Uptown on Friday night, Bergdorf Goodman may have had Rihanna, but Frame’s dinner downtown at Chinese Tuxedo had Drake. And he wasn’t even getting paid to be there.
The rapper stopped by — and stayed at, despite keeping his peacoat on the entire time — the lively celebration for the brand’s collaboration with model Imaan Hammam. Frame’s usual orbit of models and cultural tastemakers packed the room at the Doyer Street restaurant, with guests including singer Yungblud (who sat next to frame cofounder Jens Grede), Justine Skye, Cindy Bruna, Dilone, Indya Moore, Pyer Moss designer Kerby Jean-Raymond, Delilah Belle Hamlin, fitness trainer Joe Holder, and Georgia Fowler.
“As with any other collaboration we’ve done, there’s sadly no strategy, no plan and nothing else than being friends and deciding that we found something to do together,” said Frame’s Erik Torstensson, referencing the brand’s former collaborators and close friends: Jordan Barrett, Inez and Vinoodh, Karlie Kloss, among others.
“I wish there was was a master plan for collaborations. It really comes out of friendship,” said Grede. The pair began talking with Hammam about a possible collaboration over two years ago. “And you know, timing is everything in life. Things happen when they happen; when you
The rapper stopped by — and stayed at, despite keeping his peacoat on the entire time — the lively celebration for the brand’s collaboration with model Imaan Hammam. Frame’s usual orbit of models and cultural tastemakers packed the room at the Doyer Street restaurant, with guests including singer Yungblud (who sat next to frame cofounder Jens Grede), Justine Skye, Cindy Bruna, Dilone, Indya Moore, Pyer Moss designer Kerby Jean-Raymond, Delilah Belle Hamlin, fitness trainer Joe Holder, and Georgia Fowler.
“As with any other collaboration we’ve done, there’s sadly no strategy, no plan and nothing else than being friends and deciding that we found something to do together,” said Frame’s Erik Torstensson, referencing the brand’s former collaborators and close friends: Jordan Barrett, Inez and Vinoodh, Karlie Kloss, among others.
“I wish there was was a master plan for collaborations. It really comes out of friendship,” said Grede. The pair began talking with Hammam about a possible collaboration over two years ago. “And you know, timing is everything in life. Things happen when they happen; when you
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