag. The star of the campaign’s pages, Ella Emhoff, was also in attendance, of course.

“The last time we had a big dinner, we were so loud the police shut us down,” O’Sullivan recalled in her welcome remarks. But this evening turned out to be quite a serene party scene, thanks to moody ballads performed by Rainey Qualley and a poetic reading by Seashell Coker.