Chelsea Manning (pictured above)
Security consultant, Bushwick
Where’s the suit from?
I did a book tour last year, and in preparation for it, I decided to have a navy pin-striped suit commissioned from the Deck, which my friend Daisy Knatchbull in the U.K. started. Unfortunately, it was not ready for the book tour, but it is now. It’s my Chelsea Public Event Suit. I wear it for speaking engagements and formal business occasions. I spent a lot of time and money trying to get it made, and now I’m going to get my mileage out of it.
Did you get compliments on it?
Hari Nef came up to me and said “You look wicked sharp” in an exaggerated Boston accent, which I dunno where that came from.
Any good conversations?
Oh, come on. I had some fun. You know how the gossip can be. I can tell you we didn’t talk about anything to do with anything geopolitical. This was entirely just keeping up with the Joneses in New York.
Andre Walker
Artist and fashion designer, Ditmas Park
Andy Baraghani
Chef and food writer, Brooklyn Heights
Ludwig Hurtado
Writer and filmmaker, Bushwick
Who’d you see tonight?
I met Chloë Sevigny for the first time. I’ve been around her so many times, but it was cool to actually say “hi” and share a cigarette. Well, we didn’t share a cigarette, but we were both smoking cigarettes outside. I also ran into more than one ex-fling and flings of flings. I won’t be naming names. They’re a bit too famous to say.
Nicole Vitagliano
Restaurant owner, Gramercy Park
Marcos Fecchino
Producer and creative director, East Village
Who were you sitting with?
I was with Derek Blasberg and a photographer who shoots nudes — I forgot his name. We were discussing a premiere of a TV show Derek and I went to see earlier called Fellow Travelers. It’s a gay love story. There were a lot of sex scenes and, of course, beautiful men. It was, like, boy talk. It was fun.
Jeremy O. Harris
Playwright, Chinatown
Antwaun Sargent
Writer and curator, Downtown Brooklyn
Mitchell Nugent
Special-projects director, Carroll Gardens
How long have you known about the magazine?
Since I was a teenager — a closeted teenager from a very small town. I found it at a Barnes & Noble. It was this pretty, pink-packaged form of escapism. I collect some of the rare issues now. It took me many years to scour the internet for the Edmund White cover, but I found it on eBay for $150.
Carlos Nazario
Fashion editor and stylist, Harlem
Andrew Pasquier
Editor and writer, Amsterdam
Derek Blasberg
Gallery senior staffer, Upper East Side
Jacolby Satterwhite
Artist, Bedford-Stuyvesant
How’d you choose the outfit?
I haven’t done laundry in a while, so I just played collage and ran out of the house. I have an amazing luxury leather jumpsuit I got from Berlin, and Dion Lee gifted me these amazing thigh-high leather boots. I got a lot of compliments. It made me realize I need to shop more. I was like, “Oh, the power of fashion, honey.”
Christopher Bollen
Writer, Morningside Heights
The after-party’s at the Eagle?
Yes. I went there in the early aughts two or three times and then recently two or three times. The last time I went was with a friend and I was just having a normal conversation and then realized the person next to me was having anal sex. So I just kept on talking while someone next to me was getting rammed.
James Emmerman
Photographer, Bedford-Stuyvesant
Sophia Lamar
Actress and performance artist, West Village
Jop van Bennekom
Founder and creative director, Amsterdam
Adraint Khadafhi Bereal
Artist, Williamsburg
Chloë Sevigny
Actress and director, West Soho
Tell me about what you’re wearing.
A pink leather T-shirt and this kind of trompe-l’oeil leather denim skirt. My babysitter, Michelle, who I love, was helping me decide on my shoe and the jewelry and stuff. She always gives me a little boost of confidence. It’s nice to have a pleasant babysitter around who finds fun in helping you get ready.
Andre Walker
Artist and fashion designer, Ditmas Park
Andy Baraghani
Chef and food writer, Brooklyn Heights
Ludwig Hurtado
Writer and filmmaker, Bushwick
Who’d you see tonight?
I met Chloë Sevigny for the first time. I’ve been around her so many times, but it was cool to actually say “hi” and share a cigarette. Well, we didn’t share a cigarette, but we were both smoking cigarettes outside. I also ran into more than one ex-fling and flings of flings. I won’t be naming names. They’re a bit too famous to say.
Nicole Vitagliano
Restaurant owner, Gramercy Park
Marcos Fecchino
Producer and creative director, East Village
Who were you sitting with?
I was with Derek Blasberg and a photographer who shoots nudes — I forgot his name. We were discussing a premiere of a TV show Derek and I went to see earlier called Fellow Travelers. It’s a gay love story. There were a lot of sex scenes and, of course, beautiful men. It was, like, boy talk. It was fun.
Jeremy O. Harris
Playwright, Chinatown
Antwaun Sargent
Writer and curator, Downtown Brooklyn
Mitchell Nugent
Special-projects director, Carroll Gardens
How long have you known about the magazine?
Since I was a teenager — a closeted teenager from a very small town. I found it at a Barnes & Noble. It was this pretty, pink-packaged form of escapism. I collect some of the rare issues now. It took me many years to scour the internet for the Edmund White cover, but I found it on eBay for $150.
Carlos Nazario
Fashion editor and stylist, Harlem
Andrew Pasquier
Editor and writer, Amsterdam
Derek Blasberg
Gallery senior staffer, Upper East Side
Jacolby Satterwhite
Artist, Bedford-Stuyvesant
How’d you choose the outfit?
I haven’t done laundry in a while, so I just played collage and ran out of the house. I have an amazing luxury leather jumpsuit I got from Berlin, and Dion Lee gifted me these amazing thigh-high leather boots. I got a lot of compliments. It made me realize I need to shop more. I was like, “Oh, the power of fashion, honey.”
Christopher Bollen
Writer, Morningside Heights
The after-party’s at the Eagle?
Yes. I went there in the early aughts two or three times and then recently two or three times. The last time I went was with a friend and I was just having a normal conversation and then realized the person next to me was having anal sex. So I just kept on talking while someone next to me was getting rammed.
James Emmerman
Photographer, Bedford-Stuyvesant
Sophia Lamar
Actress and performance artist, West Village
Jop van Bennekom
Founder and creative director, Amsterdam
Adraint Khadafhi Bereal
Artist, Williamsburg
Chloë Sevigny
Actress and director, West Soho
Tell me about what you’re wearing.
A pink leather T-shirt and this kind of trompe-l’oeil leather denim skirt. My babysitter, Michelle, who I love, was helping me decide on my shoe and the jewelry and stuff. She always gives me a little boost of confidence. It’s nice to have a pleasant babysitter around who finds fun in helping you get ready.
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