
In June, Skyy Vodka hosted Skyy and Sea, the official opening event to New York’s Governors Ball Music Festival, aboard the Hornblower Infinity yacht. The nautical theme was reflected in the event’s step-and-repeat: White shelves held bottles of vodka and branded lifesavers.
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Wedding Salon Los Angeles Showcase

Planners may already have seen this theme evolve: chandeliers, chandeliers, chandeliers. At the Wedding Salon showcase Premiere Party Rents hung one from a wedding canopy. For corporate events, the ceiling treatments can be hung from tent ceilings, above food stations, or over an arrivals carpet.
Photo: Nicola Borland Photography

The event was held at Panache Party Rentals facility in Boynton Beach.
Photo: Lila Photo
"Love is in the Air" Event at the New York Botanical Garden

Live musical acts are borrowing inspiration from the evocative 1920s period. Costumed entertainers took the stage at a collaboration between the New York Botanical Garden and Stephen Starr Events.
Photo: Lina Jang Photographers
3. Breast Cancer Research Foundation Benefit

#3 Beauty Industry Event
The only black-tie gala to encourage magenta accents, the nonprofit's Hot Pink Party raised more than $5 million for cancer research in 2013. Next: Spring 2014
The only black-tie gala to encourage magenta accents, the nonprofit's Hot Pink Party raised more than $5 million for cancer research in 2013. Next: Spring 2014
Photo: Rob Rich