Rental Companies

December 28, 2015

Miami-based Nuage Designs recently partnered with full-service event decor and design studio Bella Acento to expand its services to the Dallas area, setting up shop in Bella Acento's new showroom space. The couture linen rental company offers a range of luxury tablecloths and tabletop accessories, as well as furniture and seating items.

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Todd Events' new Dome Tent is a one-of-a-kind geodesic structure, measuring 7,800 square feet with capacity for as many as 500 people for seated dinners or 700 for cocktails. The customizable, temporary dome consists of a white powder-coated steel frame covered with a white PVC skin and a transparent panel for entrances, making it perfect for performances and light-and-video displays. It is available for rental in the continental United States and is limited to two rentals annually. Pricing starts at $145,000.

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For a wedding coordinated by Jacin Fitzgerald Events in Napa, California, Dallas-based Southern Fried Paper laser cut place card drink stirrers out of blush marbled acrylic for a creative personal touch. The tabletop decor element is available for corporate, nonprofit, and social events. Pricing varies depending on material and lettering style, but generally costs $650 for 100 guest names.

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The City of Dallas recently established rules to allow ride-sharing services like Uber and Lyft to pick up and drop off passengers at the Dallas Love Field airport. Through its Lyft for Work program, employees are allotted monthly credits for commutes, corporate travel, and event and conference transportation. And in June, Lyft partnered with Southwest Airlines to make getting to and from the airport even easier by offering discounts (up to $10 off) in flight confirmation emails; more offers are expected to roll out in the coming months.

Photo: Courtesy of Lyft

New for the 2016 event season at S&K Event Design and Rentals is the Ritz Collection, a modern tufted leather sofa set. The set, which consists of a sofa ($500), love seat ($250), and chair ($150), features curvy armrests, crisscross tufts, and elegant legs. The items are available in Georgia, Florida, North and South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia.

Photo: Courtesy of S&K Event Design and Rentals

Kate Spade New York

To celebrate its 20th anniversary, Kate Spade's fall presentation, held at Center548, lived up to its "Vintage New York" theme, incorporating a bevy of yellow checked cabs in the center of the venue. Models surrounding the taxis, clad in outfits that featured whimsical urban icons like hot dogs, street signs, and the Empire State Building, were bathed in a plethora of neon lights while a backdrop Kate Spade New York logo wall was even tagged with pink graffiti.

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Dries Van Noten Spring/Summer 2014

For Dries Van Noten’s September 25 show, the designer continued to play off a theme of Byzantine gold. But while his June men’s show backdrop featured massive sheets of quivering gold Mylar, the more recent outing had gold foil applied to huge slatted wood screens. Held in a massive warehouse in the 13th arrondissement, Van Noten managed to make the raw space intimate while treating editors and retailers to a performance from Colin Greenwood of Radiohead. As the guitarist played, keeping time with each model, the 50-look show featured prominently against the zig-zagging divider wall that served as a backdrop placed directly opposite where guests were seated. After the finale, the models lined up against the gold wall and guests were invited to get an up-close-and-detailed look at the outfits.

Photo: Mathieu Ridelle