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Meet the Designer Behind the Met Gala’s Fantastical Decorations

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    The 2008 CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund dinner

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    The 2012 CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund dinner

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    A 2012 wedding, where blue hydrangeas were the centerpieces.

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    The Hermès launch of “Fierce and Fragile” earlier this year had a lush ceiling-scape

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    The Hermès Greenwich store opening

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    A rose archway at the Lanvin for H&M collectsion launch

    Atmosphere

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    Megan Salt’s en plein air wedding

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    The MoMA film benefit, 2013

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    New York City Ballet Fall Gala, 2014

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    A closer look at a table from the New York City Ballet Fall Gala, 2014

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    Oscar de la Renta takes a bow at his show

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    Flower walls at the 2013 “Punk: Chaos to Couture”

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    Central floral installation at the 2014 Met Gala, “Charles James: Beyond Fashion”

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    Central floral installation at the 2015 Met Gala, “China: Through the Looking Glass”

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    Floral installation at the 2015 Met Gala, “China: Through the Looking Glass”