A crowd of swells showed up to check out a pair of luxe apartments in the Residences at the Mandarin Oriental—and, also, to drink as much Dom Perignon as possible. To promote the release of Perignon's 1996 vintage Champagne, Dom's Kai Rosenthal and the event crew at the Susan Magrino Agency used some smart, not-overdone touches for a crowd of food, fashion and media types.
Members of the Harlem Gospel Choir performed to keep guests from getting bored while waiting for an elevator up to the 70th floor. Inside the apartments, designer David Monn brought in just enough decor to jazz up the brand-new spaces. White couches and low mirrored tables were in every room, and different concepts in different areas played off the party's theme, "The Brilliance of Light"—meant to invoke the Champagne's luminosity and golden highlights. In one room a black light lit up Day-Glo colored paint on the walls and on a pair of boys in unitards. In another, projections of fire shone on the walls and oversized lampshades. In one apartment's foyer, a few floor-length chandeliers decorated with Swarovski crystals added some sparkle, but got in the way of guests tyring to navigate the well-attended party to find the pretty-boy waitstaff serving snacks from Marcus Samuelsson's new restaurant, Riingo.
—Chad Kaydo
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Members of the Harlem Gospel Choir performed to keep guests from getting bored while waiting for an elevator up to the 70th floor. Inside the apartments, designer David Monn brought in just enough decor to jazz up the brand-new spaces. White couches and low mirrored tables were in every room, and different concepts in different areas played off the party's theme, "The Brilliance of Light"—meant to invoke the Champagne's luminosity and golden highlights. In one room a black light lit up Day-Glo colored paint on the walls and on a pair of boys in unitards. In another, projections of fire shone on the walls and oversized lampshades. In one apartment's foyer, a few floor-length chandeliers decorated with Swarovski crystals added some sparkle, but got in the way of guests tyring to navigate the well-attended party to find the pretty-boy waitstaff serving snacks from Marcus Samuelsson's new restaurant, Riingo.
—Chad Kaydo
See the invitation for this event...
A black light showed off some Day-Glo colored decor pieces—and a pair of pretty-boy servers in unitards—and matched the theme, "The Brilliance of Light," at a party to promote the release of the Dom Perignon's 1996 vintage champagne.
Members of the Harlem Gospel Choir kept guests from getting bored while waiting for the elevators up to the 70th floor at the Residences at the Mandarin Oriental.
David Monn hung a giant lamp shade and projected images of flames in one room.
White furniture and mirrored tables were the basic pieces in every room.
