Ten11 Is Quietly Becoming New York Fashion Week’s Hottest After-Hours Address

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Christopher Lowman presented his FW26 SKI TRIP collection at the Mercedes-Benz Manhattan Showroom as part of New York Men’s Day, a focused, high-intensity platform known for spotlighting precision-driven design. The collection was a study in tension: alpine sport refracted through downtown defiance. But by nightfall, the narrative didn’t end. It descended.

Founder Onur Safak created the Ten11 Lounge for parties just like this, extending the runway underground and cementing the velvet-lined space as one of the most magnetic late-night destinations of the season.

Tucked discreetly beneath ZOI NoMad, Ten11 is not a room that announces itself. It reveals itself. Guests enter through the warmth and sculptural calm of the Mediterranean dining room above before descending into something moodier, tighter, more cinematic. Low amber lighting casts a deliberate glow across curved velvet banquettes. Textured walls absorb the sound just enough. The ceiling feels lower as the night deepens. The room doesn’t sprawl, it concentrates.

Fashion insiders arrived straight from Men’s Day, editors, stylists, and models straight from the shows. The bar poured Rosaluna Margaritas, bright citrus cutting cleanly through smoky mezcal, a drink that mirrored the collection’s balance of sharpness and heat.

Image Courtesy of Lyss Lester

Lowman’s FW26 SKI TRIP collection explored alpine precision and urban rebellion, neoprene, gabardine, double-sided fleece, and boiled wool sculpted into exaggerated silhouettes against a palette of stark winter contrast. Clean lines met exaggerated volume. Performance fabric met attitude. Inside Ten11, that same duality played out in real time: controlled structure dissolving into nightlife instinct.

There is something deliberate about Safak’s approach to hospitality. He understands that fashion week doesn’t need cavernous ballrooms or spectacle-driven excess. It needs rooms with tension. Rooms where proximity creates energy. Rooms where the right 150 people feel like 1,000. Ten11 delivered exactly that.

Onur Safak, Founder of Ten11 by Lyss Lester

As the hour slipped later, the crowd thinned just enough to feel even more exclusive. The conversations that started with runway critique ended in collaborations being quietly mapped out in corners. By midnight, the underground lounge had fully transformed. What began as a celebration of craftsmanship became something looser, louder, unmistakably downtown, the kind of night that lives beyond the official calendar.

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