{"id":470567,"date":"2026-05-06T03:17:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T03:17:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/470567\/"},"modified":"2026-05-06T03:17:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T03:17:13","slug":"inside-the-gq-party-hosted-by-chase-infiniti-damson-idris-lisa-and-paul-anthony-kelly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/470567\/","title":{"rendered":"Inside The GQ Party Hosted by Chase Infiniti, Damson Idris, LISA, and Paul Anthony Kelly"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s a few minutes after midnight on the first Monday in May, and Paul Anthony Kelly, dressed in Dior and hot on the heels of attending his first Met Gala<\/a>, is fired up. The Love Story actor<\/a> has just walked into the bumping foyer at The Twenty Two, where The GQ Party is already underway, and the night somehow still feels young. \u201cIt\u2019s been a whirlwind, and I\u2019m here for it,\u201d he tells me. Tonight, he is manifesting \u201cenjoyment. I\u2019m just along for the ride.\u201d<\/p>\n

That\u2019s not entirely true: Kelly is actually co-hosting this joyful manifestation alongside GQ global editorial director Adam Baidawi, Chase Infiniti, Damson Idris<\/a>, BLACKPINK\u2019s LISA, and GQ global fashion correspondent Samuel Hine. On a night with plenty to do, The GQ Party, presented by Samsung Galaxy and YouTube, offers a particularly vibey room. The walls of the Cafe Zaffri at The Twenty Two New York<\/a> wear moody floor-to-ceiling burgundy curtains, red blossoms dot each surface, and the centerpiece ring-shaped bar acts as the party\u2019s welcoming center. Tucked into a cozy booth nearby is Olivia Rodrigo<\/a>, who\u2019s chatting with the painter Chloe Wise. (Later in the evening, Zack Bia<\/a> would occupy the same table with netizen rapper Yeat.) On the other side of the room, Babyface is holding court at a corner table. Central Cee<\/a> holds down a corner in a sparkly Chanel beanie.<\/p>\n

No surprise that The GQ Party boasts a crowd who know how to dress for fun. Luke Evans, arrives in the Tom of Finland<\/a>-inspired getup that he made waves with on the steps of the Met (and on the internet). Eager to talk to him about his \u201cleather daddy\u201d<\/a> moment, I head towards the tunes emanating from The Dare<\/a>\u2019s DJ booth, where I find Evans\u2014currently starring in the just-opened The Rocky Horror Show revival on Broadway\u2014still clad in his studded, reddish-brown leather set by Palomo Spain. As it turns out, Vogue\u2019s Anna Wintour not only approved but encouraged the ensemble, according to Evans: \u201cShe said, \u2018Luke has to look sexy.\u2019\u201d Mission accomplished.<\/p>\n

Also by the DJ booth is the musician Cai Xukun, a.k.a. Kun, who walked the Met steps dressed in a crimson-streaked Thom Browne suit with a single red contact lens to match. The Chinese singer is, jovially, full of questions: \u201cCan you smoke cigars in here?\u201d (Sadly no.) \u201cWho are all these people?\u201d (Well, there\u2019s Central Cee over there\u2026 \u201cOh, I like him.\u201d) \u201cWhere is LISA?\u201d (She\u2019s on her way!)<\/p>\n

Everywhere, supermodels and pro athletes mingle with Grammy nominees and newly minted superstars. Around 2 a.m., GQ Party co-host Chase Infiniti, in a silky chartreuse dress, arrives and tells me she \u201ccan\u2019t believe\u201d her evening of after-parties is just getting started. Attending the Met Gala, she says, was a \u201cbucket list thing for me, and I\u2019m just so happy I got to actually go.\u201d As she swans into the room, she shouts, \u201cAnyone wanna dance?\u201d<\/p>\n