The Great Gatsby premiered with one of the biggest and most glittering parties of the summer. For the event at New York's Plaza Hotel, Samantha Sackler Productions revived the '20s vibe of Gatsby's elaborate bashes, with an eight-piece live band, thousands of butterflies hanging from the ceiling, and a topiary-lined pathway with a soundscape of crackling gravel and chirping birds as the entryway. Inside, champagne-colored suede was custom-made for the event by Designer8 Event Furniture Rental, and a six-foot champagne-coupe tower was a key conversation piece.
“We wanted to recreate the elaborate, extravagant atmosphere of a Gatsby party as authentically as possible, to make everyone feel as though they were really living out the scenes they had just seen on the big screen,” explained C.E.O. Sackler. “The official costumes from the movie, the band, the food, the furniture—everything was as it would have been in Gatsby’s world.”
Designer8*’s Gatsby furniture line is now available for rental.
Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS held its second annual Picnic by Design fund-raiser August 21 on the rooftop terrace of the Scholastic building in New York’s SoHo neighborhood. Marie Aiello Design Studio’s Great Gatsby picnic spread included fresh flower arrangements, a tiered display of cookies, and a façade of the yellow 1929 Duesenberg Leonardo DiCaprio drives in Baz Luhrmann’s movie.
You’ll hear: French and American jazz standards from the 1920s, plus Latin music à la Buena Vista Social Club.
You’ll hear: ragtime, jazz, blues, and artistic whistlers.
