Highlights from GREY GOOSE Vodka and FASHION’s Elegant Paris Haute Couture Cocktail Soirée

Plus: A deep dive into their particular vogue week collaboration.

Within the coronary heart of Toronto’s fashionable Queen Avenue West on February 29, GREY GOOSE Vodka and FASHION united over their shared love of favor and mixology by way of an elegant cocktail get together. Hosted on the luxurious And/Ore restaurant, the night was a fusion of high fashion inspiration and cocktail mastery, the place every sip advised a narrative. 

This particular occasion was in celebration of a unique collaboration between FASHION and GREY GOOSE Vodka, which concerned partnering with the luxurious vodka model’s international director of brand name expertise, Joe McCanta, to provide three cocktails impressed by FASHION’s favorite appears to be like from the Paris Haute Couture Spring 2024 collections. 

“At this intersection of vogue and mixology, we discover a realm of countless creativity and innovation,” stated George Antonopoulos, the senior inventive director of FASHION, to get together attendees throughout his opening remarks. “With GREY GOOSE Vodka, a model synonymous with French luxurious and class, we launched into a journey to reimagine the artwork of cocktails by way of the lens of high fashion.”

Upon arrival, company have been greeted with the primary of three couture-inspired cocktails: “La Coquette.” A nod to Jean Paul Gaultier Maison’s couture assortment designed by Simone Rocha, it was impressed by the model pattern of sheer toile and clear materials. It featured a fusion of GREY GOOSE Vodka, white peach purée, white grape juice, orange liqueur and a splash of freshly squeezed lemon juice, served in champagne flutes garnished with pink Himalayan salt and delicate white peach slices.

“Le Jardin,” a mirrored image of emerald inexperienced and nature motifs from HOMOLOG’s high fashion present, featured GREY GOOSE La Poire Vodka, recent clear apple juice, acacia-honey syrup and freshly squeezed lime juice, all shaken with cucumber ice cubes. Served in tall Collins glasses adorned with fennel and dill fronds and child basil leaves, it was a refreshing ode to the great thing about nature and flames.

Lastly, “La Vie En Rose,” impressed by the romantic floral appliqué from Giambattista Valli’s assortment, was a mix of GREY GOOSE Vodka with single-origin espresso, espresso liqueur and cardamom-infused agave syrup. Served in nice tulip-shaped glasses, garnished with white rose petals and entire cardamom pods, it was a sensory delight. And, in keeping with Sam Trudeau, the Canadian advocacy lead at GREY GOOSE Vodka, “It wouldn’t actually be a GREY GOOSE occasion if there wasn’t an espresso martini cocktail.” 

Accompanying the cocktails have been rigorously curated canapés, together with king oyster katsu mushroom sandwiches, crispy arancini and petits macarons. On the higher mezzanine degree of the restaurant, company have been inspired to sip and savour naturally tasteful GREY GOOSE on the vodka-tasting bar alongside a spread of recent oysters, earlier than snapping a couple of images in entrance of the Parisian Metro–impressed archway.

The atmosphere was a seamless mix of Paris Trend Week and GREY GOOSE sophistication. As DJ Jon Daniels set the temper, the company, a few of Toronto’s most influential and trendy creatives, have been transported right into a world of refined class. To additional amplify the vibe and theme of the evening, giant prints of every cocktail and its impressed couture design adorned the partitions of the restaurant, together with moody blue lighting and GREY GOOSE’s ornamental touches all through the area. 

Because the night got here to an in depth, beneficiant reward baggage containing GREY GOOSE Vodka, martini cocktail glasses, branded pins, olive picks and a cocktail-enhancing atomizer bottle have been handed out to company. The fusion of vogue, mixology and culinary artistry created an unforgettable expertise, capturing the essence of high fashion in each sip and chew.

Vive la mode, vive la mixologie et vive la vodka!

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