PARK CITY, Utah — On Saturday evening, as day three of the 2023 Sundance Film Festival was winding down, VIPs gathered on Main Street for an evening cocktail party hosted by Gucci. The occasion was to celebrate legendary model, agent and activist Bethann Hardison, who with Frédéric Tcheng codirected a documentary about her life, called “Invisible Beauty.”
Guests including Dakota Johnson, Tessa Thompson, Taylour Paige, Danai Gurira, Jeremy O. Harris, Tan France, Aurora James, Thuso Mbedu, Questlove, Lily Gladstone, Gucci’s Susan Chokachi and more packed into Firewood on Main Street in Park City, where coups of Champagne and ramekins of pasta were passed around as everyone tried to get their moment with Hardison. Dressed in her Sundance finest — an oversized red flannel shirt accessorized with a beaded collar — Hardison worked the room, embracing Harris and Johnson and posing for pictures with all. Tcheng, whose previous works include the fashion documentaries “Halston” and “Dior and I,” beamed alongside his latest collaborator and subject.
The party marked Gucci’s 15-year support of documentary film and their partnership with the Sundance Institute.