Lenny Kravitz, Robert De Niro
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In light of the canceled spring social season in New York, a look through moments in recent years that defined the party scene.
Jhené Aiko, Apex for Youth Inspiration Awards gala, 2018. Lexie Moreland/WWD
Leave it to Jhené Aiko to still look this good when lit from beneath.
Phillip Lim, Eva Chen, Carol Lim and Humberto Leon, Apex for Youth Inspiration Awards gala, 2018. Lexie Moreland/WWD
Cue definitely pretending to take credit for whatever made them laugh.
Julia Garner, Tribeca Film Festival Artists Dinner hosted by Chanel, 2017. Lexie Moreland/WWD
Lenny Kravitz and Robert De Niro, Tribeca Film Festival Artists Dinner hosted by Chanel, 2018. Lexie Moreland/WWD
This photo is an example of knowing when you’ve reached peak VIP, your job is done, and you can leave the party.
Keegan-Michael Key, Tribeca Film Festival Artists Dinner hosted by Chanel, 2018. Lexie Moreland/WWD
Siskel & Ebert & Keegan-Michael Key.
Soo Joo Park, Tribeca Film Festival Artists Dinner hosted by Chanel, 2018. Lexie Moreland/WWD
Have not stopped thinking about this dress.
Kathryn Newton, Tribeca Film Festival Artists Dinner hosted by Chanel, 2019. Lexie Moreland/WWD
Kathryn Newton, seen here perfectly wind-blown while walking into Balthazar, continually proving she is possibly the most photogenic person in America.
Cara Delevingne and Katie Holmes, Tribeca Film Festival Artists Dinner hosted by Chanel, 2019. Lexie Moreland/WWD
Cara holding court, as she does.
Alice Waters and Bette Midler, Edible Schoolyard NYC’s spring benefit, 2019. Lexie Moreland/WWD
A selfie? You Bette!
Shari Loeffler, Edible Schoolyard NYC’s spring benefit, 2019. Lexie Moreland/WWD
Shari is 1,000 percent my favorite subject to shoot at events.
Dianna Agron and Waris Ahluwalia, Free Arts NYC spring gala, 2018. Lexie Moreland/WWD
Where are we?
Marti Gould Cummings, Jeffrey Fashion Cares fashion show and fund-raiser, 2019. Lexie Moreland/WWD
Waving hello to someone while mid-embrace with someone else is the ultimate arriving-to-a-party move.
Atmosphere, Kips Bay President’s dinner, 2019. Lexie Moreland/WWD
The serendipity of blending in.
Atmosphere, Kips Bay President’s dinner, 2019. Lexie Moreland/WWD
I remember feeling for the first time in a long time that this was a body-con bandage dress I could get behind.
Larry Milstein, NYC’s LGBT Community Center Trailblazer Awards, 2018. Lexie Moreland/WWD
Larry Milstein, coquettishly swinging the belt of his smoking jacket, forever giving me the shot.
Tan France, NYC’s LGBT Community Center Trailblazer Awards, 2018. Lexie Moreland/WWD
Tan France is never not adorable and also never off duty.
John Waters, New Museum’s spring gala, 2019. Lexie Moreland/WWD
Who can crush an embroidered suit harder than John Waters? Trick question. No one.
Sienna Miller, New Museum’s spring gala, 2019. Lexie Moreland/WWD
Kay Unger and Solange Knowles, Parsons benefit, 2018. Lexie Moreland/WWD
Kay Unger is so cool, cooler than she even knows, or maybe she knows and that’s part of why she is. Either way, Solange agrees.
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Pharrell Williams and Linda Briceno, Parsons benefit, 2019. Lexie Moreland/WWD
Chloë Sevigny, Planned Parenthood spring gala, 2018. Lexie Moreland/WWD
Chloë Sevigny, on her usual slay.
Uma Thurman, Planned Parenthood spring gala, 2018. Lexie Moreland/WWD
Atmosphere, Public Art Fund spring benefit, 2018. Lexie Moreland/WWD
Jeffrey Deitch, Public Art Fund spring benefit, 2018. Lexie Moreland/WWD
I always wildly try to imagine Jeffrey Deitch *not* wearing his trademark glasses so much that I sometimes hold my breath when playing back the photo to see if they are still there.
Dustin Yellin, Polina Proshkina and Yan Assoun, New York Academy of Art’s TriBeCa ball, 2015. Lexie Moreland/WWD
Indebted to Dustin Yellin for making this photo more interesting.
Parker Posey, New York Academy of Art’s TriBeCa ball, 2015. Lexie Moreland/WWD
I was drawn to this moment for the glittery gold dress and the pretty pink drink, but realized later that the earrings were the real star! Just kidding, it was Parker Posey!
Mary-Kate Olsen, New York Academy of Art’s TriBeCa ball, 2015. Lexie Moreland/WWD
Trying to capture a photo of an Olsen is no walk in the park, but this one turned out OK.
Calvin Klein and Peter Marino, New York Academy of Art’s TriBeCa ball, 2015. Lexie Moreland/WWD
Would still really love to know what Calvin Klein and Peter Marino were talking about. Sort of.
Naomi Watts, New York Academy of Art’s TriBeCa ball, 2015. Lexie Moreland/WWD
I remember feeling kind of bad for shooting this moment so closely with a bright flash but Naomi made eye contact with me and smiled because she’s the best.
Bella Hadid and Gigi Hadid, Variety’s Power of Women luncheon, 2019. Lexie Moreland/WWD
Bella surprised Gigi [at Chip!] to support her at the Variety luncheon, and the moment was as sweet as it looks.
Carlton DeWoody, Beth Rudin DeWoody, Joanne Leonhardt Cassullo and William Burton Binnie, Whitney Museum gala, 2018. Lexie Moreland/WWD
I think this was when “meta” was really trending.
Hailey Baldwin Bieber, 2018 Lexie Moreland/WWD
You probably can’t tell by Hailey’s cool and collected demeanor, but on the other side I was very uncool and uncollected from running down four flights of stairs to get to the shot [and this was pre-Bieber — a testament to her own star!].
Leonard Lauder, Whitney Museum gala, 2019. Lexie Moreland/WWD
Leonard Lauder, humbly gliding into the party, never aware of his own celebrity. Meanwhile, big fan — huge.
Genevieve Jones, Whitney Museum gala, 2019. Lexie Moreland/WWD
I told Genevieve I loved her dress and she said her friend designed it and gave me their name and then also gave me a spin and continued to dance for the camera long enough for me to completely forget the name of her friend who designed the dress that I loved.
Caspar Jopling and Ellie Goulding, Whitney Museum gala, 2019. Lexie Moreland/WWD
This sightly couple is probably married by now. Congrats!
Nigel Barker, Whitney Museum gala, 2019. Lexie Moreland/WWD
Michael Kors and Diane Kruger, Whitney Museum gala, 2019. Lexie Moreland/WWD
Michael Kors is most often the most popular man in the room and this was one of those most often times.
Marina Kellen French, YoungArts New York gala, 2018. Lexie Moreland/WWD
I was so stunned by this incredible iridescent jacquard jacket with jewel-encrusted buttons that afterward I wasn’t sure if I even took a photo. But here is proof of both: the jacket and the photo.
Alyson Cafiero, YoungArts New York gala, 2018. Lexie Moreland/WWD
Alyson never ceases to serve us with exciting fashion, sick accessories, and an ear-to-ear smile [the latter of which it seems I failed to include].
