With a Salon Set to Skyline Views at Saga, Theory Proves Print is Alive and Well

At Theory’s salon last week, the minimalist fashion label gathered creatives across the worlds of the arts, food, and fashion to celebrate the launch of Theories Issue II, its twice-yearly print magazine. With a precedent of past Theories celebrations set by lively-until-last-call nights at Bridges and The Nines, Saga’s executive chef and Theory Salon host Charlie Mitchell carried the torch with a vinyl soundtrack, seafood- and vegetable-forward light bites, and a kitchen tour concluded with a tasting of the restaurant’s signature Dirty Rice with Caviar and Tuna. The evening culminated with remarks from Mitchell and Industry’s Ken Leung, who is at the forefront of Theory’s spring campaign. “It’s similar in some ways,” Leung told Surface of stepping in front of the camera for a fashion label instead of a cult favorite television drama or principal photography for a work of indie theater. “Everyone is an expert on a very specific craft. Everyone is an artist…I love that ‘out of many, one’ element. It’s exactly the same.”