Italian fashion designer Alessandra Facchinetti, the creative director of Tod's, and Jessica Seinfeld hosted a charity luncheon at the Seinfeld residence in Amagansett, New York, in July. Facchinetti used baskets of fruits and vegetables to showcase Tod's signature brightly colored Gommino loafers. The custom farm stand paired loafers with the coordinating color of particular foods, including red peppers, lemons, oranges, and broccoli. The luncheon benefited Baby Buggy.
On August 1, Ravinia in Highland Park, Illinois, hosted its annual black-tie gala. For cocktail hour, Jewell Events Catering provided a spread of snacks that had a picnic-like presentation: a bed of grass surrounded the bites, and guests could take napkins from a miniature wooden basket.
Color-blocked boxes of Patrón tequila served as a photo backdrop at the Art of Patrón event in May at LA River Studios in Los Angeles. In another layer of product display, models wore dresses made from Patrón boxes, corks, tissue paper, and recipe booklets. Photographer John Ganun of Scenario Photography created the backdrop, and Abel McCallister Designs produced the event.
Tiered chandeliers each made from 75 bottles of Veuve Clicquot champagne provided a dramatic piece of decor at the Veuve Clicquot Polo Classic in Los Angeles in October 2014. The chandeliers used four different sizes of bottles in their construction and dangled from wooden arches. BrownHot Events provided the event’s production and design.
At a preview of Adam Lippes for Target collection in August, David Stark Designs used buffalo plaid blankets, pillows, travel bags, and other items in rooftop picnic at New York’s 620 Loft & Garden. The products were not just for show: Guests used them during the event.
Ronzoni filled clear-topped tables with dried farfalle, elbow macaroni, and other pasta shapes at the 2015 South Beach Wine & Food Festival’s Al Fresco Feast. Tables were topped with dried pasta in clear glass jars as well as seasonings. Pasta also filled square vases used as centerpieces, and boxes of the dried pasta were arranged on white shelves as decor at the event.
Sugar Factory, the restaurant and candy emporium, used its confections in a number of topiary-like candy arrangements that served as centerpieces at the July opening of its Ocean Drive location in Miami. Gummy bears, gum drops, lollipops, and other candies figured into the decor. Live It Productions produced the event.
Ornaments added glitz to the decor at a Hollywood Pop Gallery-produced event.
