Ralph’s Club Drops Into Sunset Tower – WWD

If there is a place in Los Angeles most similar Ralph LaurenRalph’s club, it has to be Sunset Tower, Jeff Klein’s Art Deco hotel, which has the hottest bar and dining scene every night.

So on Thursday, the hotel’s Terrace room was transformed into a fete Ralph’s Club eau de parfum. The designer’s diamond R monogram is everywhere – floating in the pool, emblazoned on the DJ bar, embroidered on cocktail napkins and white collared coats by the gin cocktail waitress and lavender, truffle fries and burgers (sadly not sourced from the designer’s own Double RL Ranch).

The two faces of the perfumery, Gigi Hadid and Lucky Blue Smith, were not in attendance, but Luka Sabbat and Fai Khadra worked in the room, posing with a monogrammed scene alongside a tuxedo-wearing Hailee Steinfeld, who was pacing back and forth. seriously many times. so the video crew can get their best B-roll.

No interviews are allowed, which is increasingly the norm at events that are formed on social networks – but still have a large audience.

The duo were there – Barron Hilton and his wife Tessa chatted with Rachel Zoe, and fashion designer August Getty with Nice Guy restaurant owner Markus Molinari.

Sitting at a coffee table with stylist Tanya Gill, up-and-coming pop singer Elia Berthoud, in a glittering Saint Laurent coat, still tired from all the socializing at Art Basel. “I’m not much of a party person,” he said, adding that he hopes to keep it low over the holidays.

The same is true of fashion designers Brian Wolk and Claude Morais, who recently returned from a road trip to the Arizona Biltmore Hotel. “It just went through a $70 million remodel and it’s unbelievable,” Wolk said. “There are 12 pools!”

Just before 9pm, Prince Charlez took to the stage to perform jazz music. The LA-based singer/songwriter, who has written numerous hits for others, among them Rihanna, Usher and Beyoncé, is gearing up to release her first album in February. This is that.