Wishing Summer Into Existence at the Ferragamo x Webster Cocktail Party

“We all had a long winter,” Laure Hériard Dubreuil said on Thursday night. “We were all dying for sunshine and warmth.” This, she explained, was the reason behind the “Spring Break” theme for her and Paul Andrew’s party that evening. They’d gathered inside the New York City restaurant Indochine to celebrate a capsule collection she conceptualized with Andrew, the creative director of Salvatore Ferragamo. Hériard Dubreuil’s hotel The Webster SoHo will carry an exclusive line of handbags and shoes, along with the rest of the brand’s spring ready-to-wear collection. “I’ve been friends with Paul for a long time, and usually we’re vacationing together in the summer in Patmos, Greece,” she continued. “Being in a tropical environment makes so much sense.” She wasn’t talking about the 50-degree, windy, rainy weather outside. Hériard Dubreuil meant Indochine, which is wallpapered with palm frond prints, kitted out with wicker chairs and a few piles of sand meant to evoke the beach itself. And the guests — which included Antoni Porowski, Timo Weiland, Sabrina Carpenter and Kelsey Asbille — wore bright prints and colorful sunglasses to echo this idea. “Queer Eye’s” Porowski, as he’s wont to do, waxed poetic on food. He was discussing his recent Instagram

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