As the fashion industry was busy churning out trends in the Fashion Week tents in Bryant Park, a few blocks away in Hammerstein Ballroom, the Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS’ (Diffa) Dining by Design benefit offered a glimpse of the latest looks for tabletops.
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At the Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS' Dining by Design benefit, Elaine Griffin's table for the New York Design Center had a clutter of branches decorated with lit orbs and fake monarch butterflies strewn overhead, grass underfoot, nautilus shells with a nacre finish on each plate, and a cluster of long-necked glass vases on the table.
The table from SeaCloth and John Rosselli & Associates was a peppy mix of pinks, yellows, and blues with its striped canopy, short white vases of brightly colored flowers, and pretty plates, napkins and stemware.
The Ralph Lauren Home space—one of the more spare designs that actually worked—was enclosed in white fabric, and decorated with a large piece of driftwood hung with small votives, paper lanterns, and bench seats covered in white and flax-colored pillows.
Matthew Smyth's ornate and ostentatious design for the Larson-Juhl sponsored table included a large gold frame set at an angle and an imposing centerpiece of black feathers in a gold-colored urn.
