Last season, Bergdorf Goodman’s Linda Fargo and Roopal Patel were sent to the spring collections with a new assignment. Not only did they have to consider which clothes would be best for the store and its magazine, as well as what to say to WWD, but they were also asked to think about what would look good on a plate.
During New York fashion week, the Fifth Avenue luxury store will launch its version of Prêt-à-Portea, an afternoon tea originally launched by the Berkeley Hotel in London. Fargo thought it would be fun to bring the girls’ club, which features confections inspired by the latest collections, to New York.
From Feb. 13 to 20, the BG Restaurant will serve cookies, petits fours and layered desserts based on the designs of Christian Louboutin, Chanel, Marchesa, Oscar de la Renta, Michael Kors, Thakoon and 3.1 Phillip Lim. “There were definitely designers that came down the runway that you thought, Dessert,” said Patel, who cited Kors’s “cheeky, Fourth of July-colored” spring dresses as a perfect candidate for a layered mousse and Chanel’s iconic quilted purse as a potential cookie. (Getting frosting the right shade of Louboutin red will be tricky, she admitted.)
While the real items will be available for sale on the floors below, Fargo understands that the edible version might be more realistic these days. She said, “Maybe you can’t have it, but at least you can eat it.”
BG at Bergdorf Goodman, 754 Fifth Avenue, seventh floor; reservations suggested; (212) 872-8977.
While the real items will be available for sale on the floors below, Fargo understands that the edible version might be more realistic these days. She said, “Maybe you can’t have it, but at least you can eat it.”
BG at Bergdorf Goodman, 754 Fifth Avenue, seventh floor; reservations suggested; (212) 872-8977.
