Every week, Alexa rounds up the hottest fashion launches, hotel openings, restaurant premieres, and celebrity-studded cultural events in New York. It’s our curated guide to the best things to see, buy, taste and experience in the city.

What’s on our luxury list this week? Christopher John Rogers for J. Crew, Jenny Bird’s pop-up and Wollman Rink reopen.

Christopher John Rogers has created a collection of more than three dozen vibrant styles that debuted in select J.Crew stores (and online) last week. The Baton Rouge, Louisiana native, who won the CFDA Emerging Designer Award in 2020, noted, “My brand is about giving people the tools to express themselves through color, print, volume… We wanted There would be a lot of variety of impressions. in the collection keeping everything cohesive through a limited color palette. We have a bold stripe along with embroidered sequins, along with giant polka dots and smaller polka dots; “It really runs the gamut, but it’s easy to mix and match.” Shop their limited-edition offerings, including children’s pieces, at JCrew.com.

“I accept my brother’s death but I do not accept that his art dies with him,” reads a quote attributed to Marcelo Bengoechea about his brother, the late photographer Fernando Bengoechea. Fernando died in the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami; At the time she was on vacation in Sri Lanka with her partner, Nate Berkus. Fernando had devised an innovative technique of weaving two identical Giclee prints, resulting in the same image rendered in a textural style. Marcelo has continued that tradition, cutting and weaving his brother’s images. An exhibition of those pieces, called “Woven Together: Reflections” is now on display at the Cristina Grajales Gallery. It was curated in collaboration with acclaimed designer and Fernando’s former partner, Nate Berkus, and will be on display through January at cristinagrajales.com

The omakase invasion continues with the opening of Kinjo at 11 Adams Street, the site of a former torpedo factory under the Manhattan Bridge in Dumbo. Their opening menu costs $95 and includes six nigiri and five additional dishes, which vary but could be ikura-dressed Kumamoto oysters, scallop and raw yuzu, wagyu with truffle, botan ebi with curry glaze, and koji-cured duck with hoisin pineapple. The bar and lounge offer small plates (overseen by chef de cuisine Eddie Lee, formerly of Momofuku): rice cakes with truffle butter, udon with poached egg and aonori, snow crab dip with potatoes fries, tuna toast with fresh cream and a cucumber salad. Kinjo also teamed up with Brooklyn Kura to create and bottle a personalized Junmai Ginjo Namazake artisanal sake. KinjoDumbo.com

Jenny Bird, a demi-fine jewelry brand of “light and bold” pieces worn by the likes of Michelle Obama, Selena Gomez and Zendaya, has opened its first, albeit temporary, retail store at 21 Spring Street in Nolita. Bird, a native of Canada, is a self-taught designer who debuted with handbags but pivoted toward jewelry and, a couple of years ago, added sunglasses to the mix. Interestingly, she credits a trunk show by the late, great Henri Bendel (and subsequent coverage in Daily Candy) with helping her launch her handbag line. That’s very IYKYK. Even if you don’t, it’s worth checking out their pop-up to find on-trend styles that won’t break the bank. Until December 22. Jenny-Bird.com

Attention skaters: get ready to channel your inner Nathan Chen. The Wollman Runway is now open. This iconic New York City venue, which debuted in 1950, is more than just a stage to show off your axel, spin, salchow and lutz. Skate School, for example, offers lessons for skaters of all ages and levels. There’s also a slopeside village of heated igloos, with cozy interiors and two dining options: The Café (located in The Clubhouse) and Melba’s in the Park (an outpost of the infamous Harlem neighborhood). Melba Restaurant) located in The Overlook area. WollmanRinkNew York.com.