


(Gelman, for her part, described the look as “the apartment of a really cool Danish artist you wanted to make your best friend.”) As the brand expanded, the spaces became more lavish but always maintained impeccable attention to detail - with Matilda Goad lampshades in its London outpost, reupholstered vintage Vladimir Kagan sofas in Chicago, and a massive emerald-green conversation pit in Dumbo. It was the living room many 20- and 30-something professional women aspired to own once their careers, potentially aided by joining The Wing, gave them enough disposable income to buy their own jewel-tone Hans Wegner armchairs and Franco Albini rattan ottomans. It wasn’t the “absence of men” that made the space exceptional, as Gelman told the Cut it was how thoroughly considered every single element in the space was, from the bathroom tile and terrazzo tables stamped with Wing logos to the custom- designed wallpaper by Joana Avillez. But the interiors, by Alda Ly (while at the architecture firm Leong Leong) and designer Chiara de Rege, with branding and a color palette by an all-women team at Pentagram, felt fresh. 20th Street, co-working wasn’t new and neither were social clubs.

When The Wing opened its first location on E. None of which comes as much of a surprise.
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( Dozens of others have begun strategizing how to track the actual sale down when it arrives - proposing shared Google Groups and sending a joint email to Audrey Gelman.) “ Can’t wait to see all the girlies at the Wing’s bankruptcy furniture auction,” Jennie Egerdie wrote. As soon as The Wing announced its immediate closure to members last night, what most people wanted to know was whether its co-working spaces could be stripped for parts: “ No joke, WHERE will The Wing consignment sale happen and HOW do I get in?” tweeted Sam Oshins.
