If you thought New York would take a weekend off following the Met Gala, then you obviously had forgotten about Frieze. The fashion crowd had just barely caught its breath following Met weekend before venturing out Friday night to toast Miu Miu’s “Tales & Tellers,” the second iteration of the installation. 

Guests including Sarah Paulson, Pauline Chalamet, Chase Sui Wonders, Cazzie David, Paloma Elsesser, Sarah Pidgeon, Phoebe Gates, Imogen Poots, Diana Silvers, Coco Gordon Moore, Rebecca Dayan, Catherine Martin, Janicza Bravo and Ella Emhoff wore their best rain-proof Miu Miu for the occasion. 

After launching “Tales & Tellers” in Paris during Art Basel in October 2024, Miu Miu has taken over Terminal Warehouse on the West Side of Manhattan during Frieze Week in New York for the second installment. “Tales & Tellers” is billed as an intersection between “fashion, cinema and art” which includes film commissions from Miu Miu’s Women’s Tales, their program celebrating independent female filmmaking, as well as other art performances as envisioned by interdisciplinary artist Goshka Macuga. 

On Friday evening, ahead of a private dinner at Hotel Chelsea, Miu Miu hosted a cocktail party throughout the exhibition. As guests meandered throughout the long dark space, glasses of Champagne in hand, dancers and actors (dressed in Miu Miu, of course) would burst into action.   

“Disrupt reality!” one performer shouted as she walked through the space, holding a newspaper overhead. Nearby, another performer was at the mic: “Anybody else in here take the morning-after pill?” she asked. A woman on a skateboard snaked her way through the crowd, and at various intervals a pack of women burst into dance. The dance performance huddled most of the crowd together, including Paulson, who captured it on her iPhone.

Around 8 p.m., the room was dispersing, with the VIPs and fashion editor crowd headed for Hotel Chelsea and the rest of the room into the rainy night. A group of girls, in their best Miu Miu-esque ‘fits, made their way to collect a branded tote bag.

“I thought that was really cool,” one said to her friend. The ultimate seal of approval.