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\u201cWell, you walk in and there are candles on the table\u2014so you know there\u2019s going to be great conversations,\u201d Severance\u2019s<\/em> Britt Lower said upon arrival to The Odeon on Thursday night. And they weren\u2019t just any candles that awaited\u2014but Loewe\u2019s signature Tomato Leaves tapers, which lent the restaurant the look and feel of a midsummer farmer\u2019s market; worlds away from the March chill outside. While the festivities unfolded downtown, the true cause for celebration was stationed uptown at Bergdorf Goodman. To mark Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez\u2019s first collection hitting stores, a full Loewe takeover of the department store\u2019s windows had been unveiled a day earlier.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s so cool to be back in New York. We\u2019re never here anymore,\u201d beamed McCollough. He and Hernandez, both New Yorkers who relocated to Paris upon their appointment to the fashion house, had crossed the pond one night prior. \u201cI\u2019m excited to see friends, and I\u2019m looking forward to a couple of days off after this,\u201d added Hernandez. \u201cIt\u2019s been a minute. We just really hope everyone has a good time tonight.\u201d<\/p>\n The Loewe crowd is a fun one, indeed. Around The Odeon, attendees were happy to see the who\u2019s-who within the brand\u2019s orbit. \u201cThere are just really great people in the room. Designers like Jack and Lazaro are always excellent curators of interesting, talented people,\u201d actor Lucas Hedges told Vogue<\/em>. \u201cLike, I was at the Loewe show in Paris, and I was playing Uno with Lil Yachty. There\u2019s always a sense of levity and fun.\u201d<\/p>\n With Amazonas in both hands\u2014meaning the handbag in one, a fittingly-named cocktail in the other\u2014guests gushed over one another\u2019s outfits, from colorful maxi dresses to graphic tees and suede jeans. \u201cI feel so me. You would definitely see me wearing something like this in real life,\u201d said Sinners<\/em> star Jayme Lawson, swishing the sides of her loose-fit trousers. \u201cI looove<\/em> a baggy pant. It\u2019s my favorite kind of pant.\u201d<\/p>\n As dinner unfolded, the room began to swell with a kind of easy, collective gratitude. \u201cBergdorf\u2019s is an amazing partner,\u201d shared McCollough. \u201cThey\u2019ve always been huge supporters of ours, so it\u2019s cool to have this full-circle moment.\u201d For Tracy Margolies, president of Bergdorf Goodman, the feeing is mutual. \u201cWe\u2019re thrilled to welcome Jack and Lazaro back to a city with such significance to their creative journey,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n The decision to host the dinner in lower Manhattan was an homage to \u201cLoewe\u2019s signature downtown edge,\u201d added Margolies\u2014and this particular venue is part of the designers\u2019 own shared history. \u201cWe\u2019ve been coming here our entire adult lives, so it just kind of felt right the right place,\u201d McCollough explained. \u201cPlus, I hear that Odeon\u2019s trending right now!\u201d (Word has it, Love Story<\/em> fans have been flocking to claim the JFK Jr. booth since the series spotlighted the Tribeca restaurant.)<\/p>\n By the time the French presses made their rounds, profiteroles were passed, and the candles had melted well past their bases, the evening began its slow, inevitable wind-down. There were party favors, of course: Issue 10 of Loewe<\/em> magazine, along with the very Tomato Leaves candles that had blazed bright all night\u2014particularly fortunate for those enamored with the room\u2019s verdant aroma.<\/p>\n As for the designers? Duty calls. \u201cWe\u2019re just going Upstate to see the house and make sure it\u2019s still standing. Check the pipes, clean the mouse traps, clear the cobwebs out,\u201d Hernandez laughed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n