Decor

At the Elle Women in Hollywood awards this month at the Four Seasons Los Angeles at Beverly Hills, long-time producer Caravents worked with Elle event director Katie Crown on the overall vision and event design. Blush tones in details from the linens to the roses created a feminime feel along with graphite mirror runners with clear cylinder vases.

The Hammer Museum in Los Angeles hosts its annual "Gala in the Garden" each year with tightly curated decor. In 2010, the look included tabletops clad in green linen napkins and white pillar candles for an earthy, fuss-free air.

The "Imagining the Lowline" fund-raising initiative's co-founders hosted a New York dinner billed as an "anti-gala" in 2012. Van Wyck & Van Wyck used reclaimed wood dining tables decorated with traditional taper candles and organic centerpieces made up of potted mint, lavender, rosemary, geranium leaves, and olive branches.

Cups mimicking flower pots were stuffed with shrimp salad topped with sprouting greens.

Windows Catering Company provided a nature-themed hors d'oeuvres table with items placed on things from nature including tree trunks.

White long interactive table, $350, available throughout the New York area from RentQuest

Naples black vinyl love seat, price upon request, available nationwide from Cort Event Furnishings

Custom charging cube, price upon request, available nationwide from Blueprint Studios

Honeywood table lamp, price upon request, ­available nationwide from Cort Event Furnishings

Natural wood interactive coffee table, $175, available throughout the New York area from RentQuest

Charging station side table, from $325, available in Southern and Northern California, Phoenix, Las Vegas, and Albuquerque, from Designer8 Event Furniture Rental

White vinyl round banquette, price varies by location, available nationwide from Cort Event Furnishings

Dakota reclaimed wood charging table, price upon request, available nationwide from Blueprint Studios

A 30-foot-diameter floral chandelier made by Set Masters decked the yellow dining pavilion under a clear-top tent. Wolfgang Puck Catering's custom menu included on-theme treats, like flower-shaped cookies that seemed to bloom from flowerpots. DJs Spider and Daisy O'Dell spun for the crowd. Town & Country handled the rentals.

The teepee-style tents can hold as many as 400 people.

The New York City Opera's spring gala in 2008 celebrated the opening night of King Arthur. At the event, long strips of multicolored drapery served as a tent over the promenade of the New York State Theater.

Goldie Hawn hosted the Hawn Foundation’s “Goldie’s Love In for Kids” in Los Angeles earlier this month. There, purple draping accented with chandeliers lent a rich look and feel within the party space.

Last year, Toronto’s sold-out “Motionball” gala, in support of the Special Olympics Canada Foundation, had a “Glitz and Graffiti” theme. Accordingly, drapes and bright lights added a feeling of warmth and vibrancy in the reception space.

At a 2015 party surrounding Roth Capital Partners’ financial conference in Orange County, California, flowing black drape provided a a retro '80s glam vibe to support a performance from the band Poison.

Luxurious white draping strung with Edison-style bulbs formed the entrance to the Elton John AIDS Foundation Oscar party in Los Angeles in February.

The previous year, the Elton John AIDS Foundation Oscar party got a purple-draped entrance punctuated by hanging disco balls.

Black and white stripes lent a crisp, clean look at the Elton John AIDS Foundation Oscar party in Los Angeles back in 2009.

For a 2012 holiday party for CyberCoders in Newport Beach, California, 10 crystal chandeliers decorated a heavily draped ceiling in a space done in black, gold, and purple.

Following the SAG Awards in Los Angeles in 2012, People magazine and the Entertainment Industry Foundation co-hosted the official awards gala, where Event Eleven created a diamond-shaped, draped ceiling treatment to serve as the event’s dramatic centerpiece.

At the same party in 2013, Event Eleven designed a sumptuous Art Deco-inspired setting with draped fabric panels from Crdzines.

Toronto’s Regent Park School of Music held the first Chrismukkah benefit in support of Toronto’s Regent Park School of Music in 2009. At the gala, designed to combine elements of Christmas and Hanukkah, organizers draped panels of sheer fabric from the ceiling in the concert hall. The drapes, done in white, combined elements from the wintry holidays.

Samsung Mobile launched its Galaxy Note II in Los Angeles in 2012 at the Beverly Hills home of interior designer Kelly Wearstler. There, Event Eleven tricked out a 80- by 40-foot tent on the home’s tennis court, with details like draping with a striped effect.

To fete the WorldPride Festival in Toronto in 2014, law firm McCarthy Tétrault hosted its own “Big Gay Party." The purpose of the event was to celebrate Pride, and also to acknowledge the firm being named to a list of Canada’s top employers for diversity. At the event’s check-in area, draping resembled the movement's famous rainbow flag.