Inside the Nahmias All-Star Party at Maxfield, Where a Giant Crochet Wiener Dog Greeted Kylie Jenner and Co.

If you happened to pass by Maxfield’s famed Melrose Place storefront recently, you might have done a double-take: a giant crochet wiener dog stood guard over what would become one of All-Star Weekend’s most packed—and most playful—parties. The supersized tribute to designer Doni Nahmias’s three miniature dachshunds—Mimi, Whiskey, and Cookie—was the first hint that inside, Nahmias was celebrating his triumphant return to the Paris runway and his new Puma collaboration the only way he knows how: with his signature sense of humor fully unleashed.

“Maxfield is the most iconic store in the world, and it's always been my dream to be stocked here,” Nahmias told Vogue as guests including Kylie Jenner, Devon Carlson, Anastasia Karanikolaou, and Hayley Kiyoko mingled over a DJ set by Tay James and cocktails named Mimi's Margarita after one of those beloved pups. “But to do a takeover and have their support is a dream come true.”

The designer was fresh off his first Paris Fashion Week runway show in three years—an off-calendar presentation at the Palais de Tokyo—and riding high from his viral Marty Supreme collaboration with Timothée Chalamet. “Paris was amazing. The response and feedback has been incredible,” he said. “I felt re-energized, more mature and prepared, and just more excited to show something because I felt like I understood what I was doing more than before.”

That newfound confidence was on full display at the pop-up, which featured his Spring Summer mainline alongside exclusive Fall Winter pieces from that aforementioned runway—including leather and suede moto-sportswear jackets emblazoned with a star motif inspired by, of all things, cartoon concussions. “When you get a concussion and you get the stars around your head? We took that,” he explained with a laugh. “I decided to take the runway pieces from there and give them to Maxfield because it’s my home and it’s LA.” Another draw was the Puma x Nahmias Suede collaboration, available exclusively at Maxfield ahead of its global release. The sneakers came in three materials—including one in crochet, a Nahmias signature—with laces featuring interchangeable charms.

The Santa Barbara-born creative director had transformed Maxfield’s Jean Prouvé Structure Nomade into an immersive wonderland for the launch. Oversized knit flowers suspended from the ceiling mechanically opened and closed overhead, while life-size beads inspired by the signature detailing on the sneaker collectsion dotted the space. Stacks of ‘90s-era televisions played Wipeout; Nahmias’s original cartoon series created for his recent Paris Fashion Week runway show, while models wandered through wearing oversized cartoon heads. At the center of it all stood a vending machine where visitors could purchase a limited-edition Nahmias x Maxfield coin for $100 to access exclusive collectsibles: crochet keychains of his wiener dogs, sterling silver friendship bracelets, wallet chains, and Puma shoe coupons.

The crowd came dressed for the occasion. Jenner arrived wearing a black leather star motif jacket from the Fall Winter 2026 collectsion, holding court alongside Carlson and Karanikolaou, while athletes like Joe Burrow and Jalen Rose made the rounds alongside familiar faces like Josh Richards and Carter Gregory.

The party stayed packed late into the night, as guests shopped the collectsion, compared their vending machine wins, posed beneath the mechanically blooming flowers, and took to the dance floor. It was the perfect alignment, Nahmias noted, to launch during All-Star Weekend. “A lot of my clients are NBA players. I love basketball. It’s my therapy. So it just felt like the perfect moment to align with NBA All-Star.”

And the dogs? They were everywhere—actual four-legged friends mingling among the fashion crowd, living their best lives alongside their supersized crochet doppelgänger in the window. With the All-Star Game still two days away, Nahmias had already scored the weekend's biggest win.