Eckhaus Latta and Tinder Take Over the Russian Tea Room for an Early Valentine’s Day Party

Now we know: the Eckhaus Latta devotees are mostly cuffed up for the winter.

Following their runway show earlier in the day, the brand’s founders Mike Eckhaus and Zoe Latta teamed with Tinder to throw an early Valentine’s Day party Saturday night at the Russian Tea Room. Upon entry guests were offered long-sleeve T-shirts declaring their relationship status: available, unavailable or it’s complicated. The unavailables were first to go, and were seen draped over the shoulders or tied around the waists of guests throughout the space. (The shirts will be for sale starting Tuesday on the brand’s website.)

Guests included Paloma Elsseser, Amanda Lepore, Ruby Aldridge, Ella Emhoff, Edie Campbell, Lily McInerny, Coco Gordan Moore, Jaboukie Young-White, Antwaun Sargent and more. In addition to slurping vodka martinis and nibbling on passing poached shrimp platters, the crowd was invited to fill out calling cards, stating names and pronouns and choosing from a variety of dating identifiers, ranging from “rope bunny” and “exhibitionist” to “tease” and “demon.”

Comedian Cat Cohen took the mic beneath a large Fabergé egg tree (“what if we kissed under the Fabergé egg tree? Anything could happen”) to read out submitted calling cards.

“Are you ready to fall in love with Eckhaus Latta?” she asked the room. A woman named Nairobi, a self-selected muse and freaky brat, pondered if her “it’s complicated” relationship would become something more. Matthew, a “vanilla hard dom,” was called on, as was Jeff, “a hunter and a kinkster.” Another woman was in search of a fisherman or a lumberjack — “A man who works with his hands.” The room read more Brooklyn fashionista and their posses, but we’re rooting for her.

Tinder, a cohost of the night, was making a donation to the ACLU.

“Eckhaus Latta, Tinder and the ACLU — name a more iconic trio,” Cohen said.