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Raffles 1887

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RAFFLES 1887 was invited out to celebrate the launch of The Little Shop by Raffles with an intimate dinner at Raf's in New York. Friends of the brand toasted this gorgeous new online emporium of fashion and home delights, designed to inspire shoppers to bring the essence of Raffles home

IT was an evening of beauty and delight as fashionable friends of Raffles gathered at Raf's New York to toast the launch of the brand's first online emporium, The Little Shop by Raffles. The gathering was co-hosted by Raf's founders Jennifer and Nicole Vitagliano, alongside the venerated Florentine porcelain house Ginori 1735. Why particularly a porcelain house? Well, here's where it gets interesting. The Little Shop was originally opened at Raffles Singapore in 1947 by an Australian couturier and socialite, Doris Geddes, who dreamed up a treasure trove of fashion and trinkets. Her reputation spread across South-east Asia and beyond, as she dressed the starlets of the day and her shop became a destination in its own right. Raffles has now brought back The Little Shop in online form, featuring ready-to-wear fashion, athletic wear, homewares, gifts and stationery, each piece made just for Raffles. Co-curated with creative director Jessica Diehl, the collection notably collaborates with heritage houses that have been around as long as Raffles itself, including Ginori, Globe-Trotter, Smythson and Frette, along with a slew of exciting contemporary brands such as Orlebar Brown and Vanessa Sposi.

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Guests, including Carolyn Murphy, Adut Akech, Coco Rocha, Tinx, Charlotte Groeneveld, Jill Kargman, Edward Barsamian, Arianna Huffington, Beverly Nguyen, Margot Hauer King, Carson Griffith, Igee Okafor and Maximillian Eicke, stepped into a lush, toile-inspired interpretation of The Little Shop, with a dining room designed by Lucinda Constable of The Table New York, and florals by Rana Kim of Rana Flora. The evening also marked the final chapter of Raf’s with Raffles, a residency series that brought New York’s favourite dining room to Raffles properties in Boston, Paris and London. The celebration began with a cocktail hour, moving into a seated dinner that finished with a towering croquembouche and caramelised white chocolate budino, all served on Ginori 1735’s Antico Doccia porcelain, customised for Raffles. Butlers flanked the doors as guests departed, sharing a selection of treatures from The Little Shop by Raffles.

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Arriving just in time for the festive gifting season, The Little Shop by Raffles offers shipping across the US and globally upon request. The experience also extends offline, with select pieces available at Raffles Boston, Raffles London at The OWO and Le Royal Monceau – Raffles Paris.
Pictured, from top: Coco Rocha, Adut Akech, Carolyn Murphy, Igee Okafor, Zach Weiss, Edward Barsamian & Yolanda Edwards; Arianna Huffington, Jennifer & Nicole Vitagliano, Jessica Luzzi; tableware by Ginori 1735; Beverly Nguyen
Photographs by Brendon Cook