For the September issue, photographer Chiara Gabellini staged the line’s polished chiffon dresses and slinky smoking jackets on the city’s next generation of club kids.

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Manhattan, smokers, club kids, Diane Von Furstenberg Fall/Winter 2025, Ayumi Perry, Chiara Gabellini
The Elegant Evening Essential: Blanca Gown ($1,200).

Dress codes went out the window around the time the legging became a socially acceptable way to do more than exercise, but there are still a few formalwear strongholds peppered across the island of Manhattan. One of them is the Nines, an old-school piano bar where baseball caps, flip-flops, shorts, and even tank tops are verboten. It’s an apt setting to take in Diane von Furstenberg’s iconic looks, a lesson in defiant glamour, for a spin in the below shoot with an array of the city’s latest crop of cool kids.

Hooked on the theme? Shop all the looks at dvf.com and the brand’s new collaboration with Zankov here.

Manhattan, smokers, club kids, Diane Von Furstenberg Fall/Winter 2025, Ayumi Perry, Chiara Gabellini

Manhattan, smokers, club kids, Diane Von Furstenberg Fall/Winter 2025, Ayumi Perry, Chiara Gabellini
The Cross-Seasonal Pick: Kason Jumpsuit ($698)

Manhattan, smokers, club kids, Diane Von Furstenberg Fall/Winter 2025, Ayumi Perry, Chiara Gabellini

Manhattan, smokers, club kids, Diane Von Furstenberg Fall/Winter 2025, Ayumi Perry, Chiara Gabellini
The Day-to-Night Set: Charlise Blouse ($498) and Loretta Skirt ($598)

Manhattan, smokers, club kids, Diane Von Furstenberg Fall/Winter 2025, Ayumi Perry, Chiara Gabellini
The Special Occasion Looks: Sheska Dress ($498) and Blanca Gown ($1200)

Hair by Ginger Leigh Ryan
Makeup by Alice Lane

Makeup Assistant by Yelly Samara
Hair Assistant by Nevada Raffaele
Modeling by Eloisa Santos, Finlay Mangan, Elene Makharashvili, Brian O’Dwyer, and Ellia Sophia
Styling by Ayumi Perry
Styling Assistance by Madilynn Stith
Photography Assistant by John Law
Production by Carolina Bishop
Production Assistant by Mark Mankourios
Production Coordinator by Jameson Baldwin

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