THE UNSHAKABLE CONFIDENCE OF ZOE KRAVITZ

With her directorial debut under her belt and more great roles on the horizon, Kravitz is more sure of herself than ever.

- TYLER MCCALL

IT’S 8 P.M. ON A FRIDAY AT DIMES, the restaurant that lends its name to New York City’s Dimes Square, a micro-neighborhood on the border of Chinatown and the Lower East Side that has become the preferred meeting ground (or meme fodder, depending on your viewpoint) for artistic tastemakers. The dinner crowd is split between those dressed to impress in their best night-out pieces and, at the opposite end of the spectrum, those wearing their most lived-in outfits-as if to say, they’re not here to impress anyone, even if they very much are.

Top, pants, shoes, MIU MIU. Rings, JESSICA MCCORMACK.Bangles, SAINT LAURENT BY ANTHONY VACCARELLO.

Then Zoë Kravitz walks through the door in layers of black, hair slung in two loose braids and tucked under a knit striped kerchief to guard against the bitter winter chill, preternaturally achieving the look that all the other diners were going for: effortless, easy, but still incredibly cool. She tells me she chose the restaurant because it’s one of her favorites. “I love this restaurant. I love this neighborhood, and I come here a lot,” she says. “I feel like there's just a coziness to it, and it’s a good vibe. And the food is really good.”