To celebrate the launch of her Flutur 2 drop with Puma, Dua Lipa hit the dance floor.
The "Levitating" singer hosted an intimate dinner followed by an underground dance party at Modern European restaurant Bistrotheque in East London on Saturday. For the occasion, Lipa wore the color blocked cropped jacket and matching track pants from the collection paired with black platform sneakers and an aquamarine mini bag and silver jewelry from accessories brand EÉRA. She kept her makeup minimal but fresh for the evening and wore her signature brunette tresses in a sleek blowout as she mingled with the crowd filled with close friends and London based creatives. Special guests for the evening included photographer Campbell Addy, Nigerian singer and songwriter Tems, and British drag queen Bimini Bon Boulash.
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After guests finished their dinner of heirloom burrata salad and bouillabaisse along with a few rounds of wine, guests migrated to Bistrotheque's basement for a high energy DJ set courtesy of DJs MYGAL and Hasani where partygoers danced along to Bad Bunny and Rosalía and throwback tracks from Beyoncé and Jennifer Lopez—while clad in the latest styles from Lipa's new collection.
For Lipa, the new collection — which features a butterfly motif on a majority of the pieces — represents rebirth, especially as she prepared to release new music following her megahit sophomore album, Future Nostalgia.
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"The butterfly represents transition, metamorphosis, and new beginnings. I felt like in the beginning, when I first started working on drop one, the butterfly already had a lot of meaning for me," Dua Lipa said in a statement at the time of the launch. "Now, going into the second drop, that meaning has just solidified itself and become even more important in my life. It feels like everything progressed and manifested itself in that way."
Bianca Betancourt is the culture editor at HarpersBAZAAR.com, where she covers all things film, TV, music, and more. When she's not writing, she loves impulsively baking a batch of cookies, re-listening to the same early-2000s pop playlist, and stalking Mariah Carey's Twitter feed.
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