In March, the Chicago History Museum hosted the Costume Ball to celebrate the opening of its then-new exhibition, "Inspiring Beauty: 50 Years of Ebony Fashion Fair." As a nod to the evening's sartorial focus, Kehoe Designs dressed chandeliers in purple fringe.
Photo: Ryan Sjostrom for Kehoe Designs
New Museum Spring Gala
At the April New Museum spring gala honoring artist Christian Marclay, guests arriving at New York's Cipriani Wall Street were met with a larger-than-life live installation of white PVC balloons that set the tone for the duration of the event, a four-month project in the making.
Event Creative did the decor for Chicago's Steppenwolf Gala in early May, bringing what designer Jeffrey Foster called a "dark and sexy" decor scheme to a raw event space. Arty light fixtures featured lightbulbs in wire spheres, and strands of lights hung from the ceiling.Â