Standard issue: haute hostesses at QT Bar
Posted by Toni on February 8th, 2010
It’s time to re-assess the wardrobe when the waitresses at the bar I’m in are wearing better outfits than me. OK, these weren’t just any old waitresses. In fact, I don’t think we’re even allowed to call them waitresses, they’re way too cool for that. These were glowing, silk-sheathed ‘hostesses’ serving Manhattan’s best martinis from the QT bar at the very hip Standard NY hotel.
18 floors below on the streets of the Meatpacking district, it was a toe-numbing minus seven (hence me eschewing the peep-toes and cocktail dress for boots and knits), but you wouldn’t have guessed that from the delicate drop-waisted gowns and honeyed skin on display. The dresses were designed in-house (as they do with all of their uniforms for the club), the intention being that they look classic, like a Rockette, but modern and slightly space age.
No one does high-maintenance glamour as well as the New Yorkers, even in Baltic conditions. And no one would expect anything less than a league of supermodel staff setting off the city’s hottest bar from super hotelier Andre Balazs.
The QT bar is currently the hottest ticket in NY, so I can console myself that I can’t have looked too shabby to pass the doorman’s once-over and make it in to the bar without any Benjamins changing hands. And the hot hostesses gave me the perfect excuse to blow next month’s rent at Barneys. Happy new year to my wardrobe.
Only the Americans can outdo anyone else when it comes to style and party. These women look the very picture of style and elegance. I expect they will demand a decent income for the pleasure of their intelligent approach to the term waitress. Great article.
By Charlotte
On June 9th, 2010