New York politicians strutted their stuff up the grand staircase at the Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center, wearing fashion pieces by local designers. The Sept. 9 event was the third annual Style Across the Aisle, which brought together politicians of all ideological stripes for a night of fashion and fundraising. Founder Skye Ostreicher started the event to have politicos shed the partisan labels and connect as people. “I’ve spent my career trying to get people who may disagree with each other to sit down and actually talk … (and) Skye Ostreicher’s Style Across the Aisle does the same thing in a completely different way,” Rep. Tom Suozzi said in a statement.

New York City Council Speaker Julie Menin, in Elie Tahari / Kenzi Hajar/BFA.com New York City Council Member Yusef Salaam, in Mel Maxi, and Public Advocate Jumaane Williams in Evie Litwok for Witness to Mass Incarceration’s Art of Tailoring program / William Alatriste/NYC Council Media Unit New York City Council Member Linda Lee in Patricia Michaels / William Alatriste/NYC Council Media Unit New York City Council Member Crystal Hudson, in Razor Raman for Witness to Mass Incarceration’s Art of Tailoring program / John McCarten/NYC Council Media Unit New York City Council Member Nantasha Williams in Zsane by the Alexanders / John McCarten/NYC Council Media Unit New York City Council Member Carl Wilson in Andy Yu / William Alatriste/NYC Council Media Unit New York City Council Member Kamillah Hanks in Miriya Love / Yvonne Liao / Kenzi Hajar/BFA.com New York City Council Member Inna Vernikov in Kristina K / Kenzi Hajar/BFA.com New York City Council Member Gale Brewer in Renee Cafaro Atelier / Kenzi Hajar/BFA.com Rep. Tom Suozzi in Bond & Bari Bespoke / Torry Sledge /Quantum Lotus Labs Style Across the Aisle founder, “The Political Personality” Skye Ostreicher / Kenzi Hajar/BFA.com