David Beckham, Victoria BeckhamMatteo Prandoni/BFA.com
“Who knew I knew this many gorgeous people here in New York”—one could have hazarded a guess. After all, this was Victoria Beckham, who has a three-decade-long track record as an international style icon, at the mic. To raise a glass of champagne, and less traditionally, a bucket of fried chicken, to her glamorous holiday capsule with Mytheresa, Beckham took over her husband David’s favorite Manhattan eater, Coqodaq, to celebrate.
“Nora Ephron once said, ‘Everyone loves fried chicken, but don’t ever make it—buy it from a place that does good fried chicken,’” Mytheresa chief executive Michael Kliger told the room of the choice of venue. “We heeded her advice!”
While the Flatiron restaurant is a hard-to-get reservation at the best of times, on Thursday evening, it was even more of a scene. Ready to chow down on some caviar-topped 24K Golden Durenkai nuggets over sake and bubbles, Beckham’s friends, including Helena Christensen, Justin Theroux, Athena Calderone, Nina Debrov, Mario Sorrenti, and Steven Klein, were among the shiny, happy people who showed up to support the designer’s third capsule for the e-tailer.
