“To Be Cringe Is to Be Free”: The Tinx Guide to New York Fashion Week

WEDNESDAY 8:51 PM FEBRUARY 5, 2025 DOWNTOWN

On Wednesday night, Saks Fifth Avenue kicked off New York Fashion Week in the stately ballroom that now hosts Crane Club, chef Melissa Rodriguez’s brand-new outpost by the West Side Highway. Several Interview friends stopped by for a toast, from Morgan Spector and Alex Consani to Jemima Kirke and Caroline Polachek, who treated us to a micro-concert of her biggest hits. Behind the raw bar and the leaning champagne tower, we spotted podcaster and internationally recognized dating savant Tinx, who decamped to New York City from Los Angeles just last month. To mark her first fashion week as a New Yorker, we snuck into a corner to discuss the three things on everyone’s mind: sex, politics, and bad fashion.

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JAKE NEVINS: Hi, Tinx.

TINX: Hi, babe.

NEVINS: So this is your first New York Fashion Week as a New Yorker.

TINX: True.

NEVINS: You made the move from L.A. to New York about a month ago?

TINX: About a month ago. New York has and always will be that girl. There is nothing like the energy of New York, and I feel lucky to be living here right now.

NEVINS: What are you most looking forward to this Fashion Week?

TINX: I think I’m excited to go to a lot of fun parties and see what the people are wearing, because the shows are fabulous. It’s great to see that inspiration, but I also take a lot of inspiration from what people wear out and about New York. It’s the best-dressed people in the world. And that’s where all the inspiration originally comes from. So that’s where I’ll be looking.

NEVINS: New Yorkers are the best-dressed people in the world, but not all the time. What’s your most memorable fashion faux pas?

TINX: Oh my god, I’ve worn some absolutely horrible looks at events and on the red carpet. I have worn really, really bad shit, but it’s all part of the journey. I don’t consider anything too much of a faux pas, because to be cringe is to be free. You have to have some moments.

NEVINS: You’re like the oracle.

TINX: Well, if you were someone who was always cool, that’s fundamentally uninteresting. You’ve got to have a journey.

NEVINS: The ebb and flow is character-building.

TINX: Totally. And how am I ever going to do my Vogue “looking back at my looks” content when I’m 75 if I haven’t had a few mishaps?

NEVINS: Yeah, yeah, yeah. Mine would be like, when I wore black skinny jeans and Converse with spikes during Lady Gaga’s The Fame Monster era.

TINX: There’s a pink flapper dress that I wore that I will never recover from. But that’s okay.

NEVINS: What are you wearing tonight?

TINX: I’m wearing this Acne Studios dress, which I think is very cool. It’s a little avant-garde with the puffy sleeves. I’m wearing it asymmetrical. I don’t know how I’m supposed to wear it, but I love it.

NEVINS: It’s giving Medusa.

TINX: Exactly.

NEVINS: So you just told me moments ago that you’ve paused dating.

TINX: Yeah.

NEVINS: How’d that come about?

TINX: It’s not that I fully stopped. It’s just that I’m not really interested or focused on it right now. Anyone who is single can understand or will empathize that dating is really tough right now. And every time I go on a date, I end up just getting really drunk and talking about politics. So I took that as my sign that I need to tap out for a second. I have really great friends. I’m lucky enough to get invited to cool parties and I’m lucky enough to love my job. So that’s what I’m focused on right now.

NEVINS: Speaking of politics, what do you do when you’re on a date with a Trumpie?

TINX: I would never be on a date with a Trumpie.

NEVINS: Never?

TINX: Never.

NEVINS: Word.

TINX: It’s a deal-breaker for me.

NEVINS: Do you feel unburdened now that there’s a week of parties and fashion shows ahead and you’re not on the prowl for a man?

TINX: It feels so fun. Life is more fun when you separate from the outcome, when you just go into anything, whether it’s a party or even a date, detached from the outcome. It sounds corny, but when you enjoy the experience, you never know what can happen. That’s true nirvana. That’s what I’m going for.