A backdrop behind the bar at the opera event consisted of floral arrangements set up in a cubby-like structure that also mimicked the angular, geometric forms inspired by architecture.
Photo: Yassine El Mansouri
Pink floral archways marked the entrance to the Rosé Garden, which had a pink color palette.
Photo: Park Gyeong-bok
Hedging decorated the front of a bar in the new Rosé Garden section, for guests ticketed at the $400 level.
Photo: Park Gyeong-bok
Bottles decorated a flowing fountain.
Photo: Park Gyeong-bok
Ice
For the Canadian unveiling of the new limited edition Rémy Louis XIII Black Pearl cognac in Toronto in 2007, small golden bags filled with parting gifts flanked a square ice vase holding red roses.
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Tea Kettles
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts Los Angeles hosted its annual Bafta Los Angeles TV Tea at the SLS Hotel during Emmy weekend this year, honoring nominees from America and Europe. At the event, tea kettles in the shape of red phone booths held floral arrangements.
Photo: Frazer Harrison/BAFTA LA/Getty Images for BAFTA LA
Bird Cages
Variety and Women in Film's pre-Emmy party in Los Angeles in 2012 was inspired by A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and whimsical decor included hanging bird cages filled with flowers.
Photo: Joe Scarnici/WireImage
Popcorn Boxes
The Starlight Children's Foundation hosted its Starlight Gala, sponsored by Toys “R” Us, at Toronto's Fairmont Royal York Hotel earlier this year. With the goal of raising money for sick or injured children, organizers created a whimsical bash filled with circus-inspired ideas. To that end, fluffy white flowers spilled out of striped containers that were shaped like classic popcorn boxes.
Photo: George Pimentel Photography
An arrangement in a glass planter was made with four ingredients—Picasso lilies, lavender scabiosa, and Blue Thistle in a curly willow wrap. “I really dig this because you don’t need to be blinded by 100 flowers to make an impression,” Schechter says.
Photo: Courtesy of Interior Foliage
The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute Benefit
At this year’s Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute benefit, which celebrated the “Manus x Machina: Fashion in an Age of Technology” exhibit and was held on May 2, a 65-foot double helix rose to the top of the Great Hall’s ceiling. One strand was made of 250,000 silk roses, while the other featured laser-cut off-white lace. "This was my first time using artificial roses and my first time hanging something rigged from the ceiling," said Raul Avila, the Met Gala's long-standing producer.
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Agenc worked with Tinsel & Twine to design and create a lush floral canopy over the arts-and-crafts area.
Photo: Donald Bowers/Getty Images for L'Oreal
