Frame Hosted a Cozy, Model-Filled Thanksgiving Dinner

It was a cornucopia of friendship, gratitude, and pumpkin pie at Frame’s Thanksgiving feast in the cozy West Village mainstay Morandi on Wednesday night. Fashion’s favorite off-duty brand opted out of a NYFW event this past September and instead chose to celebrate a few months later with an evening that gave back.

“It should feel like you’re coming to our house…to our house in New York anyway. We invite everyone we know. I actually prefer this night because usually, you do something for Fashion Week or a store opening or collaboration, but tonight there’s no reason other than to treat each other. I think we don’t take enough time to be nice to each other and say thank you for what we do for each other,” Frame cofounder Erik Torstensson told Vogue last night before dinner.

Guests like Natalie Massenet, Halima Aden, Nina Agdal, Tali Lennox, Sean O’Pry, Quentin Jones, Jean Campbell, Andreea Diaconu, Cass and Ali Bird, and Eric McNeal mingled while filling in their “I’m thankful for...” picture frames. A dinner of tacchino del ringraziamento—Morandi’s elegant version of roast turkey and potatoes—was then served atop vibrant tables complete with lush velvet place settings, moody candelabras, and colorful gourds finished with fresh sprigs of rosemary. The libations flowed as the Accidentals—an energetic a cappella group—got the crowd moving to tunes of Frank Sinatra and the Isley Brothers. There was no trace of a tryptophan slump!

In lieu of a takeaway, Frame left a note card on each guest’s place setting detailing a partnership with Feeding NYC, through which the brand is donating 1,000 meals to families in need this holiday season. Cofounders Torstensson and Jens Grede, along with their employees, are delivering the meals to the families themselves this upcoming Tuesday. In an age when editors are humbly requesting brands omit gifting in an effort to be more sustainable, there seems to be no gift more impactful than paying it forward.