Final night time, Phillip Lim managed to take New York Vogue Week-goers’ minds off of their hectic weekend schedule of exhibits and invited them to ring within the Lunar New Yr with a superb night time of meals, dancing, and an entire lot of Hennessy. Marking the third annual Chinese language New Yr celebration from Phillip Lim and Hennessy, company braved the mid-town site visitors to make it in time for pre-dinner cocktails earlier than being whisked into the non-public backyard room on the Occasions Sq. Version to take pleasure in a menu curated by Chef Calvin Eng of Bonnie’s and an unique dessert by Chef Eunji Lee of Lysée.

No element was spared at this affair as every place setting included a customized large fortune cookie title card and a standard crimson envelope that held a crisp one-dollar word to make sure good luck and prosperity to all company for the upcoming yr. The power within the room was palpable; company solely remained of their seats lengthy sufficient to take pleasure in every course earlier than they hopped as much as rapidly embrace a buddy throughout the room earlier than the following dish was positioned. With notable attendees resembling Awkwafina, Laura Kim, Fernando Garcia, Ezra J. William, Soo Joo Park (DJ), Ronny Chieng, Amber Ruffin, Mona Matsuoka, Chriselle Lim, Jeannie Mai, Aoki Lee Simmons, Geena Rocera and Blake Abbie, Lim ensured a way of household remained on the forefront of the night time.

“Three years later, it’s virtually like, what are we going to do? How are we going to do one thing fascinating? How are we going to shock and delight the company?” Lim instructed Vogue. “Truthfully, a whole lot of the folks there are actually busy folks, and we by no means see one another moreover for these dinners, and it’s like… not Thanksgiving however like… Thanksgiving!.”

Between the exclamations of pleasure and sips of Hennessy (there was a separate pairing for every course), eyes grew huge with delight because the doorways swung open and a dragon dance sequence broke out into the center of the room.

And simply because the dessert plates had been being cleared, everybody was reminded that the night time was removed from over because the company had been ushered right down to the VIP part of the Paradise nightclub on the resort. The room partied properly into the late night time because the spectacles stored coming with a luminous Dragon Dance and X.O Dragon Cocktail bottle parade whereas acrobats hung from the ceiling. Earlier than the night time was even over, you might hear mumbles of attendees already gushing over how excited they had been to attend the annual dinner once more subsequent yr.