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let's party
March 21, 2013

One Night at Fashion World’s Favorite New Bar

By Kurt Soller and Danielle Levitt

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Photo: Danielle Levitt

Hidden behind a muraled door near the Bowery Hotel is Wise Men, a new lounge that’s become the style set’s latest zen hangout in the post-fashion-month, pre-spring doldrum days. The red-bathed, deco-inspired speakeasy is owned jointly by Caroleyn Ng (who brings hospitality knowledge), Christina Chin (the creator director of S magazine), and Danielle Levitt, a photographer who has been bouncing around with fashion people since the nineties, shooting campaigns for Warby Parker and Puma along with portraits of Jessica Chastain, Lena Dunham, and the rest of the new vanguard for recent editorial projects.

Given her experience, the Cut asked Levitt to capture the growing scene at her homegrown-yet-still-hidden spot. On a typical night, Designers from APC, Kenzo or Duckie Brown mingle with editors and stylists from T, GQ and Numero, while directors and artists including Barnaby Roeper and Curtis Kulig get to know the Man Repeller, Sophia Lamar, and, of course, Tali Lennox. Click ahead for a bird’s-eye-view at the lowkey nightlife scene.

Wise Men is located 355 Bowery, nr. E. 4th St., no phone.

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Tali Lennox, model  Photo: Danielle Levitt
Charles Vareene, style editor at  Numero  Photo: Danielle Levitt
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Derek and Isabel, of the band The Hunters)  Photo: Danielle Levitt
Ashley, friend of the photographer  Photo: Danielle Levitt
Albie Hueston, boy about town  Photo: Danielle Levitt
Peter Davis, editor of  Scene, with his boyfriend  Photo: Danielle Levitt
Sarah Bronilla, publicist, with her friends  Photo: Danielle Levitt
Anna Shefield, jeweler, with her boyfriend  Photo: Danielle Levitt
Barnaby Roper, director  Photo: Danielle Levitt
Christian and his girlfriend, patrons  Photo: Danielle Levitt
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