Last September in Paris, when Gabriela Hearst took to the runway for her final bow as the creative force behind Chloé, she did not stifle back tears or offer a sheepish wave to show-goers. Instead, in a moment of immense celebration that had the crowd on their feet, she danced her way down the catwalk flanked by Mangueira, a Samba school from Brazil.
This is all to say that Hearst likes to celebrate her pivotal career moments with this kind of contagious merrymaking, often with a dance party, and that’s why partygoers on Thursday night were invited to welcome an