Each week, Alexa is rounding up the buzziest fashion drops, hotel openings, restaurant debuts and celeb-studded cultural happenings in NYC. It’s our curated guide to the very best things to see, shop, taste and experience around the city.
What’s making our luxury list this week? Michael Kors and Jimmy Choo both debut new Madison Avenue boutiques, John Mulaney is back on Broadway, and the Brooklyn Museum goes for the gold.
Michael Kors has moved his Collection boutique from 790 Madison Ave. to 667 Madison Ave., on the corner of 61st Street, in a space formerly occupied by Smythson. The move marks the East Coast debut of the designer’s new store concept for his Collection boutiques. Everything is on one level (versus two previously), and the design, Kors said, “has a welcoming feel, a sense of luxury and refinement.” On offer: Michael Kors Collection handbags, accessories, and ready-to-wear, with a shoe salon and seating area in the back of the store, and expanded dressing rooms. MichaelKors.com
Jimmy Choo is also on the move, strutting a few blocks down Madison Avenue to its new storefront at 667. Its interiors were entrusted to London and New York-based interior designer Nebihe Cihan, who created a trio of salons furnished with vintage pieces by Luigi Pellegrin, Antonio Citterio and, Móveis Cimo, thereby introducing the brand’s “renewed retail aesthetic.” Now in store: the Winter 2024 collection for men and women as well as eyewear, leather goods, fragrance, jewelry, and an edit of the Wedding Collection. Jimmy Choo’s exclusive Made-to-Order service will also be available, whereby clients can customize their dream shoe or handbag. JimmyChoo.com
After 12 years on the Lower East Side, Pig & Khao has opened a second location on the Upper West Side at 433 Amsterdam Avenue, between 80th and 81st Streets. The acclaimed eatery’s kitchen is helmed by chef Leah Cohen, who draws inspiration from training and travels throughout Thailand and Vietnam (her mother is Filipino, her father is Romanian-Jewish; she was raised with the traditions of both). The menu is a mix of favorites from the Lower East Side with an array of new dishes exclusive to this location. Worth noting: this spot is larger than the original, with 54 seats in the dining room, a six-seat chef’s counter, 12 seats at the bar, and 24 seats outside. PigAndKhao.com
This exhibition, commemorating the Brooklyn Museum’s 200th anniversary, features over 500 gold objects from jewelry to fashion, painting, sculpture, and film. It’s a captivating journey, especially for fans of fashion, as pieces by Anna Sui, Christian Dior, Gianfranco Ferré, Giorgio di Sant’Angelo, Halston, Mary McFadden, Walter Van Beirendonck, and Yves Saint Lauren are on view along with jewelry by Alexander Calder, Belperron, Cartier, Charles Loloma, Jacob & Co, and Verdura. There’s a prototype of a necklace made for Elizabeth Taylor for the film Cleopatra, a chainmail dress made by Azzedine Alaïa for Tina Turner, and an 18-karat solid-gold life-sized sculpture of model Kate Moss in a yoga pose. Through July 6, 2025; BrooklynMuseum.org
Starting this week, and for only 10 weeks, comedy fans can see a rotating cast of “some of the funniest people on earth” in “All In: Comedy About Love by Simon Rich,” “a series of stories about dating, heartbreak, marriage and that sort of thing.” For the first 5 weeks, John Mulaney will lead the cast and be joined by Fred Armisen, Renée Elise Goldsberry (12/11 – 12/30), Chloe Fineman (1/2 – 1/12), and Richard Kind. “Even though the show’s kind of all over the place, it’s meant to tell one simple story: that the most important part of life is who we share it with. We hope everybody will relate to it, even if it was their date’s idea to come and they are starting out from a place of quiet resentment,” read a very funny statement about the show. Tickets at AllInBroadway.com.
