
As guests entered New York's Metropolitan Museum through the Great Hall for the Costume Institute gala, they met a 24-foot-tall cynlinder covered in 40,000 roses from Colombia and Ecuador with a lip pattern inspired by Schiaparelli and Prada designs. A team of 150 staffers worked to prepare the floral decor.
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The Paintbrush ball in Chicago celebrated Marwen's silver anniversary with ubiquitous pops of the metallic hue. Guests entered the dinner tent through a tunnel of silver balloons.
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