Kith pretty much killed it for Spring. With all the recent talk about resuscitating New York Fashion Week, it would appear that the city is off to a sprinting start—Tom Ford with his sexy, sparkly homecoming last night, and, thanks to Ronnie Fieg (Kith’s founder) and co., we have now had cameos by both Scottie Pippen and basketball’s GOAT, LeBron James. If that doesn’t imply some level of public-interest CPR, all within 24 hours no less, we don’t know what does.

Granted, celebrity shouldn’t be the crutch upon which energy and praise are propped. But that’s where Kith went the extra mile—it succeeded in delivering a mostly solid men’s and women’s lineup behind its famous guests: There were a lot, truly a lot, of sport-and-streetwear–inflected pieces that bull’s-eyed all the targets of the current, continuing zeitgeist. There were collaborations, at least 15 of them (Vetements often gets credit for this, but in Kith’s case, the feel is notably more ordinary), including Disney, Champion, Coca-Cola, Nike, Adidas, Moncler, and even, it seemed, Chase Bank. Just recently and worth noting, Kith collaborated with yours truly, Vogue, on sweatshirts—they sold out within a day. Furthermore, there were hypebeast pieces here that the blog set will pine for, yet there were also subtler forms of design—a fully loaded traversing, really, of the gray area that is merch-meets-fashion, albeit skewed more on the merch side of things. Much of it will fly off the shelves of Kith’s multi-brand boutiques, no doubt. And finally, the vibe was right. Virgil Abloh was spotted walking in, while Alana O’Herlihy snapped pictures of Neels Visser. Millennial optimization, but in a way that felt natural—like people wanted to be there instead of being paid to be there.

Sport was the theme of the night—Fieg included segments inspired by baseball, alpine athletics, and, of course, basketball. Multicolored varsity jackets were emblazoned with Bergdorf Goodman’s logo on the back—continuing a collab with the department store that started last season. There was even an Off-White hoodie with a lunar figure serving as the O in a printed Off—a subtle eclipse wink? Shearling parkas, robes, a cable-knit turtleneck sweater with a floppily loose collar, an arctic camo jacket, track pants with Nike logos filled in with leopard and zebra prints, and sweatshirts with Moncler’s logo—overlaid with Kith’s—all sent fingers tapping across camera-ready screens. James emerged last in a plaid workman’s jacket over a gray hoodie and tapered blue pants—everyone cheered.

So: umpteen collaborations, frenzy-inducing pieces alongside fantastic everyday basics, and a hell of a lot of buzz—this was an impressive, hyper-current viewpoint of the industry’s, and the market’s, ongoing fascination with fashion distillation, and it was right on the money. The only complaint is that the show’s chapter-like staging dragged on a tad too long—it might be better next time to do a full run-through all at once. If the soundtrack remains the same—which tonight included hooks from “When I B on Tha Mic” by Rakim and “Simon Says” by Pharoahe Monch—we will not get bored. Good, good stuff.