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Tom Ford, Karl Lagerfeld, Dries Van Noten, and the Art of the Dinner Party Fashion Show Inline

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    Dries Van Noten Spring 2005

    In honor of his 50th collectsion, for Spring 2005, Dries Van Noten sent his models walking down a giant table, which was set for a spectacular dinner. There were 250 waiters who served beautiful plates of food, which included dishes like poisson en papillote.

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    L’Wren Scott Fall 2008

    In 2008, the late designer L’Wren Scott invited 47 guests to the Tony Shafrazi Gallery in New York to view her Fall collectsion while lunching on Asian fare.

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    Thom Browne Fall 2011 Menswear

    This one was a bit of a tease since the audience wasn’t able to actually dine, but Thom Browne’s 2011 menswear show in Paris featured models seated at a long dinner table set with plates of sweet corn and peas, with steaming turkeys placed at the center.

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    Lanvin Fall 2012

    To celebrate his 10th anniversary at Lanvin, Alber Elbaz incorporated music, dancing, food, and drink into his Fall 2012 show in Paris.

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    Chanel Pre-Fall 2012 Métiers d’Art

    Karl Lagerfeld is famous for his outrageous runway-show sets, and his presentation for the Chanel Métiers d’Art show in December 2011 was no exception. Showgoers dined on fine china and tasted exotic fruits and elaborate pastries.

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    Rachel Comey Spring 2014

    Rachel Comey has always been an independent when it comes to her style interpretations, and this was particularly true of her September show in 2014. She invited guests to Pioneer Works in Brooklyn for a casual three-course dinner at small, round tables.

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    Chanel Fall 2015

    Once again, Lagerfeld went over the top and created Chanel’s Brasserie Gabrielle to showcase his Fall 2015 collectsion. Remember Cara Delevingne and Kendall Jenner hanging out at the bar and eyeing the fresh croissants?

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    Tom Ford Fall Ready-to-Wear 2016

    Tom Ford’s Four Seasons dinner and fashion show on September 7, 2016.

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    The 2018 CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund Dinner and Runway Show

    While guests were digging into their chicken potpies, all of this year’s finalists presented looks from their latest collectsions in a show that included a Tesla, a choir, and Shangela.

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    Gabriela Hearst Fall 2018

    The designer held an intimate lunch at New York restaurant Cafe Altro Paradiso.

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    Mansur Gavriel Fall 2018

    Who says you can’t eat desserts for dinner? Designers Floriana Gavriel and Rachel Mansur invited their guests to snack on macarons and pastries while the label’s pastel-hue collectsion floated down the runway.

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    Raf Simons Fall 2018

    For his menswear show, Raf Simons lined the runway with piles of grapes, chocolate, waffles, cheese, salumi, and bottles of wine.

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    Brock Collection Spring 2019

    Kristopher Brock and Laura Vassar Brock chose Daniel Rose’s French restaurant Le Coucou as the setting for their latest show. Dinner-menu items included a lobster salad and sweetbreads with tarragon.