Simone Rocha and Nordstrom Host a Dinner at Les Trois Chevaux

On Thursday night, Nordstrom and Simone Rocha hosted an intimate dinner party in the West Village. The event, held at Chef Angie Mar's Les Trois Chevaux restaurant, celebrated the designer's new move to Nordstrom's flagship and their long-standing collaboration.

"When we launched Space, Simone Rocha was one of our pillar brands," said Nordstrom's Olivia Kim, noting that she's been a fan since Rocha's very first collection at Central Saint Martins. “It was so amazing to watch her succeed and to see her continue to grow,” she added. "There's something incredibly beautiful, dark and feminine, yet sad - that's the full range of emotions I found with her clothes."

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"I've worked with Olivia for a long time; she always really understood my identity as a designer,” Rocha said. "We started with Space - and now I have my own space. [Nordstrom] invited me to come in and do an installation and a cover, and it was really fabulous and they gave me a lot of creative freedom."

The London-based designer was staying one more day in New York to launch her menswear collection in her Mercer Street Shop.

Guests — many of whom wore Simone Rocha for the occasion — included Michelle Zauner of Japanese Breakfast, Miles Greenberg, Precious Okoyomon, Blake Abbie, Laila Gohar and Antwaun Sargent.

Mar's restaurant, which she opened as a tribute to her family, was the perfect place for a celebratory dinner two fashion brands with strong family roots.

"Nordstrom was the first shopping experience I ever really had with my mom", said Mar, another avowed Simone Rocha fan, from the kitchen before dinner. "I have so many fond memories of going to the downtown Seattle flagship, spending an afternoon with her. So to me, it's home, it's family — and we don't never really get over their first shopping experience, do they?"

Michelle Zauner, Peter Ash Lee, Cece Liu Neil Rasmus/BFA.com