Designer Preston Bailey believes in setting the tone for an event right from the start. A bower of flowers creates a magical entrance to the celebration.
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Designer Preston Bailey believes in setting the tone for an event right from the start. A bower of flowers creates a magical entrance to the celebration.
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Facebook's Sean Parker and bride Alexandra Lenas married in 2013 in Big Sur, California, in a Bailey-designed "fantasy in the forest."
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Facebook's Sean Parker and bride Alexandra Lenas married in 2013 in Big Sur, California, in a Bailey-designed "fantasy in the forest."
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Parker and Lenas' wedding featured an elaborate Bailey-designed walkway to the ceremony.
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Parker and Lenas' wedding featured an elaborate Bailey-designed walkway to the ceremony.
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Here's more detail from the Bailey-designed fantasy wedding forest.
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Here's more detail from the Bailey-designed fantasy wedding forest.
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Strands of flowers, wrapped and flowing, met with elaborate table arrangements to create a signature Preston Bailey environment for wedding guests.
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Strands of flowers, wrapped and flowing, met with elaborate table arrangements to create a signature Preston Bailey environment for wedding guests.
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A celebration in New Delhi, India, helped sway Bailey's feelings on carnations, which he previously disliked. Now, he uses them to create elaborate sculptures.
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A celebration in New Delhi, India, helped sway Bailey's feelings on carnations, which he previously disliked. Now, he uses them to create elaborate sculptures.
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The elephant in the room was a giant, Bailey-designed floral sculpture at the center of the celebration.
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The elephant in the room was a giant, Bailey-designed floral sculpture at the center of the celebration.
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From wildly colored blooms to stark white petals, flowers help set the tone for whimsy or elegance at a wedding, Bailey said.
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From wildly colored blooms to stark white petals, flowers help set the tone for whimsy or elegance at a wedding, Bailey said.
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At the Hotel Indonesia Kempinksi in Jakarta, Bailey's distinctive sculptural centerpieces narrow at the base so as not to block lively dinner conversation.
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At the Hotel Indonesia Kempinksi in Jakarta, Bailey's distinctive sculptural centerpieces narrow at the base so as not to block lively dinner conversation.
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Preston Bailey, himself, was married on Valentine's Day in 2013 to his partner, Theo Bleckmann.
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Preston Bailey, himself, was married on Valentine's Day in 2013 to his partner, Theo Bleckmann.
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Preston Bailey's newest book "Designing with Flowers" hits bookshelves on April 8, 2014.
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Preston Bailey's newest book "Designing with Flowers" hits bookshelves on April 8, 2014.
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