On Friday afternoon, a Chanel-heavy crowd gathered against a leafy green backdrop on the corner outside of Locanda Verde in Tribeca, as neighbors crossed over straining to get a look. The commotion was in honor of the annual Chanel and Tribeca “Through Her Lens” luncheon, celebrating the Tribeca Chanel Women’s Filmmaker Program, now in its 10th year.

Miley Cyrus, who has been in town promoting her new album “Something Beautiful,” was especially excited about the Tribeca film “My Mom Jayne,” directed by Mariska Hargitay, about her late mother, Jayne Mansfield. 

“Jayne Mansfield has been a very important figure in my life,” Cyrus said. “The critique of her career for embracing her sensuality and her sexuality, and I know that she was banned from movie theaters and was shunned for feeling her sexuality, and I have experienced that in my life as well. And so I’ve always just really admired her for what she means to culture so many years later.”

Cyrus was head to toe in black Chanel, wearing look 55 from the Metier d’Art 2024/2025 collection. While the singer has worn the brand many times over her career, she has a soft spot for some of her earlier pieces. 

“My personal gifts from Karl [Lagerfeld]. When Karl was here, he said ‘You’re one of the ones that buys, not borrows,’ so he brought me a lot of gifts,” Cyrus said of her Chanel favorites.

Lucy Liu was just a few hours away from the Tribeca premiere of her film “Rosemead.” 

“I am so excited, and very nervous, but really anxious to get this in front of an audience and have them absorb it and have something like this as a voice,” she said. 

Carrie Coon looked effortlessly cool in a large pair of Chanel shades, a leather jacket and gray jeans. Between her “White Lotus” character Laurie and her “Gilded Age” character Bertha, she said that Bertha would be much more at home at a Chanel luncheon. 

“Well Laurie would get drunk and would make a scene,” Coon said. “Bertha would know exactly how to conduct herself. And know who to talk to.”

“The Gilded Age,” which will screen for an event during Tribeca, returns with its third season later in June.  

“We’ve dispensed with all of the exposition and now it’s just quick storytelling. There is a lot of action this year. And of course I have a whole new closet that I get to wear,” Coon said. “Honestly, my sneaky favorite things are the robes that I get to wear in my bedroom. Not only are they comfortable but they’re always gorgeous — though the train makes acting with me very challenging, if you walk behind me.”

Other guests included Parker Posey, who waved her white feathered Chanel cape in the breeze as she posed for photos; Hargitay, who chatted with Cyrus on the carpet; Riley Keough, Olivia Munn, Beanie Feldstein, Zosia Mamet, Annie Murphy, Lola Tung, Whitney Peak, Gracie Lawrence, Fina Strazza, Misty Copeland, Jurnee Smollett, Justine Lupe, Rachel Hilson and more.

While passed plates, remarks and cocktails awaited inside, Keough was most excited about all the conversations that awaited her throughout the festival. 

“I’m really excited to screen our little film and talk to filmmakers and aspiring filmmakers,” she said. “I love those conversations.”