Last night, Tory Burch and Architectural Digest’s global editorial director, Amy Astley, welcomed friends and creatives to the Tory Burch boutique in downtown New York to toast the launch of AD’s new book, AD at Home. Published by Rizzoli, the book spotlights residences selected from Astley’s near decade at the helm of AD, celebrating the personality-filled private worlds of designers, architects, actors, artists, and others—including the impeccably tailored Southampton home of Burch herself, who Astley called one of her biggest style inspirations. “I find it amazing how you bring together people from all over the world, in so many different kinds of styles, and literally the only common thread is your exceptional eye,” Burch said in her toast to Astley. “There is no one who understands the nuances of personal style and how it intersects with design like you do. It’s such a flex to be in AD!”
Jamie Tisch (left) and Amy Astley (right), at Burch’s boutique on Mercer Street, where Astley signed copies of AD at Home
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Those in attendance included Jordan Roth, Richie Jackson, Chloe Malle, Aerin Lauder, Rizzoli publisher Charles Miers, Condé Nast CEO Roger Lynch, Oliver Freundlich, Huma Abedin, Colin King, Sarah Hoover, Carlos Mota, Jamie Tisch, Amanda Brooks, Robert Stilin, Julie Hillman, Kelly Behun, Derek Blasberg, Monique Gibson, and Stephen Sills. Guests mingled over cocktails served in the garden, their garnishes echoing the book cover’s pink-and-burgundy palette, while a dessert table inside carried the theme through, complete with a cake bearing the book’s cover. Gathered underneath hung wicker baskets, minty Hugo spritzes in hand, designers eagerly flipped through the hefty pink volume to find their projects before bringing their signed editions home in Tory Burch’s signature Mercer tote. “It’s a real treat to celebrate in this space,” Astley said to the crowd. “I find it to be so magical here.”