There was hardly a more fashionable-cum-philanthropic place to be on Friday night than two floors above Chinatown, where Mother, Daughter, Holy Spirit and the Whitney Review‘s Whitney Mallett gathered their communities to kick off a weekend vintage sale benefitting the Trans Justice Funding Project. In an intimate evening of poetry and literary readings, guests took in personal reflections paired with a preview of the designer wares on offer. The sale gathered donations from fashionable names including Lena Waithe, Pedro Pascal, Chloë Sevigny, Julia Fox, Lena Waithe, Tommy Dorfman, Conner Ives, and Eckhaus Latta.
The Locale: Lighting design studio Blue Green Works, an airy, white-walled gallery space temporarily packed with archival fashion, bespoke refreshments, and downtown characters across creative industries.
Food and Drink: Dishes were crafted by Theodor and titled by the readers, with guests grazing on “Life is Life” (nan-e nokhodchi chickpea cookies) and “one blossom at street level” (magnolia petals with labne, pretzels, and Madagascar pepper). “Perhaps twink death manifests as its own fiction” manifested as Spanish tortilla cubes with ragu ketchup and botija olives. To drink: walnut-date milk and chamomile shrub water, which confoundingly shared the same name, “sit down stand up take your pants off look at me.”
The Crowd: Readers included writers Amber Later, Lauren Cook, Zora Jade Khiry, and Journey Streams, photographer Collier Schorr, and performance artist Erin Markey. Supporters and guests included co-hosts Bobbi Salvör Menuez, quori theodor, and Whitney Mallett; lighting designer Peter Staples; artists K8 Hardy, Kuby Lin, and Oscar yi Hou; and writers Michael Bullock, Peyton Dix, and Morgan Becker.
Memorable Moment: Beyond the guest donations, co-organizer John Mullet brought gasp-worthy pieces from his personal collection, including archival Hermès, and a one-of-a-kind Jean Paul Gaultier made specifically for an Austrian ballet production of Pinocchio.
What You Missed: The opportunity to shop a Puppets and Puppets ball gown from Richie Shazam’s personal collection, Gucci boots and heels from Hari Nef’s time as a Gucci campaign star, hard-to-find Rick Owens and Miss Claire Sullivan pieces, and selections from Gogo Graham and Diotima.
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