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Event planning company Well Rehearsed offers its ready-made Streets of San Francisco centerpiece collection for rent or purchase. The 10 reusable designs in the line incorporate some of San Francisco’s most iconic landmarks, imagery, and neighborhoods.

As a nod to the walls at the Kinky Boots table, Romanoff stitched corset-like napkin holders.

Back in 2005, the Whitney’s fall gala incorporated blue neon centerpieces created by artist Richard Tuttle. Accordingly, invitations specified that guests dress in the Pantone Matching System color blue 630 to correspond with the significant color displayed in Tuttle’s art. Guests including Chloë Sevigny, Evelyn Lauder, and Peggy Siegal complied.

Rather than creating graffiti at the after-party for the 2008 YouthAIDS gala in Washington, the organizers alluded to street art and the event's punk rock theme with spray paint cans in Lucite cases on tables.