This is the biggest thing we have put our name on this year, and it is not a conference room.
On Saturday 22 August, Propel Earth is hosting Hamptons Fashion Week 2026 with DCG Media Group at the Southampton Inn, 91 Hill Street, Southampton. Doors at noon, and it runs through to the after party. Dee Rivera produces the show through DCG and has been in this community since our first fashion nights in February. When she asked us to host it together this year, it was an easy yes.
Jeffrey Banks is headlining
Jeffrey Banks is the headline. Coty Award winner, CFDA Award winner, and an author. He trained under Ralph Lauren, then Calvin Klein, before building his own house. He is doing a live book signing on site, and every single ticket includes a personal photo with him — not a rope line, an actual photo.
He is there for the whole day, not for a cameo.
What actually happens
From noon. Shop and Sip, a wellness bar, samplings, and the VIP lounge. Come early. This is the part where you actually meet people.
Afternoon. The runway show, the Fashion Art Experience, and the red carpet.
Into the evening. Bites, signature drinks, and an after party toast to close it out.
A portion of the day supports GlobalStrays.org.
The tickets, plainly
General Admission · $150. Standing room for the runway. Shop and Sip from noon, bites and samplings, the Fashion Art Experience, a red carpet photo moment, the live book signing, and your photo with Jeffrey Banks. Fifty spots at this tier.
Day VIP · $250. Everything above, but you are seated at the runway instead of standing. Adds the celebrity guest signing with a signed copy of the book, the wellness bar and signature drinks, and a swag bag valued at $500. Fifty of these.
Full Day All Access VIP · $350. The complete day, and it includes a second ticket so you can bring someone. VIP seated runway for both of you, the signing, the red carpet, and the $500 swag bag. This is the tier most guests upgrade to, and per head it is the cheapest way in for two.
Platinum All Access · $1,000, admits two. First two rows for both guests, round trip bus from the city, and a Sunday pass to the Hamptons Horse Show on the 23rd. It is the only tier that includes the bus and the Sunday, so if two of you are coming from Manhattan it is the one that actually saves you money.
Round trip bus from NYC · $125. Add it to General Admission or Day VIP. Leaves Manhattan around 10 AM, back to Midtown by midnight, snacks and water on board. Nobody drives, nobody parks, nobody worries about the ride home. Already included in Platinum.
Getting there, and what to wear
Southampton Inn, 91 Hill Street, Southampton NY 11968. There is parking on site if you drive. If you would rather not, add the round trip coach from Manhattan at checkout for $125, or take the Hampton Jitney into Southampton village, which is a short walk away.
Dress to be photographed. There is a red carpet and there will be press. This is not a Wednesday night mixer.
Coming with a group of 25 or more? Text me at 516 307 6380 and we will set up a group rate.
Why we are doing a fashion event
Because the rule does not change. Most of what makes a company work is who you happen to be standing next to, and the people worth standing next to are not only in conference rooms. There will be founders and investors on that bus, and a five hour round trip is a better conversation than a two hour mixer.
And we are doing what we always do with a room. When you register, tell us what you are working on and what you need. We will seat you near someone useful. That is the part nobody else does.
General admission is capped at fifty. luma.com/hamptonsfashionweek · Southampton Inn, 91 Hill Street, Southampton NY · Saturday 22 August, doors at noon. Bringing 25 or more, text me at 516 307 6380 and we will set up a group rate.
Also on the calendar this month
Thursday 6 August · Coworking at The Wilson
Ten to four, every Thursday. Coffee and lunch included. Bring your laptop and the thing you have been avoiding.
Tuesday 18 August · See Why They Left, with Sol Trevino
Behavioral analytics for founders. Free, online. Bring your URL and he will show you where people are dropping off.
Wednesday 19 August · Innovation in Public Mixer 2.0
The Wilson. Capped at fifty. $40, free for Private Network members. Tell us what you are working on and we seat you next to someone who can do something about it.
7 External Traffic Strategies. One question finally answered.
What actually moved your BSR?
Most eCommerce brands running external traffic can't answer that. Wrong channels, no real attribution, and at the end of the month, a dashboard full of activity and no proof of what drove revenue.
The brands getting it right aren't spending more. They've just stopped guessing.
They know which channels pull weight on Amazon listings, which ones look good in a report but bleed budget, and why creator and affiliate traffic consistently outperform paid social when it's set up correctly.
Levanta's free playbook breaks down all 7 strategies. Where each one works, where it falls apart, and what it takes to scale without it becoming a second job. If you're serious about moving your BSR without living inside PPC, this is worth 5 minutes.
New here? This is Propel Earth.
A network of roughly 20,000 founders, investors and operators, most of them in New York. We run rooms every week, we place engineers, and we match people to what they need by hand. Aurora Winters told us what she needed when she registered for Demo Day, we matched her before the doors opened, and she closed $100,000 a month later. That is the whole thesis: most of what makes a company work is who you happen to be standing next to, so we stop leaving it to chance.
The Propeller Network is open. It is where the loop closes between editions. Post what you need in Asks, post what landed in Closed, say you are coming in Rooms, find work in Hiring, and introduce yourself so we know who you are. Free, and I read everything in there.
Post an ask · Jobs board · Showcase · Upcoming rooms · Private Network, fifteen minutes with me
See you on the bus.
Best,
Stephen
propel.earth · Reply here or text 516 307 6380.