Capital One isn’t typically a New York Fashion Week player, but this season, the bank wanted to be in on the city’s cultural touchpoint.

“Capital One came to us and said that they wanted to do something during fashion week,” said Marlies Verhoeven, founder of creative agency and art-centric membership club The Cultivist. “And then we suggested Anna, because she’s a darling of the fashion and art worlds. Anna said, ‘How about a dollhouse?’”

The “Anna” in question is buzzy young artist Anna Weyant, who’s become known for her evocative paintings of young women and interrogating domestic settings. In time for fashion week, the artist had transformed the Upper East Side Academy Mansion into an off-kilter immersive installation for a three-day public pop-up, produced by The Cultivist and Capital One.

No dollhouse is complete without its dolls, and on Tuesday night, the soft twinkle of jewelry box music greeted VIP guests as they stepped into Weyant’s larger-than-life installation. The house was already populated with several models, dressed in Marc Jacobs’ 2025 dollhouse-themed collection.

 ”I just love the world that she’s created, and how she sees beauty in objects and flowers and women,” said Marc Jacobs, who commissioned Weyant to paint a portrait of Kaia Gerber wearing one of his designs for Vogue last year. Jacobs was seeing The Dollhouse in person for the first time, and beginning to notice the extent of the details around him: the vase with paper flowers on the table, the coat rack that held a 2D hat cutout. “I find it hauntingly surreal in a way that’s just beautiful,” he added.

Weyant, dressed in Marc Jacobs, swooped in to greet the designer and take him on a house tour. The duo, with Char Defrancesco and Nick Newbold in tow, were met in the first-floor salon by the sound of a ghost piano as a model sipped from an oversize teacup.

Upstairs, Phoebe Tonkin was gazing at the painting of two pearl earrings hanging over a supersized bed, which was accessorized with a double-headed stuffed teddy bear wearing a “Capital One” ribbon tied around its neck. On a nearby vanity table, jumbo hair tools and a pile of Capital One-branded gold tokens surrounded a piggy bank. Another model was stationed next to the wardrobe, which housed 2D paper doll cutout clothing.

The bedroom soon filled with guests including Weyant’s gallerist — and ex-boyfriend — Larry Gagosian; artists Will Cotton, Chase Hall, Chloe Wise and Julie Curtiss; musician Jason Isbell; author Emma Cline; Peter Brant Jr.; Mischa Barton; Athena Calderone; Fab 5 Freddy, who’s finishing up his forthcoming memoir; Yvonne Force Villareal; Sarah Hoover; Colby Mugrabi, and more.

Downstairs, chef Dominique Crenn was chatting with guests in the garden courtyard, which was in bloom with paper flowers. The surreal vibe continued into dinner created by the three Michelin-star chef, served at dining room tables decorated with plastic lobsters, bowls of fake cherries and towering electric-lit candelabras. Plates created specially for the evening had been broken and glued back together.

“ This morning someone asked me if I had a favorite part of this house,” Weyant said. “ It was a tough question because there is so much here to love. I love the upstairs bed, a replica of one I cherished as a child. I love the courtyard fountain, inspired in part by a recent and very dreamy trip to Disney World, and I absolutely squealed when I first saw our wonky candelabra take shape,” she added. “ I feel so much joy walking through these rooms surrounded by pieces that have given me purpose and comfort in uncertain and unsettling times. But of course, my very favorite part of this house is not a room or an object. It is the team who brought it to life.”

The artist went on to thank the many partners involved in the project, including her seat mate. “To Marc: thank you for sharing your artistry with this house. Your work is my hugest inspiration,” she told the designer.

After dinner, guests milled back into the courtyard for passed desserts and a surprise performance by Suki Waterhouse, who materialized on the curved staircase to perform a few songs for the crowd.

“Guys, you all look so chic and beautiful. This is why the fashion week fashion is really gorge,” said Waterhouse, eyeing the intimate crowd gathered into the building’s grand hall. Waterhouse is currently in the middle of a worldwide tour, with upcoming stops around the U.S. But on Tuesday night, her setlist was keeping her firmly rooted in her New York.

“This is my most New York song,” said the singer, before launching into her 2022 song “My Mind.” “It’s kind of about losing my mind in New York City.”