...The Front Row And Dinner
Have any questions about Calvin Klein's front-row lineup? Jeff Goldblum has the answers. The actor was a prompt arrival for the 8 p.m. show, and knew exactly who else to expect there.
“Here, I'll tell ya,” said Goldblum, pulling up a list on his phone.
Buckle up.
“Jake Gyllenhaal and Saoirse Ronan, with whom I did that great movie with the great Wes Anderson, ‘The Grand Budapest Hotel.' Rami Malek — come on! Laura Dern, I did that dinosaur movie with, I know her well. Trevor Noah, Millie Bobby Brown — fantastic, she's sitting near me here. A$AP Rocky, come on! George Condo. Wonderful painter. Do you know George Condo's painting? Spectacular and important painter. Cindy Sherman, I've been a great fan of and a photographer who takes pictures of herself, and she's a great artist and I'd love to see her. Rowan Blanchard, spectacular, Naomi Campbell, Gus Kenworthy — a fantastic skier, brave, brave soul. Kate Moss; Russell Westbrook, I admire, he's a great superstar. Katherine Langford, and KiKi Layne is in the new Barry Jenkins movie, wonderful actress, and it was produced by the same producer who did ‘The Mountain,' which was just in competition at Venice [Film Festival] that I did — Sara Murphy is her name — so I'm looking forward to seeing her. And then finally, Mia Goth, who worked with Lars von Trier in ‘Nymphomaniac,' which I loved, with my friend Charlotte Gainsbourg. And now she's in ‘Suspiria,' I can't wait. It was also in competition at [Venice Film Festival]. So I'm as you can see, overstimulated already,” he said.
And that wasn't even everyone there.
A$AP Rocky was vague about his projects. “Tons of s--t, as usual. Stuff here, stuff there,” the rapper said. But he's never too busy to miss checking out a Raf Simons-designed runway collection.
“Just, obviously, here to see one of the best of the best do their thing — that's that,” said Malek, making his way to his seat. “[Simon] is one of my absolute favorites.”
And as for Dern, yes, Raf and Calvin Klein were a draw, but she was also looking forward to watching her son's runway debut.
“I worship Raf, and so excited to see Calvin and what [Simons] is up to now. And my son is walking tonight, so it's a triple whammy,” she said. “He really loves design and Raf's his mentor, so it's very exciting.”
After the show, most of the front row headed to Balthazar for a dinner celebrating the brand's fragrance, “Woman,” with guest of honor Ronan, the face of the campaign alongside Lupita Nyong'o. — K.T.