SUPPER CLUB: “It was fantastic,” Christian Louboutin enthused about the Usher concert he had just attended, part of a residency at La Seine Musicale that runs through Oct. 5.
Since the music star’s dates coincided with Paris Fashion Week, he invited Louboutin, Burberry designer Daniel Lee, model Coco Rocha and other fashion friends for a family-style dinner at Le Relais Plaza, the swanky brasserie at the Plaza Athénée hotel with the Art Deco decor.
Lee is in Paris for Burberry’s spring 2024 showroom, and wore the oversized shirt that had stalked the London runway recently. (It was look No. 33, in case you’re curious.)
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Holding a glass of Veuve Clicquot and an unlit Montecristo cigar, Usher roamed the crowded restaurant, taking off his sunglasses when conversations got intense.
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Wearing a black Balmain jacket with big diamante buttons, the Grammy winner told WWD he commissioned looks from Valentino, Balenciaga, Bluemarble, Marni and Diesel for his “Rendez-Vous À Paris” performances, which he described as an extension of his sold-out Las Vegas residency.
Pharrell Williams came dressed more casually, sporting yellow aviator sunglasses, a baseball cap declaring “Curry Up,” Louis Vuitton Damier-check jeans and a green Cactus Plant Flea Market sweatshirt bearing the phrase “Ye Must Be Born Again.”
Other notable guests at the Creed-sponsored event included Venus Williams, Erykah Badu, Evan Mock, Ester Expósito, Ellen von Unwerth, Jeremy Pope, Jenna Lyons and Letitia Wright.
Rocha and Louboutin compared notes on their pets, the shoe designer flashing photos of his two Portuguese podengos, and explaining that the bandage on his right hand was concealing a dog bite from when one of his pooches got into a scuffle he tried to break up. Rocha is awaiting delivery of a Swiss mountain dog that she’s hoping gets along with her two Bengal cats.
In between performances, Usher has been taking in a few spring 2024 fashion shows, causing a sensation by showing up in a red polka-dot suit at Marni. Word has it he’ll attend Valentino on Sunday.