Coach Throws The Afterparty Of The Week & More NYFW SS26 Party Photos

Party-hopping is in our blood, and we have already hit up enough cocktails and launches in the first week of September to make any BFA photographer dizzy. But that’s showbiz, baby, and New York Fashion Week’s official start saw about two dozen parties happening within the same six-hour timespan. We can’t clone ourselves (yet), so we did our best to make it through every tough door to get insider scoops at the events worth noting. There are a few store openings, stateside welcomes, and late-night discos to discuss, so without further ado, see every party picture you might’ve missed in between pictures of Oprah at Ralph Lauren and your acquaintances’ end-of-summer photo dumps.

Jessica McCormack & Zoë Kravitz Shut Down The Frick

McCormack’s British jewels found their home on Madison Avenue earlier this summer, and her and brand ambassador Zoë Kravitz officially made their presence known on the Upper East Side with the most posh fashion-week kickoff at the newly renovated Frick Collection. A Big Little Lies reunion happened, a funfair-game style raffle resulted in some $6,000 earrings being given away, and princess cake and champagne were happily taken by guests.

Please Welcome The House Of Dior

Just in time for Jonathan Anderson to stamp his mark on the maison, Dior opened the doors to their gargantuan new Peter Marino-designed flagship on 5th Avenue and 57th Street. Friends of the brand like Anna Sawai, Sam Nivola, and Ariana Greenblatt piled in to “ooh” and “aah” at the fantastical, utterly luxurious world Marino and Dior created.

Ain’t No Fashion-Week Kickoff Party Like Saks’

Is it even New York Fashion Week if editors, designers, and fashionable A-listers don’t pile into Le Chalet at the Saks flagship? Saks wasn’t taking any chances, so the legendary Day One party went on in style, with cozy festivities and the king of the short-rib sandwich Salt Hank bringing his wispy fries and sammies to the hungry masses.

Chloe Fineman & MOTHER’s Retro-Futuristic Cocktail

Funny girl Chloe Fineman brought her love for the ‘60s to the denim brand who gets retro like no one else, Mother, for a 15-piece collection that’s as quirky (and stylish) as Fineman is. They toasted to the launch at Bar Bianchi with a host of other riots like Martha Stewart (who Fineman has impersonated on SNL), Francesca Keller, and Kathryn Gallagher.

Valentino Beauty Reopens Studio54 For A Night

This party officially wins toughest door of the week. Many looked on from outside, a few snuck in. Those who did get inside were taken back 50 years, including Cher, Colman Domingo, Lenny Kravitz, and hundreds of people eager to relive the bygone days of disco. Honey Dijon and The Dare were on the decks, Tessa Thompson and others smoked indoors, and Violet Chachki shut the room down with her signature burlesque performance. It felt like a boogie from a different time.

Seventy-One Gin Throws The Hotel-Room Party Of The Year

Seriously, we’re snobs about parties, and this one was packed to the red-and-white-penthouse gills. Mert Alas, perhaps the most connected fashion photographer of them all, toasted to his gin label, Seventy One Gin. His friends showed up for him in droves. In one corner, there was Machine Gun Kelly, Dakota Johnson, Suki Waterhouse, and FKA Twigs; in the other, Joan Smalls, Candice Swanepoel, Natasha Lyonne, and Salma Hayek. It was beyond fashionable, it was legendary.

Re/Done Does Jeans At Jean’s

I can’t believe it took a denim brand this long to do a party at Jean’s like this. The sexy Cali brand celebrated New York with customary midnight pasta, lots of great butt-hugging denim, and late-night cocktails to celebrate it being the middle weekend of Fashion Week.

Ice Studios Releases Issue Two With A Model-Heavy Cocktail

Renell Medrano has our favorite style stars on speed dial, and she called up the girls and the gays to tcelebrate her second edition of Ice Magazine. Paloma, Iris, Kendall, Justine, Mona, and many more packed in at WSA to see the new print issue and sip daintily on Hennessy.

W Magazine & Bloomingdale’s Bring Out Fashion Heavyweights

Sara Moonves knows how to gather a fashionable crowd. The Editor-in-Chief of W had legends (Carlyne Cerf de Dudzeele, Anna Dexter-Jones) and fresh faces (Owen Thiele, Emily Ratajkowski) packed into Eleven Madison Park to kick off fashion week. Mark Ronson DJed, Tessa Thompson wore our favorite Prada collection, It girls of months past circulated, and there was even an Olsen-twin spotting (the fashion equivalent of a Bigfoot sighting).

Coach & Perfect Magazine Take Over The Twenty Two

After the busiest day for fashion-show attendees, there was only one place to be found after the last finale walked the runway: Coach’s party, thrown in partnership with Katie Grand’s Perfect. You know it’s a good party when multiple people tell you to come through. Elle Fanning, Charles Melton, and more Coach faces all piled into the plush booths of the member’s club hotel while fashionable folks dances to sickening Kaytranada remixes and snapped pictures on disposable cameras being passed around.

Ethos + Eros Closes Out Fashion Week at Crane Club

The private membership-meets-matchmaking service launched by model and certified love expert Regitze Rollins hosted a gathering of tastemakers, influencers and entrepreneurs at Crane Club. The exclusive and plush red venue featured hidden gems in every room – from the club’s iconic candy counter, to burlesque dancers and photo ops throughout the space. The magic ended around midnight, culminating a whirlwind week in style and potentially, soulmates.