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The all-red look at the Emmys' Governors Ball this year is inspired by the inside of a giant red rose, with 200,000 fresh-cut red roses from La Premier and red linens topping tables.

A 24-foot-tall cylinder covered in 40,000 roses stood at the entrance to the Metropolitan Museum of Art for the New York institution's Costume Institute gala in May. Designer Raúl Àvila used red roses to create a lip-shaped pattern against a backdrop of white roses.

One million flowers blanketed the walls of Christian Dior's July show during Paris Fashion Week. The Bureau Betak-event included a room covered with red roses.

Low rectangular arrangements of red roses and grass greenery contrasted the black-and-white striped linens at the Humane Society of Greater Miami's Pawpurrazzi fundraiser in February.

Red roses covered the hedgelike entrance walls for the July launch of Zing Vodka's Red Velvet in Los Angeles, held at a residence belonging to Adrienne Maloof—a star on Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.

The Diabetes Research Institute Foundation used its signature symbol—the red rose—to decorate the reception area of its Love and Hope ball held at Miami's Westin Diplomat Resort in February.

Taking a cue from its production of Alice—and specifically the Queen of Hearts character—the Washington Ballet created a garden look inside Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium in April. Ecuadorian roses donated by the country’s ambassador and arranged by Edge Floral Event Designs decorated the space, including the table centerpieces.

At the Museum of Modern Art's tribute to Pedro Almodóvar last November, an enormous wall of more than 20,000 crimson roses designed by Raúl Àvila formed the backdrop for the arrivals area.

To decorate the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts' YoungArts gala in January, La Orquidea Designs used more than 15,000 red roses to create elegant centerpieces for the dinner tables inside downtown Miami's Alfred I. Dupont Building.

To show off its portfolio of fall design ideas, Chicago-based Kehoe Designs hosted an open house that had a section decorated with a sculptural piece and hanging spheres made from red roses.