Where's this year's Box?

Photo: courtesy of The Box

Fashion Week is winding down, and for the first time in recent memory there was no new ‘it’ club to host the after-parties. Historically, when the tents go up in Bryant Park, the doors open (softly) at some sceney newcomer hoping to build buzz before officially opening: think Pink Elephant and Tenjune in 2006, The Box and GoldBar in 2007, and Apothéke and The Eldridge in 2008. This year, the hottest ticket for the starved-to-perfection set was a pop-up club called Le Baron, spun off from the Parisian original for a limited run in the Bowery Hotel – and put together to shill a new brand of vodka. Not even beautiful people are immune from the effects of the recession.

– Curt Gathje