The Tamesis
On Wednesday night, guests checked into the Chateau Marmont Hotel for a one-of-a-kind staycation hosted by Chanel. The dinner highlighted the upcoming Coco Crush campaign, starring Gracie Abrams, Mona Tougaard and Jennie Kim, and shot at the same West Hollywood landmark.
Abrams, the company’s newly appointed fine jewelry ambassador, is certainly feeling good. “I feel like both music and fashion can be a true reflection of where you are at any given time in your life. That’s why I value things that feel the most timeless and classic — I felt good wearing this outfit and this jewelry tonight. I still want to wear this 40 years later, even though it’s also very reflective of who I am at this moment.”
Upon arrival, guests including Keri Russell, Dakota Fanning, Maggie Rogers, PinkPantheress and St. Vincent were greeted by a vintage car parked outside with a CH4NEL license plate. To join the festivities, check in through the front desk as you would an actual hotel. Once they have their room key, they can start exploring. In one suite, they can engrave their newly acquired kingdom keys to the Chateau Marmont, and in another, they can spend time with a numerologist to hear what’s trending for 2026 and beyond. To create a pre-dinner buzz, a giant champagne flute took up an entire corner of another room, while elsewhere a DJ performed in an area draped in psychedelic red lights.
The sit-down dinner transformed the hall into elegant long tables where old and new friends gathered to enjoy shrimp cocktails, Caesar salad, branzino steaks and rib-eye steaks. As Abrams sat next to Gabrielette, fellow fashion girl Devon Lee Carlson popped over to say hello. As for the stars of the show? Connor Storrie is TV’s breakout talent fierce competition reputation. The Texas-based actor was literally mobbed by partygoers who came to say hello and ask for selfies.
As the plates are cleared to make way for dessert, Hedda Actress Tessa Thompson tapped the microphone to get the crowd’s attention. “This room is the perfect opportunity to ‘crush’ on someone,” she said softly. “I actually stumbled into someone’s DMs this year because I was obsessed with her after listening to her record from cover to cover. That person was Lily Allen.”
Feeling the love, the UK chart-topper dropped a surprise set, also treating attendees to the world premiere of three tracks, as well as Madeleine she recently performed Saturday Night Live. It wasn’t long before the entire room was singing along to songs from Allen’s hugely successful album. West End Girls. “Fortunately, these are not real life experiences…and they definitely don’t happen in this hotel,” she winked, before introducing the music. She then received a standing ovation.
Ten years after its first launch, the new Coco Crush collection reinterprets the brand’s style with chokers, chokers, two-tone earrings, pavé bracelets and sculptural bracelets. The “Hide and Seek” movie trailer starring Abrams, Kim and Tougaard is now available, bringing it to life.
