ONE NIGHT ONLY: Mother-daughter duo Jerry Hall and Georgia May Jagger joined Gemma Chan, Rebecca Hall, Naomi Ackie and Lauren Schmidt Hissrich at the Audley Public House on Mount Street on Tuesday as Net-a-porter and Kallmeyer turned the popular Mayfair spot into a one-night-only salon concept, Café Kallmeyer.
Celebrating the exclusive capsule collection between the luxury e-tailer and New York-based label, the gathering also brought in fashion friends in London such as Julia Sarr-Jamois, Evie Henderson and Jessica Clarke and Net-a-Porter’s top clients to Café Kallmeyer.
The café is the brainchild of brand founder Daniella Kallmeyer, who was nominated for the American Womenswear Designer of the Year award at the CFDA Fashion Awards last year.
Cohosted alongside Net-a-porter’s chief executive officer Heather Kaminetsky, the evening swapped the usual dinner-party formula for a livelier and casual occasion, with pianist Tom Carradine providing the live music and quintessentially English food such as fish and chips, cheese sandwiches and mini sausage rolls being served.
The stars were among the guests sporting looks from Kallmeyer, including pieces exclusive to the Net-a-porter capsule, which reflects the brand’s signature approach to a modern wardrobe, built around polished, versatile pieces.
“We are delighted to partner with Kallmeyer to celebrate this exclusive capsule collection and bring Café Kallmeyer to London,” said Kaminetsky, who has been leading a promising turnaround effort for the past 18 months. “This collaboration is a wonderful expression of that shared vision, and we are thrilled to bring together our communities to celebrate the collection and the creativity behind it.”
For Kallmeyer, the salon is as much about the people around the clothes as the clothes themselves.
“Café Kallmeyer is the personification of that community and an opportunity to bring our New York perspective to London, creating a space for women who share our sensibility to connect,” she said.
The evening marked a fruitful return to London for Kallmeyer. She studied fashion design and tailoring at the London College of Fashion and worked at Alexander McQueen before relocating to New York in 2012 to launch her namesake brand, which is now known for elevated, seasonless staples that balance tailoring with ease.
For the brand’s latest spring 2027 runway show, Kallmeyer counters severe architectural lines with intricate handwork inspired by Japanese packaging and textile art, folding, binding and twisting fabrics while pairing white T-shirts and technical track jackets with densely beaded skirts and sweeping organza eveningwear.
