One of the most important parts of achieving a dramatic transformation is covering walls and ceilings through draping. For the Celebrations party, the Armory was an amazing challenge because it was such a raw space. We needed to hide A LOT. Luckily, I worked with one of the best drapers in New York–Gio Gonzalez of Gio Draping Events.
One of the clever ideas we came up with was creating a tunnel entrance into the armory. Standing at the beginning of the tunnel, a person had no idea what they might find at the end. I loved that you could walk through this dark tunnel (draped with black cloth and illuminated by purple lighting) and end up inside the party space greeted by enormous trees and a long printing press/runway right in the middle of the room. Gio also helped me with the draping for for Ivanka Trump’s wedding. Here’s a picture below.
It’s fascinating that within the event industry, this is one of those specialties that can get overlooked. But don’t make that same mistake. Draping is an essential part of creating a transformation.
Do you use draping in your designs? Tell me about your biggest transformation.
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George Bernard Shaw once said: “You see things and say, ‘Why?’ But I dream things that never were and say, ‘Why not?’” That quote embodies how Preston Bailey approaches every event.
Teresita Doucet
February 5, 2010
For a wedding, we transformed an old Pier shed, to a beautiful white on white wedding. I used 20ft tall by 10ft wide panels of white voile for the exterior walls with a white faux silk as the dividing walls for the interior. All this white, became the surface for our lighting palette, which we fine tuned for each portion of the evening.
We also did a tunnel effect, where we had a long white tent of embroidered voile created a surprize reveal for our entrance as our guests enter the main reception. For the pre-reception, we did not drape the walls, but had 20ft high white voile ‘columns’ that soften the whole area. For dessert, and the tunnels were lit with LED’s to create a post reception lounge. I love draping and I never do an event without! Cheers! Thanks for my daily dose of inspiration and CAN DO attitude.
SeredovichRUS
August 5, 2011
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