ALL THAT JAZZ A heady mix of fashion, food and music in Berlin

Music and muses converge in Berlin to celebrate Max Mara’s latest cruise collection

Cutting an impossibly chic figure in a pearlescent tux, the German jazz singer Ute Lemper enraptured an equally elegant audience at Spiegelsaal, Berlin’s most storied salon, with a cabaret performance on the eve of Max Mara’s Cruise 2020 show. The following night, after the collection had been unveiled in style at the monumental Neues Museum, Lemper joined the actress Angela Bassett, the model Carolyn Murphy and members of the Maramotti family (the Italian owners of Max Mara) for a gala dinner in the Greek Courtyard gallery. In a nod to the fashion house’s roots, slivers of caviar-topped pizza and plates of lemon ravioli were served on tables bearing bunches of snow-white snapdragons, as conversation roved from the fall of the Berlin Wall 30 years ago to the timeless allure of Marlene Dietrich.

Caroline Daur Maria Giulia Prezioso Maramotti and Nicola Gerber Maramotti Angela Bassett Vera and Viola Arrivabene Carolyn Murphy Candela Pelizza Petra Nemcova Hikari Mori Ute Lemper

The Greek Courtyard at the Neues Museum Nicola Gerber Maramotti Sylvia and Julia Haghjoo Giorgio Guidotti and Nicky Hilton Rothschild Helena Bordon Angela Bassett Ute Lemper Franziska Knuppe Justine Picardie and Angela Bassett The Neues Museum Ian Griffiths and Carolyn Murphy