It’s almost easier to list the ones who didn’t come to our New York Fashion Week kickoff on Wednesday night than the ones who did.

Everyone who’s anyone (in fashion, at least) showed up at Le Rock, the chic eatery at Rockefeller Center, to celebrate the week of shows ahead and to catch up with one another. The scene included hosts Thom Browne, Steven Kolb, Joseph Altuzarra, Stacey Bendet, and Sabyasachi Mukherjee, and CFDA’s NYFW ambassadors Becky G, Honey Dijon, and Sebastian Yatra.

The designer contingent was strong. Vera Wang caught up with Michael Kors and Stacey Bendet; Tory Burch with Thom Browne, and LaQuan Smith with Zaldy.

Also on hand were Wes Gordon, Tommy Hilfiger, Zac Posen, Todd Snyder, Dao-Yi Chow and Maxwell Osborne, Trish Wescoat Pound, Julia Ferentina, Emily Dawn Long, Claire Sullivan, Prabal Gurung, Willy Chavarria, Bibhu Mohapatra, Colm Dillane, Emily Adams Bode Aujla, Azeeza Khan, Nardos Iman, Tara Rudes Dann, Bach Mai, Kate Barton, and Presley Oldham.

They were joined by Allison Sarofim, Lauren Levison, Yao King, Carolyn Murphy, Richard Dickson, Macrene Alexiades, Nian Fish, Susanne Bartsch, Princess Olympia of Greece and Denmark, Andrew Rosen, Bad Gyal, Jason Schupbach, Chanel Iman, John Imah, Alton Mason, and James Frazier, as well as 2026 CFDA Geoffrey Beene Lifetime Achievement recipients Inez and Vinoodh.

“We’re here tonight to kick off New York Fashion Week,” Kolb told the crowd. “We are so excited to be back at Rockefeller Center.

If you notice across the road on the Plaza, there’s a big giant screen, and for six days, New York Fashion Week shows will be streamed here, so tell your next-door neighbor, your mother, your aunt, your friends that they now have a fashion week front row seat to Rockefeller Center.

“We are really appreciative of the support of Rock Center and our partner, Genesys for making this happen,” he added.

Hero image: Honey Dijon, Susanne Bartsch, and Sabyasachi Mukherjee.

Alicia Parker, Danielle Keith, Sebastián Yatra, Thom Browne, Honey Dijon, Becky G, Joseph Altuzarra, Steven Kolb, EB Kelly, Sabyasachi Mukherjee

Danna Paola, Valentina Ferrer, Colm Dillane

Zac Posen, Stacey Bendet, Jason Schupbach

Dao-Yi Chow, Prabal Gurung, Maxwell Osborne

Andrew Rosen, Stacey Bendet, Richard Dickson

Bach Mai, Kate Barton, Presley Oldham

NYFW Live at Rockefeller Center Returns with Partner Genesys