Under the sparkling constellation ceiling of Grand Central Terminal, Andrea Lieberman invited friends to the station\u2019s beloved Oyster Bar to kick off New York Fashion Week. The evening felt like a love letter to a city always in motion (and a chance to slow down for a minute) as the A.L.C founder and creative director celebrated Spring 2026 and her label\u2019s penchant for dressing women both from 9-5\u2014and 5-9.<\/p>\n
\u201cA very core part of what we do is workwear. We thought what better way to celebrate workwear than to celebrate the art of the commute,\u201d Lieberman told Vogue. \u201cThere\u2019s nothing more iconic for me than the Oyster Bar and Grand Central Station.\u201d<\/p>\n
The choice of venue underscored the brand\u2019s enduring focus on modern, elevated essentials designed for real life\u2014pieces that move seamlessly from morning meetings to evening plans, much like the city itself. \u201cI am all about real life, and I\u2019m all about our clothes working for real women in real life,\u201d Lieberman noted.<\/p>\n
As the terminal\u2019s oldest restaurant buzzed with the steady rhythm of those arriving and departing, guests tucked into an array of hors d\u2019oeuvres, including crab cake bites, fried calamari, and crispy french fries served in custom A.L.C. pouches. In place of traditional Champagne, an extra-dirty martini tower became the evening\u2019s focal point, complete with an abundance of olives. The cocktail menu also featured thoughtful nods to the brand\u2019s 15-year history, including The Express\u2014a mix of bourbon, sweet vermouth, Angostura bitters, and orange peel\u2014and The California Grown; the A.L.C. take on a mezcal cocktail with orange and lime juice finished with persimmon syrup.<\/p>\n
Around the bar, trays displayed weighty gold lighters, take-home party favors, custom engraved with the brand\u2019s initials alongside cheeky phrases like \u201cDelays Expected.\u201d Guests including Leandra Medine, Ashley Harris, Amrit Tietz, and Jennifer Fisher soaked up the bustling atmosphere while toasting to the Spring 2026 collection before comparing notes about what train they would hop on to make their way to one of the many pre-NYFW celebrations happening across the city. The evening served as a reminder that the most compelling fashion moments often happen in the spaces where real life unfolds: stylish, unscripted, and unmistakably New York.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Under the sparkling constellation ceiling of Grand Central Terminal, Andrea Lieberman invited friends to the station\u2019s beloved Oyster…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":286024,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[146,85,46,10855],"class_list":["post-286023","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-vogue-parties"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286023","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=286023"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286023\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/286024"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=286023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=286023"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=286023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}