Family Style magazine’s approach to content is the cultivation of a quarterly dinner party involving voices and creative personalities in food, fashion and culture.

Described by founder Joshua Glass, who honed his editorial chops at Document Journal and CR Fashion Book, to Vogue last February:

“I used to organize these informal supper clubs at restaurants around New York City. . . “I’d pick, like, 10 friends and we’d all get together—there weren’t flowers, or anything fancy. At the very most, I would print off Walgreens Peel ‘n’ Sticks as place cards. But it was a really nice way to bring people together, and it’s where I started collaborating with chefs.”
“You’re thinking about who is best sitting next to who, and who complements each other across the group as a whole, and how to ensure there’s a diversity of conversation,” Glass noted.

Branding a Dinner Party

The secret to a successful dinner party is a variety of guests — a winning formula for many successful hosts. Increasingly today, brands and designers are patrons of creatives in ways that date back to the Renaissance and probably earlier. Glass explains in more detail:

“I think because of the pandemic, and the rise of a lot of cross-categorical artists who use food as a means of expressing themselves, fashion has embraced the world of food. . . . If you look at how luxury brands are interacting with their clients now, it’s all about things that are intimate and curated, and there's no better way to foster that feeling than with food.”

Ralph Lauren: A Legendary Host

Designer Ralph Lauren has long been at the center of this still escalating trend. Polo Bar, Ralph Lauren’s first New York City restaurant, opened a few steps east of his company’s flagship store at Fifth Avenue and 55th Street a decade ago.

Polo Bar arrived on the heels of Ralph’s successful opening of RL in Chicago in 1999, next door to the Ralph Lauren’s largest flagship store worldwide, then and now, at 37,000 square feet.

In late December 2024, AOC noted that Moncler’s Italian billionaire CEO Remo Ruffini expressed great admiration for all that Ralph Lauren has achieved with graciousness and style. Ruffini called out Ralph's Coffee, the café attached to the flagship on the corner of Old Bond Street and Burlington Gardens:

"I have admired Ralph Lauren since I was a teenager, and take my hat off to him because he's created a destination -- and such energy -- on that end of the street. When I walked past earlier today, there were so many people outside in the little piazza, having coffee and tea. He's really created a destination, and given new energy to the area. It also proves how important hospitality can be to a brand.”

Ralph Lauren Vintage Collection

Polo Ralph Lauren’s FW 2024 Campaign celebrated ‘Ralph’s New York’ in an emotional and heartfelt way. The campaign featured items from the growing Ralph Lauren Vintage Collection. AOC wrote:

These pieces have been found and refurbished by experts within the Ralph Lauren organization. The intention is to update the collections monthly — yes, as a business unit — but also as a superb, high-value, smile-worthy Ralph Lauren values story. Excellent!

Today, these Ralph Lauren Vintage Collection pieces have made their way to Family Style Magazine 004 Winter 2024/2025. Family Style IG writes:

Sunrise to midnight. Uptown to downtown. New York to Paris. Time fades for us all, ostensibly, yet somehow a certain euphoria still persists. It’s in the way the perfect Ralph Lauren coat floats off the shoulder with a simple rib-knit sweater peacefully layered underneath. Or a crisp dress shirt collar pokes out of a ’70s vintage staple. Neutrals, leathers, and wool. Our favorite pieces from before live on anew, enveloping us as we navigate crowded sidewalks, duck into passageways, and linger still in thought.

New York-born stylist and storyteller Edward Bowleg III collaborates with photographer Bob Jugger [IG] and models Princess Sentore, Renee Does and Venus He in ‘Always and Forever’, presenting the Ralph Lauren Vintage Collection./ Hair by Alexander Soltermann; makeup by Kanako Yoshida