DANGEROUS BEAUTY

Save Venice 2017: All of the Over-the-Top, Glamorous Looks Inside the Masquerade Ball

Written by Lauren McCarthy
Photographs by Sean Williams

This year’s Save Venice masquerade ball, a highlight of the New York gala season that on Friday was sponsored by Oscar de la Renta, was themed Dangerous Beauty: a far more wide-reaching and interpretive dress code compared to years past (2014 called for all red and black, while 2013 was a standard gala go-to with “Enchanted Garden”). The guest list, which included Poppy Delevingne, Indre Rockefeller, Miroslava Duma, Fernando Jorge, and Lindsay Ellingson, was certainly up for the challenge. Model Jessica Hart matched her plunging gold dress with a gruesome red and black face-obscuring mask, while Harry Brant opted for some intricate eye-makeup to match his vintage Jean Paul Gaultier suit. For all of the best masked looks from inside the soiree, click through.

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Photo by Sean Williams.

Jessica Hart, right, attends the 2017 Save Venice masked ball.

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Nell Diamonds attends the 2017 Save Venice masked ball.

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Indre Rockefeller, right, attends the 2017 Save Venice masked ball.

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Guests attend the 2017 Save Venice masked ball.

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A guest attends the 2017 Save Venice masked ball.

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Annette de la Renta, left, attends the 2017 Save Venice masked ball.

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A guest attends the 2017 Save Venice masked ball.

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A guest attends the 2017 Save Venice masked ball.

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Harry Brant and Ellen von Unwerth attend the 2017 Save Venice masked ball.

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Guests attend the 2017 Save Venice masked ball.

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Guests attend the 2017 Save Venice masked ball.

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Guests attend the 2017 Save Venice masked ball.

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Inside the 2017 Save Venice masked ball.

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Inside the 2017 Save Venice masked ball.

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Guests attend the 2017 Save Venice masked ball.

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Guests attend the 2017 Save Venice masked ball.

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A guest attends the 2017 Save Venice masked ball.

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Guests attend the 2017 Save Venice masked ball.

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Inside the 2017 Save Venice masked ball.

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Guests attend the 2017 Save Venice masked ball.

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Poppy Delevingne and Tabitha Simmons attend the 2017 Save Venice masked ball.

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Poppy Delevingne and Tabitha Simmons attend the 2017 Save Venice masked ball.

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Poppy Delevingne, in Marchesa, and Tabitha Simmons attend the 2017 Save Venice masked ball.

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Inside the 2017 Save Venice masked ball.

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Guests attend the 2017 Save Venice masked ball.

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Prabal Gurung attends the 2017 Save Venice masked ball.

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Guests attend the 2017 Save Venice masked ball.

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Harley Viera Newton attends the 2017 Save Venice masked ball.

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Inside the 2017 Save Venice masked ball.

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Lindsay Ellingson, in Oscar de la Renta, attends the 2017 Save Venice masked ball.

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A guest attends the 2017 Save Venice masked ball.

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Guests attend the 2017 Save Venice masked ball.

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Aamito Lagum and Lindsay Ellingson, in Oscar de la Renta, attend the 2017 Save Venice masked ball.

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Lauren Santo Domingo, in Oscar de la Renta, attends the 2017 Save Venice masked ball.

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A guest attends the 2017 Save Venice masked ball.

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Inside the 2017 Save Venice masked ball.

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Inside the 2017 Save Venice masked ball.

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Model Emily Senko wearing a dress by Kalmanovich and coat by Alena Akhmadullina at the 2017 Save Venice masked ball.

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Inside the 2017 Save Venice masked ball.

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Inside the 2017 Save Venice masked ball.

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Inside the 2017 Save Venice masked ball.

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Inside the 2017 Save Venice masked ball.

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Miroslava Duma attends the 2017 Save Venice masked ball.

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A guest attends the 2017 Save Venice masked ball.

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Guests attend the 2017 Save Venice masked ball.

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A guest attends the 2017 Save Venice masked ball.

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Guests attend the 2017 Save Venice masked ball.

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Violetta Komyshan, in Salvatore Ferragamo, attends the 2017 Save Venice masked ball.

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Inside the 2017 Save Venice masked ball.