Mr. A on the wall of Chez André. Photo: Stephen Toner, editor in chief of EXIT magazine

Mr. A on the wall of Chez André. Photo: Stephen Toner, editor in chief of EXIT magazine

It would be ill advised to attend New York Fashion Week’s debauched Purple magazine party when you’re meant to be at the office at 10 a.m. the following morning. Against all my better judgment, that’s precisely what I did. This season, editor Olivier Zahm held his bash at André Saraiva’s Chez André in the basement of The Standard East Village. Save for a harrowing 5 minutes in which the sound cut out, it was yet another delightful champagne-doused evening for Zahm and his cronies.
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