When you think of modern, you need not go forward in time, instead, return to a classic era of Old Hollywood to The Supper Club. A period where style and elegance was sumptuous, luxurious and opulent.  A cocktail party was glamorous, fashionable and swanky. Beautiful women in satin dresses, bias-cut or Princess Line, sexy strapless or V necklines, handsome men in tails, black tie or white tie, with a swing band playing, Frank Sinatra singing and Sammy Davis Jr. tap dancing on a shiny white dance floor. With The Supper Club as our inspiration, event producer, Lisa Vorce/ Oh, How Charming! pulls in the troops to recreate this setting in the showroom of Tabella Linen and Décor for Modern Events in West Hollywood. 

Tabella’s white banquette, a leather-tufted couch, was the leading element to initiate this designer’s masterpiece.  Lisa Vorce states, “More of my clients are bringing residential and lounge furniture to their wedding. Cocktail hour can become a great influence to the overall event design and has a dual purpose. Pulling in lounge furniture to create a lounge setting creates an atmosphere where guests can retreat throughout the wedding reception – which becomes the place everyone wants to be.”

The initial color palette began with all white, accents of black and acid green, hard edges, and mirrors but quickly changed to incorporate a more romantic environment.  Vorce explains, “We didn’t want a strong color to overpower the white, so we softened the palette by using the cool gun metal grey.”   Tabella found suede in charcoal grey tones and made the linen for the table.  For the chairs, the latest design by Chameleon Chair , with white cloth back and seat cushion, was a perfect match for the setting.  To add a more feminine touch, pink was introduced in the silk Dupioni napkins.

Then came Eddie Zaratsian’s colorful floral creations.  The creative director and owner of Tic Toc Couture Florals, Eddie included pink peonies, grey-silver lamb’s ears, antique green hydrangeas, light pink garden roses, brown succulents, chocolate cosmos and light pink spray roses in two antique containers bridged together with steal grass. Napkin treatments of mini bouquets were tied onto the napkins, loose pearls sprinkled on the table, black bands wrapped around silver candle votives with delicate crystals attached.  Eddie explains, “It’s a twist on a modern European approach.  Nothing rigid or hard. Just softened by a garden setting.”

Tabella Linen & Décor, a specialty rental firm, provided glassware and flatware as well as china plates from Rosanna Platinum Chandelier Collection. This beautiful dishware is designed with hand-rendered illustrations of a chandelier in genuine platinum, which brought glimmer to the white setting. 
Zoe with Studio Z Mendocino created the menus and place cards with the chandelier motif derived from the Rosanna Platinum Chandelier collection.

To set the overall mood and make a dramatic impact, Barker Décor Service used white chiffon to encase the room and created a spectacular effect with pink up-lighting.  They also designed a striking high-gloss white dance floor highlighted with modern geometric designs—the kind of dance floor that calls for the magic of the Rogers-Astaire dancing duo.

Welcome gifts were designed out of hat boxes with fresh flowers created by Tic Toc Couture Florals and accented with a welcome tag from Studio Z Mendocino also inspired by the chandelier motif.   “Hat boxes with fresh flowers are such a nice welcome gift,” says Eddie.  “When people go out of town, they often eat rich and wonderful food, so rather than put a basket of food in their room, why not fresh flowers along with a map, list of things to do and a thank-you note for joining your wedding.”

Food elements served from the lounge were also designed to lend to the décor with Pinky’s Vodka martinis, white yogurt covered raisons, white chocolate covered pretzels, white powered donuts, and pink jelly beans.