Ignacio Mattos Goes Big (Fish) for Rachel Comey Fashion Week Dinner
The best way to see the debut of Rachel Comey's Spring-Summer 2016 collection at New York Fashion Week? Alongside a meal prepared by Estela chef Ignacio Mattos that complements the collection, of course. Servers sporting Rachel Comey tunics served up exquisite fish dishes (and plenty of booze) at Pioneer Works in Brooklyn to mingling guests ready for a fashion show. Click through to see how it all went down.
Elizabeth Lippman1/19Going Big (Fish)
Estela chef Ignacio Mattos shows off salt-crusted fish, which he later grilled outside, with coals both above and below—perfect for the 90-plus-degree day!
Elizabeth Lippman2/19We Want These Server Uniforms
Servers wearing Rachel Comey tunics present the salt-crusted fish before it meets the coals outside.
Elizabeth Lippman3/19Gone Fishing
White fish salad tarts were passed around to accompany sparkling wine before the show.
Elizabeth Lippman4/19Best Dressed
Extra points for presentation!
Elizabeth Lippman5/19Remember That Fish?
It later met the grill at Mattos' hands, atop fiery coals. We don't think it stood much of a chance.
Elizabeth Lippman6/19Never Fully Dressed Without a Dish
Fluke, urchin, and a touch of mandarin oil for the first course, with a dress from Comey's Spring/Summer 2016 collection.
Elizabeth Lippman7/19The World Is Your Oyster
A server offers oysters during cocktail hour as guests settle into the open courtyard.
Elizabeth Lippman8/19We'll Drink to That
Vogue's Lynn Yaeger and Chioma Nnadi gear up for the presentation at sundown.
Elizabeth Lippman9/19Meet Rachel Comey
BA's Adam Rapoport and Pamela Drucker Mann with Rachel Comey (center), who debuted her collection at the event at Pioneer Works as part of the Fifth Annual Feast or Fashion.
Elizabeth Lippman10/19One Way or Another
Blondie's Debbie Harry and performer Justin Vivian Bond caught up with Comey before the show.
Elizabeth Lippman11/19Pics or It Didn't Happen
The Citizen Band's Sarah Sophie Flicker (in white) and Guinevere Van Seenus (in orange) during cocktails. The guy in the blue T-shirt? That'd be Ebon Moss-Bacharach, a.k.a. Desi from Girls.
Elizabeth Lippman12/19Taking It All In
Emily Mortimer, of hilarious HBO comedy Doll and Em, ** taking in the scenery in the Pioneer Works courtyard before the show.
Elizabeth Lippman13/19Meeting and Greeting
Pioneer Works founder and artist Dustin Yellin (left) kicks it in the courtyard with actors Zoe Kazan and Paul Dano.
Elizabeth Lippman14/19Get Down with Kohlrabi
Raw kohlrabi with Estela's own furikake. Mattos says kohlrabi is a cinch to use and easy to love—here's why.
Elizabeth Lippman15/19Ready, Set, Plate
Ignacio Mattos in go-mode.
Elizabeth Lippman16/19The Main Event
Tilefish? Check. Tonnato sauce? Check. Potatoes? All here.
Elizabeth Lippman17/19Okay, Don't Freak Out: Rachel Comey Spring/Summer 2016
Models gather onstage before walking through the audience to make eye contact with guests—a fashion first!
Elizabeth Lippman18/19Life of the Party
Rachel Comey and Ignacio Mattos share a moment over the meal they've been planning for months.
Elizabeth Lippman19/19Rum and Done
Good thing we saved room for dessert. A parsnip "Baked Alaska" (and a glass of rum) finished things off.
