Special Edition

On Monday night, Louis Vuitton hosted an intimate dinner in honor of Sofia Coppola’s special edition of W at New York’s La Grenouille. With its rosy pink interior, mirrored walls, and climbing floral arrangements, the restaurant was just the right setting in which to fete the filmmaker’s issue, which celebrates glamour and refinement. Molly Shannon, who wrote a funny piece on hospitality for Sofia’s W, grinned from ear-to-ear as she discussed her friend’s editorial endeavor. “She’s so specific about what she likes and what she doesn’t like that she’s just a natural editor and curator,” she said. Throughout the evening, guests—including Cornelia Guest, Anna Sui, Phoebe Philo, Cindy Sherman, Asia Chow, Debbie Harry, and W’s Editor in Chief Stefano Tonchi and Editor at Large Lynn Hirschberg—discussed their favorite stories from Coppola’s creation. Dick Page’s makeover piece was a hit at one table, while a story on Marc Jacobs’s den was the unanimous favorite at another. Jacobs, who lounged on a cushioned red seat in an embellished navy blazer and scuffed Adidas sneakers, had not yet seen the issue, but nonetheless declared, “Everything Sofia does is great.”