All the Best Looks From Save Venice's Byzantine Ball

By Nolan Meader

April 24, 2023

SETTING THE MOOD Dinner at Save Venice Un Ballo in Maschera's Byzantine Ball
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Gilded and masked (in non-Covid context), the who’s who of the art, fashion, and philanthropy worlds descended on The Plaza Hotel for Save Venice’s Un Ballo in Maschera. While an unfortunate few chose not follow Avenue‘s sage fashion advice of staying on theme, there was no shortage of showstopping, Byzantine-inspired looks.

This year’s Masquerade ball, sponsored by Bulgari and Oscar De La Renta, raised a record $1.2 million to preserve the artistic heritage of Venice. With a bounty of gold sequins to rival Elton John’s tour wardrobe, and enough Bulgari Serpenti necklaces to make Medusa blush, the spring’s most heavily anticipated gala (second only to The Met Gala) was also its most unabashedly glamorous.

The evening was truly a spectacle of epic proportions. Take a look below to see our favorite looks of the night.

Charles Tolbert, Jenna Mack, and Matthew White
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Bronson van Wyck
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Ulla Parker and Ivy Getty
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Julia Foster, Jamar Burton, and Desiree Nemati
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Chris Shott and Carla Shen
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Alina De Almeida and John Paulson
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Prabal Gurung and LaQuan Smith
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Tina Leung
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Laura Kim and Fernando Garcia
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Lilah Ramzi and Bach Mai
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Dee Ali and Abdi Mahamedi
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Emma Lasry and Juan Santa Cruz
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Musa Jackson and Debra Shaw
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Beverly Nguyen, Marina Moscone, and Sara Grace Wallerstedt
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Marjorie Gubelmann and Eliza Bolen
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Maggie Gyllenhaal and Cara Buono
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Grace Fuller and Allie Michler Kopelman
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Tricia Akello
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Casey Kohlberg
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Di Mondo
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Dorothy Wang and Ezra J. William
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Anita Saggurti
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Cindy Bruna
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Ally Lewis, Rachel Blumenthal, Kate Driver, and Laura Raider
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Kristina Trautman, Alla LaRoque, and Deirdre Guillory
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Ashley McDermott and Mary Kathryn Navab
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Colleen Salonga and Rebecca Vanyo
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Valerie and Harry Cooper
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Angel Zheng, Surya Garg, and Arden Wolf
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Clelia Montali and Todd Moscowitz
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Karin McKinnell Leidel and Peter Leidel
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