Paws & Purses: Bark Jacobs x Marc Jacobs at The HUB in Bridgehampton

Bridgehampton’s newest playground and luxury lounge, The HUB, has been making headlines all summer season. Thursday night’s Bark Jacobs kickoff proved exactly why. In a town where Labradoodles routinely outnumber parking spots, any event that marries dogs and designer bags is destined for sold-out status.

Welcoming the crowd were HUB owners Michael Catalano and Toni DeMauro, joined by Marc Jacobs’ North American President Peter Panagiotopoulos. Cocktail glasses (courtesy of Common Ground) clinked beneath DJ Angelica Morrow’s sunset soundtrack as Hamptonites queued for the evening’s pièce de résistance: a personalized Marc Jacobs bag hand-painted with their four-legged muse.

Artists Zac Crawford and Ben Silberstein transformed The Jacobs Dual, Tote, Glam, and Dakota bags—plus leather wallets and tags—into one-of-a-kind pet portraits at the speed of a dog chasing a squirrel. The result? Fashion trophies almost as photogenic as the pups themselves, and a roomful of guests grinning like golden retrievers.

In a summer heavy on headlines, the soirée delivered an uncomplicated dose of joy—and cemented The HUB’s status as the conversation starter of 2025. Expect the buzz to keep humming all season; word is, this weekend’s full Bark Jacobs pop-up is just the beginning. 

After all, in the Hamptons, we dress to impress, but we always save the front seat in the Range—and the front pocket of our designer bags—for our dogs.

In attendance were: Kelly Jackson, Isaac Boots (Celebrity Fitness Guru), Leanne Pedersen, NYC-based artists Ben Silberstein and Zac Crawford, Grier Schmidt (Marc Jacobs Director of Retail Experience), Peter Panagiotopoulos (President of Marc Jacobs North America), Toni DeMauro and Michael Catalano (Founders and Owners of The HUB), and more…