HOWARD ECKHART, CSEP, was eager to shed the stress of small-business ownership when he sold his Dallas floral shop 15 years ago. What he didn't want to lose was the creativity of floral design — a skill he'd been honing since the mid-1950s when...
BORN IN THE coastal town of Chilibre, Panama, Preston Bailey grew up short on riches but long on imagination. A New Yorker for 30 years, he still has a Caribbean lilt in his voice. The chic sophistication of his work is complemented by his...
The weddings that little girls dream of are brought to life by New York-based floral guru and entertaining expert Preston Bailey in his tantalizing new tome, “Preston Bailey's Fantasy Weddings.” Filled with lavish photographs and extravagant...
In the market for elegant decor products for fall? The new Autumn Living line from Panorama City, Calif.-based Zodak highlights colors and textures that evoke the beauty of the season's foliage. The company's collection includes stylish candle...
UNLIKE PROPS MADE from heavier materials, lightweight soft-sculpture products and backdrops save planners money on shipping costs while dramatically dressing up a venue...
FOR DORON GAZIT, president of Van Nuys, Calif.-based Air Dimensional Design, an event last October celebrating the 100th anniversary of the city of Mexicali, Mexico, offered the ultimate blank slate for event design. Mexicali officials were...
WHEN IT COMES to keeping Montreal's biggest fund-raiser fresh, 55,000 daffodils will go only so far. Alison Silcoff, whose Montreal-based Alison Silcoff Events produces the Daffodil Ball for the Canadian Cancer Society, says original decor...
WITH HIS ENDURING love of leaves and petals, it is only fitting that David Stark should describe his career in events as “a very organic evolution.” He explains that he and partner/company namesake Avi Adler “were both painters and artists, and...
LONG GONE ARE the days of pretty for pretty's sake, say leading designers of event products. Today's designers are looking to contemporary culture — in the form of film, fashion and even business trends and world affairs — and the natural...
