Fiametta and Unemployed Celebrate Pride With Dinner, a Surprise Vow Renewal, and an After-Party
Jewelry brand Fiametta and creative agency Unemployed came together on June 3 to host a celebratory night for the queer community. Hosted at The Flower Shop on the Lower East Side, the bash began with a more intimate dinner, where guests sipped on spicy margaritas by Yola Mezcal and were adorned with jewels placed on them by Fiametta founder Merill Hollander from their new Pride collection. A few attendees, like writer Adam Eli and artist Ella Emhoff, were Pride-party-hopping, and joined after attending the New Alternatives fundraiser earlier in the evening.
A big surprise came when famed astrologer Chani Nicholas emerged with past Vogue brides Teresa Dilger and Yesim Ak all dressed in white. The New York-based couple are expecting a baby, and decided Pride Month was the perfect time to renew their vows with Nicholas officiating. “I believe in celebrating queer love in public,” Nicholas told Vogue. “I believe that building spaces and creating moments that center our bonds and that declare our family values is revolutionary. New York City has always been home to so many of our greatest activists and artists and intellectuals that risked everything to fight for the freedoms we have today, the very least that we can do is take advantage of them.”
After dinner, more guests joined for an after-party complete with music spun by Silvia Prada, pool, and the Knicks playoff game playing in the background.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani Attended the Reclaim the Flag Screening and Panel at the Brooklyn Museum
A film screening kicked off a movement at the Brooklyn Museum. On June 8, Human Rights Campaign partnered with filmmaker and designer Alexis Bittar and producer Bruce Cohen for a preview of their short documentary film Reclaim The Flag. The night at the museum was attended by activists as well as members of the arts and fashion communities, like actress Naomi Watts and Mickey Boardman. This film coincided with the national initiative encouraging people in the United States to reclaim and demand the values of freedom, inclusion, equity, belonging and democracy that the American flag should represent.
