Chanel Hosts Dinner for Tribeca Film Festival

Everything Chanel does comes with at least a tinge of spectacle. Such was the case on Monday night, where a particularly touristy tract of New York’s SoHo was blocked off by metal barricades and a fleet of NYPD officers. No, Obama wasn’t in town. It wasn’t even for Karl. It was for the brand’s annual TFF Artists Dinner, thrown to support the Tribeca Film Festival and celebrate the artists of this year and years past. At least, that’s according to the press release. But the crowd who gathered at Balthazar skewed much more fashion-focused than film-focused. It was mostly the usual suspects; the nocturnal models and pretty socials who show up to most Chanel events — Karlie Kloss, Vanessa Traina, Nadja Bender, Harley Viera Newton, Atlanta de Cadenet Taylor, Laura Love, Constance Jablonski, Lily Kwong, Sofia Sanchez Barrenechea, Anna Ewers, Audrey Gelman, Jamie Bochert, Annabelle Dexter-Jones, Nora Zehetner — all looking polished in their borrowed wares. The latest addition to Chanel’s friend-of-the-brand stable, 20-year-old Carson Meyer, the youngest daughter of Universal Studios president and chief operating officer Ron Meyer and sister of Jennifer Meyer, worked the room better than most seasoned guests. Also at the brasserie was the expected sprinkling of esoteric

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