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Futuristic models offered masquerade masks to guests at the entrance.

At Jazz at Lincoln Center for the School of American Ballet’s first winter gala, sponsor Hermès outfitted staff in horse-head costumes.

The Price Is Right wrap party had a '70s disco theme.

Also incorporated into the color scheme were the outfits the waitstaff wore. SPEC worked with Mary Giuliani Catering to execute the idea, which had male servers in white shirts with red bow ties and suspenders.

A Redmoon performer donned a goat's mask and served desserts from a hanging tray.

The tables were dressed with custom '50s-style lampshades in blue and red. Amanda Davis designed the bespoke shades and turned to Lotus Lampshades to manufacture them in rich silks, brocades, beads, and tassels, working from an 18th-century stone chapel in rural Wales.

As cars pulled in to the hotel's valet, costumed attendants would ring a bell to mimic the sound of an old-fashioned filling station.