Ahhhh, Spring! There’s nothing like sunny days, warmer temps and longer, light-filled evenings to bring out the energetic vibe that a good get-together inspires. Spring’s MensWearNetwork gathering at The Lambs Club at The Chatwal did just that.
Last night’s view after celebrating Spring at The Lambs Club at The Chatwal
With a confluence of new and returning faces in last night’s group, menswear industry executives, marketers, bloggers, designers and editors discussed new retail openings (Letter J, celebrating its first three weeks in Chelsea on West 23rd Street), new collections (Tora Clothing, an Italian-made tailored line set to launch soon), travel (Fern Mallis just back from Dubai), and, of course, plans for the summer. Expect lots of action from this group: film festivals for Vicki Vasilopoulos’ Men of the Cloth documentary; photo shoots for Kevin Stewart’s Old School Shirt Makers; garden parties for photographer Karin Kohlberg; new collection launch for Michael Arguello’s interior design company.
More news on the cusp? Ticket availabilities for Fern Talks with super model Lauren Hutton on May 14th as part of her 92Y series, Tom Mastronardi fêting the Tony Awards June 2nd at Paul Stuart and Judy Agisim prepping for a major international event for the Liceu Barcelona Opera House June 3rd. We missed our fellow founder and hostess-with-the-mostess, Holly Adam, home sick with the flu, but we tried to include her digitally. Don’t judge, don’t laugh!
Toasting the missing Holly Adam, digitally
MWN co-founders John Fowler and Kim Cihlar fête co-founder Holly Adam, with designer Kevin Stewart and Fratelli Rossetti’s Theresa Hiner, photo bombing from behind
Fashion blogger Robert Solis humors us with our continued digital embrace of Holly
Designer Nick Graham with John Kammeier
Joni Fiore and MWN co-founder Mary Ellen Baron
Fairchildren Jean Palmieri, John Aquino, Catherine Salfino and Tom Beebe with PR guru Judy Agism, second from right
Filmmaker Vicki Vasilopoulos and Bill Burns, who will be kicking off Tora Clothing collection shortly
An artsy photo of Tom Beebe with Warren Carlyle, Fern Mallis and myself
The perfectly patterned and coordinated Montgomery Frasier and Ben Mindich
Elaine Gross, John Fowler, Jim Bresnahan and Margo Lewis
Chiun-Kai Shih and co-founder Tom Julian
Tom with newcomers Amanda Mayeux and Rustin Steib
Kevin Stewart checking out my Collection 13 oxidized brass railroad spike cuff for men