If New York Fashion Week is a marathon, consider this the group stretch, the deep breath, the chic little scream into the void before the chaos begins. LADYGUNN kicked off NYFW with an intimate, invite-only experience designed to do exactly what the industry rarely allows: slow down, connect, and feel supported, together.
Enter First Round’s On Me × Pipenco, presenting Take Fashion Week Offline, a night that felt less like a pregame and more like a collective exhale. The journey began at FROM Social Club, where our favorite fashion divas gathered for an opening moment that set the tone: warm lighting, familiar faces, curated pours, and the kind of energy that only happens when the guest list is tight and the intentions are even tighter.
FROM served as our grounding point, a place to toast to what’s coming, reconnect with chosen family, and remember that fashion is as much about community as it is about clothes. Glasses clinked, conversations overlapped, and anticipation buzzed just beneath the surface. Then, like any good plot twist, it was time to move.
Cue the Emotional Support Bus!
Hosted by LADYGUNN and powered by Pipenco, the party bus swept us through Manhattan, transforming the city into a moving backdrop for connection and celebration. This wasn’t just transportation it was the experience.
Fashion Week has a way of pulling everyone in a thousand directions at once. The Emotional Support Bus did the opposite. It gathered us. It reminded us that showing up together hits different. Between laughter, flash photos, and those fleeting, electric conversations you only have before the week takes over, the bus became a sanctuary on wheels.
Each stop came with priority access, because ease is the ultimate luxury. No scrambling, no stress, just vibes, movement, and momentum. As the city lights blurred past the windows, the energy shifted from pregame to full-on kickoff.
The night culminated at Armada, where we stepped off the bus and straight into an exclusive party that felt earned. Armada pulsed with arrival energy, the kind that says Fashion Week is officially on. Bodies moved to the sounds of DJ Valley Latini, looks were served, and the room crackled with that unmistakable NYFW promise: anything can happen from here.
First Round’s On Me and Pipenco didn’t just host a night, they created a moment of care inside an industry that runs on adrenaline. Take Fashion Week Offline was a reminder that before the shows, the fittings, the frenzy, there’s power in pausing. In riding together. In support.
So here’s to the Emotional Support Bus, to fashion with feeling, to community over chaos, and to kicking off NYFW the LADYGUNN way: together, unapologetically, and already one step ahead.
@pipencolorena x @firstroundsonme
Producers / @pdotlew @monb0n @vicky_garcia_
First Round’s On Me / @hannah_glasby @firstroundsonjoe @vicky_garcia_ @sof.r
Lead Videographer/ @kirill.tiff
BTS Videographer / @frankiecavalcanti
Photographer / @grazbphoto, @arturoalcala
After Party Photographer / @_bre_johnson
Production Assistants / @fuhbrez @mlny_.v @tomuchchucky @julizzav @Clara.hunter @gigigibowicz _anna_bolla
Host / @hot4chichi
After Party DJ / @valleylatini
Our Partners / @dirtywaterhardseltzer @casajtequila @acronimo.spirits
Partner Venues / @nyc_close_up @apt5ny @armada.nyc
Live Fashion Sketches by @mjw_studios
Typewriter Poems by @ilikerainbows