The pub-inspired restaurant Dean’s was looking especially British on Thursday night, thanks to a takeover by Barbour. The stretch of Sixth Avenue outside the restaurant was lined with Barbour-branded vintage Land Rovers, which came in handy as photo backdrops later. Inside the small restaurant all the linens had been replaced with tartan versions, the bar’s beer glasses had the brand’s logo emblazoned on them, and various jackets and umbrellas had been arranged to complete the experience.
Barbour was hosting a celebratory dinner to mark its weeklong takeover of the restaurant. The partnership marks the brand’s second hospitality takeover, after a stint at Tea & Sympathy in the spring.
Guests including Keri Russell, Jane Krakowski, James Austin Johnson, Maya Boyd, Malia Pyles, Myra Molloy, Amalia Yoo and more were each outfitted in various tartans, pleats and the like for the occasion.
Molloy and Pyles posed for photos together outside.
“I want a picture of us on my film camera,” Molloy said to Pyles.
Myra Molloy and Malia Pyles
Lexie Moreland
Johnson hammed it up for the camera, kicking his heels up. “What’s going on? Tell me about it,” he said to a friend as he walked in. “Is that skirt Barbour?” one guest asked another. “Wow, they decked you all out.”
Russell paired a tartan cape with a pair of jeans and a heeled mule, watching as Boyd worked her own Barbour ensemble for photos.
“I’m not going to be doing any sexy poses,” Russell said when it came time to take her picture. The wind had other ideas, giving her a more windswept moment. “And here we are,” Russell said with a laugh.
James Austin Johnson, Amalia Yoo and Ruby Gauchman.
Lexie Moreland
Inside the restaurant, guests chatted among Dean’s signature Guinness-and-oyster shooters and silver bowls piled high with chips, but the warm fall night meant taking advantage of the sidewalk space also appealed. Dean Fryer, the restaurant’s namesake, nursed a pint outside while chatting with creative director Nicholas Blechman.
“This is maddening,” Fryer said, motioning toward the excitement in the restaurant.