All posts tagged: Toasts

Artist Kyna Payawal designs a window display for Toast’s L.A. store

Artist Kyna Payawal designs a window display for Toast’s L.A. store

This story is part of Image’s March Outside issue, a celebration of the Los Angeles outdoors and the many lives to be lived under its unencumbered sky. In a feat of luck that surprises both visitors and me alike, I live in one of those coveted, mysterious and oxymoronic L.A. neighborhoods: a walkable one. Truthfully (I feel almost guilty saying so), it’s more than walkable; my neighborhood is seemingly oriented around pedestrians rather than just accommodating of them. The main street that intercepts the end of my block is tree-lined and buzzing, with generous sidewalks, gleaming (and respected) crosswalks, and wide windowscapes just begging to be strolled and observed. And yet, it’s rare to find a storefront that compels me to pause and look, as so few display anything other than exactly what is on the racks inside. For her window display at the new Toast store in West Hollywood, artist Kyna Payawal wanted to entice pedestrians to stay and linger. Her installation evokes what is perhaps the quintessential Angeleno celebration of spring: a shared …

Laura Kim Toasts to Lunar New Year With Her Monse Partner Fernando García and a Mah-Jong Cake

Laura Kim Toasts to Lunar New Year With Her Monse Partner Fernando García and a Mah-Jong Cake

On Wednesday night, fashion designer Laura Kim invited her nearest and dearest over to her Lower East Side apartment for her version of a Lunar New Year celebration. There were a few deviations from ancient traditions—Kim’s dinner, which she prepared herself, came with custom cocktails incorporating cognac from Maison Martell and a guest list that combined over 4 million Instagram followers. Kim, wearing a fuzzy pink sweater and studded jeans, was joined by Fernando García, her design partner at Monse and, until recently, Oscar de la Renta, influencer and restaurateur Ezra J. William, Max Mara’s SVP of marketing and communications Judgie Graham, Felicia Quaning, and socialite and model Nicky Hilton Rothschild. They all took off their fashionable shoes and put on slippers that Kim laid out in her entryway as they entered her home. García and Kim with the mah-jong dessert from Empire Cakes. Lauren Cowart Rothschild recently relocated to London with her husband and three children, but she was back in town for a slew of New York Fashion Week commitments. She was traveling …