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Yahoo
08-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Sabrina Carpenter, Jenna Ortega and More at A$AP Rocky's 2025 Met Gala After Party
Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. This means the info may not always match what's in the article. Reporting mistakes helps us improve the experience. Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. This means the info may not always match what's in the article. Reporting mistakes helps us improve the experience. Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. This means the info may not always match what's in the article. Reporting mistakes helps us improve the experience. Generate Key Takeaways 'Ten minutes' was A$AP Rocky's ETA at his Met Gala after party. Monday night turned into Tuesday morning, and while his AWGE party at Jean's was packed — with people and smoke — the rapper remained MIA until around 2 a.m. Julia Fox, Richie Shazam, Mickalene Thomas and Daniel Kaluuya stopped by the clubby basement of Jean's earlier in the evening. Upon arrival, downstairs guests were handed an 'enjoy a joint on us' ticket. At one table, two people were busy rolling marijuana into joints and laying them out neatly on the table according to type, with an AWGE-branded menu card nearby providing more context for the choices with names like 'dark web' and 'zkittlez' and 'permanent marker.' A cigar station was one table over. More from WWD While one entrance led to the joints and red-lit dance floor, another entrance led to a quaint tailor shop: the VIP entrance. On the ground floor, an AWGE-branded tailor shop had all the markings of a speakeasy entrance, with golden lighting and minimal product on display and a man who was, perhaps, a real tailor. A black velvet curtain led to a dressing room — a full-length mirror was obscured by an affirmation, 'don't be dumb,' printed on it — and yet another curtain led to the main Jean's venue, where a classic jazz playlist set a much different scene than the downstairs DJ booth. The hallway leading to yet another velvet curtain had been decked out with a display of colorful AWGE x Ray-Ban sunglasses, which guests posed with upon arrival in the space. Spike Lee and Tonya Lewis Lee hung out in the lower-key upstairs space for a while, but left before the party really heated up with Rocky's late night arrival sans Rihanna, who was rumored to be headed inside the rest of the night, but shortly after 3 a.m. had yet to materialize. Other guests following Rocky's arrival included Heidi Klum and designer Guram Gvasalia, Sergio Hudson, Jeremy Pope, Dapper Dan, Sabrina Carpenter and Jenna Ortega. And what awaited them, but a scuffle and late-night standup comedy set? After giving a shout-out to party sponsor Ray-Ban — A$AP Rocky is the brand's creative director — the AWGE creative team introduced comedian Rob Kazi to the mic, who launched into a bit about flying first class for the first time. 'So I'm sitting in first class and I'm trying to play it off like I've been there before. But this is when I f–ked up, when they brought the breakfast, I was like nah…oh, what we got goin' on?' Kazi briefly paused his set as a fight broke out somewhere in the room. 'We good? Looks like somebody don't deserve to be here — just like I was in first class, I did not deserve to be there. Let's get back to that,' Kazi finally continued. 'Everybody relax your nerves. I gotta finish my first-class story.' View Gallery Launch Gallery: A$AP Rocky Met Gala 2025 After-Party Photos Best of WWD Sign up for WWD's Newsletter. For the latest news, follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
Yahoo
06-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Met Gala 2025 after party looks: Rihanna's dazzling second outfit, and the best unseen pictures after the ball
Met Gala 2025 after party looks: Rihanna's dazzling second outfit, and the best unseen pictures after the ball The night doesn't end after the celebrities have shuffled up the steps. After guests arrived to the deep blue and daffodil strewn entrance of the Met Gala 2025, they were whisked up to a cocktail reception and snacked on 'elevated soul food' ('think hoecakes with crispy chicken, mini chopped cheeses, cornbread topped with caviar, and curry chicken patties,' Vogue reported) before getting a first look at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's newest costume exhibit. For 2025, that is Superfine: Tailoring Black Style, based on Monica L. Miller's 2009 book, Slaves to Fashion: Black Dandyism and the Styling of Black Diasporic Identity. Onto the after parties: A$AP Rocky attends his Met Gala After After Party at Jean's (Getty Images for AWGE) As 8pm struck, glamorous guests took their seats for supper in the sprawling Temple of Dendur area of the museum, before dining on creole roasted chicken with lemon emulsion, rice and peas, and a fresh hot sauce by chef Kwame Onwuachi. Stevie Wonder and Usher later performed. ADVERTISEMENT Then, New York becomes the stars' playground. After being whisked back to their hotels, be that The Mark or The Carlyle, for a quick change, it's onto the string of afterparties that light up the city. Jenna Ortega and Sabrina Carpenter attend A$AP Rocky Met Gala After After Party at Jean's (Getty Images for AWGE) The evening's most talked about couple, Rihanna and A$AP Rocky — who earlier in the evening broke the news they are pregnant with their third child — made a direct line to the 'A$AP Rocky Met Gala After After Party' which took place in Jean's, down near SoHo. A$AP Rocky attends his Met Gala After After Party at Jean's (Getty Images for AWGE) The bash, which celebrated Rocky's new role as creative director of sunglasses brand Ray Ban, saw the likes of Sabrina Carpenter, Jenna Ortega and Natasha Lyonne all flock in. Rihanna attends attends A$AP Rocky Met Gala After After Party at Jean's (Getty Images for AWGE) But it was Rihanna's afterparty outfit — an all black ensemble consisting of a lace-up leather skirt, bump-exposing tie up blouse, satin jacket and lace durag — that demanded attention. Willy Chavarria and Miles Chamley-Watson at Willy Chavarria's After Party at The Mark (Madison Voelkel/ At The Mark Hotel, designer Willy Chavarria also hosted a bash with Don Julio, looking every inch the host in a pink satin suit, turquoise tie, and trusty bottle of tequila in hand. Guests, fresh from the carpet and donning their second looks of the night, included Maluma, Alton Mason and Jeremy Allen White — while nightlife icon Amanda Lepore made sure to pile on the burlesque glamour. Maluma at Willy Chavarria's After Party at The Mark (Madison Voelkel/ See the best, worst and wackiest looks at the Met Gala 2025 here The best pictures from the Met Gala 2025 after parties Jeremy Allen White at Willy Chavarria's After Party at The Mark (Madison Voelkel/ Jenna Ortega at Willy Chavarria's After Party at The Mark (Madison Voelkel/ Amanda Lepore at Willy Chavarria's After Party at The Mark (Madison Voelkel/ Alton Mason at Willy Chavarria's After Party at The Mark (Madison Voelkel/ Law Roach at Willy Chavarria's After Party at The Mark (Madison Voelkel/ Kent Faulcon, Raul Lopez and Francellys Infante at Willy Chavarria's After Party at The Mark (Madison Voelkel/ Coco Rocha at Willy Chavarria's After Party at The Mark (Madison Voelkel/ Michael Kors and Willy Chavarria at Willy Chavarria's After Party at The Mark (Madison Voelkel/ Jeremy Pope attends A$AP Rocky Met Gala After After Party at Jean's (Getty Images for AWGE) Natasha Lyonne and Tracee Ellis Ross attend A$AP Rocky Met Gala After After Party at Jean's (Getty Images for AWGE) Adut Akech Bior attends A$AP Rocky Met Gala After After Party at Jean's (Getty Images for AWGE)
Daily Mail
06-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Pregnant Rihanna bares her baby bump in a sexy silk co-ord as she joins partner A$AP Rocky at his Met Gala afterparty alongside Heidi Klum, Sabrina Carpenter and Jenna Ortega
Pregnant Rihanna showcased her blossoming baby bump in a sexy silk co-ord as she joined her partner A$AP Rocky at his Met Gala afterparty on Monday night. The 37-year-old Diamonds singer revealed her third pregnancy in true Rihanna style at the event earlier in the night as she wore a tailored skirt suit. And the pregnancy fashion display continued as she headed to his afterparty at Jean's in NYC alongside the likes of Heidi Klum, Sabrina Carpenter and Jenna Ortega. Rihanna looked great in an open silk black shirt and matching long skirt and boosted her height with heels. She accessorised perfectly with a diamond necklace and silk headband as she caressed her bump. ASAP meanwhile wore a sharp suit adorned with bright pins and carried a cane with him. Elsewhere as rain fell across Manhattan island, Sabrina Carpenter and Jenna Ortega were arm-in-arm as they made a beeline for their car following an appearance at A$AP's star-studded Met Gala after-party. Sabrina, 25, ensured she stood out by wearing a floor length, canary yellow coat over a smart black trouser-suit as they emerged flanked by security guards. Rihanna was seen in a video posted on X arriving at The Carlyle Hotel in New York City before the annual fashion extravaganza, wearing a light turquoise Miu Miu long sleeve shirt and matching knee-length skirt. In true Rihanna fashion, the Fenty Beauty founder also had her midriff on full display, showing off her growing baby bump. The Umbrella singer is already a proud mother to two sons - RZA, two, and Riot, one - whom she shares with boyfriend A$AP Rocky. The rapper, 36, was named as co-chair for this year's Met Gala, along with Colman Domingo, Lewis Hamilton, Pharrell Williams, and Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour. The theme for this year's Met Gala is 'Superfine: Tailoring Black Style.' It explores black dandyism from the 18th century to its revival during the Harlem Renaissance, and its impact on fashion today. Rihanna, who is notorious for arriving late to Met Gala red carpets, appeared hours away from making her 'blue' carpet debut at the Met Museum, as she headed into the hotel to get ready, rather than towards the museum steps. In 2023, Rihanna and A$AP Rocky didn't depart the Carlyle Hotel until 10pm for the Met Gala red carpet, arriving after Vogue's livestream of the event had already ended. On Monday, the singer finally arrived at the Met Museum around 10pm, wearing a black pin-striped dress with a cropped blazer. She accessorized the look with an oversized hat and a maroon tie with white polka dots. The singer's pregnancy news comes after she suggested she wanted a third child in December 2023 while speaking to E! News. When asked if there's anything she is not capable of achieving, Rihanna said: 'So far, have daughters. I'm batting at 75 percent for a boy next time. So, we'll just keep our fingers crossed.' She also previously said that she would want to be a parent like Teresa Giudice on The Real Housewives of New Jersey. The Grammy winner told ELLE she liked 'Teresa from Jersey' because she 'does not play about her kids.' 'She will fight for those little girls,' Rihanna stated. 'She will flatten you about those kids. And that resonates with me a lot because I feel like that's the type of mom I'm going to be. Psycho about talk about my kids, it's over.'
New York Times
14-04-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Times
Where the Fashion Elite Meet to Eat
On a recent morning, Catharine Dahm ducked into Raf's, the French-Italian bakery and restaurant on a pocket-size block of Elizabeth Street in downtown Manhattan. It was her first time there, but before the check had even arrived, she was resolved to return. 'This is going to be my regular spot while I'm here,' said Ms. Dahm, a 32-year-old fashion designer, who was in town from Paris and staying nearby. The restaurant's facade, with breads displayed in the front window, reminded her of the Old World-style cafes back home, Ms. Dahm said. At the time, she didn't realize she would be inducting herself into a contingent of regulars who hail from the worlds of fashion, design and media. Unlike its buzzy NoHo neighbors Jean's and the private members club Zero Bond, where celebrity sightings make frequent fodder for social media and Page Six readers, or the nearby Milanese import Sant Ambroeus, known to locals for its 'see and be seen' vibe, Raf's maintains a substantially lower profile. But since inheriting the space that was the longtime home to Parisi Bakery, a supplier to many of the city's top eateries, the spot has discreetly established itself as a stylish yet unpretentious refuge for fashion world fixtures to congregate on and off duty. Despite its close orbit of scene-y and in-demand restaurants — there's also Estela, which once hosted President Barack Obama; Emilio's Ballato, where tourists line up for tables nightly; and the go-big-or-go-home-hungry bravado of Torrisi — Raf's has managed to thrive as a clubroom for the fashion crowd while mostly flying under the radar of social media. Last week, the restaurant hosted a dinner party to celebrate the release of i-D magazine's inaugural issue under new ownership. Among the 35 guests joining the editor in chief, Thom Bettridge, and Karlie Kloss, whose media company has acquired the magazine, were the model Devyn Garcia, the stylist Stella Greenspan and the Luar fashion designer Raul Lopez. 'I grew up in New York,' said Mr. Bettridge, a regular since the restaurant's opening days. 'It reminds me of the feeling of some of those '90s-era restaurants where there's this kind of buzzy vibe, but it also feels like home — like Odeon or Pastis.' The luxury e-commerce retailer Net-a-Porter, Cultured magazine and the fashion label Proenza Schouler have also hosted dinner parties and events at Raf's, where waiters nimbly zigzag among the dining room's snug 11 tables. On weekdays, it has become the favored canteen for magazine tastemakers, including the Interview editor in chief Mel Ottenberg, and designers and fashion insiders with offices in nearby SoHo. 'At one point, I felt like I was there for a lunch or breakfast meeting two or three times a week,' said Isabella Isbiroglu, a director of global communications at the fashion label Khaite. The wood-fired ovens, an elemental feature of the restaurant long predating Parisi Bakery, have been around since 1935, when a young immigrant from Sicily named Angelina Bivona opened Angie's Italian & French Bakery Cafe. Angie's was never really a French bakery, though. Raf's owners, the twin sisters Nicole and Jennifer Vitagliano, explain that the curious descriptor was a way of sidestepping the anti-Italian immigrant sentiment of that time. 'She called it French-Italian to make it sound fancier,' Nicole Vitagliano said. The sisters, native New Yorkers who grew up in an Italian American household, had found a property tax photograph revealing the bakery's storefront while researching the building's history. 'That photo ended up informing our entire concept,' Nicole Vitagliano said. 'Calling it French-Italian when there was nothing French about it spoke to us.' Today Raf's front window signage has the same phrasing, while the interiors bear a European cafe-society aesthetic. It's a little Parisian, a little more Italian, with servers nattily attired in pajama-style tops. There's a pink marble bar, saffron velvet banquettes and a frescoed ceiling with a cloud-filled sky hovering over the warmly lit room. Flash photography is a no-no in the dining room. 'It's distracting,' Jennifer Vitagliano said. 'We take our guest experience very seriously, and when there's a flash, it's like suddenly everyone stops.' The consequent shortage of social media content is fine by its owners. 'We like to see people of influence in here, not influencers,' Jennifer Vitagliano said. To her, that means guests like Patti Smith and Lauren Hutton, longtime New Yorkers whom she remembers seeing at the Noho Star, a bygone neighborhood institution. The sisters, 40, who named Raf's in honor of their grandmother, and Nicole Vitagliano's daughter, also own and operate the Musket Room, a Michelin-starred restaurant one block south, and the Levantine-inspired Cafe Zaffri in the newly opened Twenty-Two hotel and private members club. While Jennifer Vitagliano has spent most of her career in food and restaurants, her twin sister previously pursued fashion, working at BlackBook magazine and as a stylist. 'A lot of our friends are still in fashion,' she said. It's a loyal crowd, she attests, albeit one with high aesthetic standards. Jennifer Vitagliano also credits a steadfast sisterhood with the restaurant's success. 'Because we're women running this restaurant, which still feels kind of unique to our industry, there's been a lot of support from female designers in particular.' Maria McManus, who says she believes supporting socially conscious female-founded businesses is 'more important than ever,' is one such designer. 'I see the dinner table as the female equivalent of the men-only golf course, and the Raf's women embody this,' she said. Maintaining a female-led business is uppermost in the sisters' vision. 'We think that should be more commonplace,' Nicole Vitagliano said. Mary Attea and Camari Mick, the chefs at Raf's, lead their other restaurants as well, and 75 percent of their managerial positions are currently held by women. How long can an establishment with a fashionable following really remain inconspicuous? Ms. Isbiroglu, from Khaite, has already noticed a shift. 'It is funny, because now when I have breakfast meetings, I'll walk in and see someone, and it's like, Oh, normally we bump into each other at Sant Ambroeus, but now we're finding ourselves here.' At the i-D party, Mr. Bettridge brushed off concern. 'It's not this runway vibe, with everyone watching when you walk in,' he said. To some extent, seeing familiar faces is an intentional aspect of the restaurant's charm. 'When you come here, you know you're going to run into people,' Jennifer Vitagliano said. She and her sister still oversee the nightly bookings to ensure a healthy balance of regulars and new faces. But she dismissed the notion of being SoHo's latest hot spot. 'We're trying to create something more timeless,' she said. 'Calling us a trendy place would be the worst thing.'
New York Times
17-03-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Times
New Yorker Cuts Ties With Critic After Complaints About Behavior
The New Yorker has parted ways with its art critic after the magazine received complaints about his behavior at its 100th anniversary party in February, according to two people with knowledge of the decision. The critic, Jackson Arn, who joined the magazine in 2023, was accused of making inappropriate overtures to some of the attendees and appeared intoxicated at the celebration, according to the two people, one of whom witnessed his actions. Mr. Arn declined to comment when reached by phone. A spokeswoman for Condé Nast, the publisher of The New Yorker, said the company could not comment on confidential personnel matters. The party last month was a high point of The New Yorker's centennial celebration, which included podcasts, a special anniversary issue and collections of poetry and fiction. The publication's longtime editor, David Remnick, took note of the milestone in a column for the magazine, calling The New Yorker a 'great gamble' that had evolved to include audio, video and digital ventures. The party, held at a NoHo night spot called Jean's, was a who's who of the distinguished writers, editors and artists who have contributed to The New Yorker. Art Spiegelman, the graphic novelist behind 'Maus,' was in attendance, along with Jelani Cobb, the dean of Columbia Journalism School, and Tina Brown, a former editor of the magazine. Mr. Arn joined The New Yorker in August 2023, succeeding the magazine's longtime art critic Peter Schjeldahl, who died at 80 in 2022. Mr. Arn previously wrote for a variety of publications, including Artforum, The Nation and The New Statesman. He had a broad remit at The New Yorker, writing about established masters like Claude Monet and meditations on the color red. Mr. Arn's online author page was updated this month to note that he had 'served as The New Yorker's art critic.' His last article was published on March 10.
