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|  | After watching the skin-filled Victoria's Secret fashion show at the 69th Regiment Armory, guests of Svedka
vodka headed to a sexed up after-party designed to heat up the cold
night, when gusting, 50-mile-per-hour winds made the November evening
feel more like January.
| | | | | Held at 632 Hudson—a 6,000-square-foot townhouse built in 1847 that recently served as the home of MTV's second New York Real World cast—the party spanned several floors. Event planners Jes Gordon and Pam Bristow used
Svedka's "adult entertainment" marketing theme as inspiration for the
event, and Gordon's decor turned the space into a sensual, dream-like
dwelling. There were tall, silver vases filled with wildly colored
feathers (for tickling, perhaps?), votive candles on every surface, and
sultry deep red and purple lighting. Projection screens on the walls
displayed risque photo montages.
The various rooms were turned into individual lounges; one served as a V.I.P. room where celebs like Sting and Victoria’s Secret model Heidi Klum snuggled
by a fireplace on big comfy couches and leather club chairs with velvet
pillows surrounded by tons of candles and feathers. Another lounge
featured his-and-hers massage chairs on either side of a bed, along
with throw pillows and oriental rugs. A master bedroom became a
smokers' lounge, with guests reclining on a velvet-covered four-poster
bed. Even the bathrooms got the "adult" treatment: Condoms were
displayed on the vanities, and tubs were filled with Svedka vodka
bottles and ice cubes.
Caterer Tom Orlando’s
staff wore black tank tops that said "Servant" on the front and black
eye masks, and passed sensual hors d’oeuvres including duck mousse pate
with a raspberry on a red wine biscuit, smoked salmon on black bread
with crème fraiche and flying fish roe and wild mushrooms in a red
potato cup. "We wanted things with a pagan, erotic feel to them,"
Orlando said. A 12-foot buffet table held sweets and some eye candy, as
well: Male and female models, scantily clad and also wearing masks,
were on display along with chocolate and fruit.
Gordon’s goal was "to entice the five sense throughout the event," she
said. "We wanted to do things that were sensual to the touch, like
using feathers instead of flowers, and having beautiful people
[displayed] on the buffet table along with the food. And the space
lends itself to that voyeuristic, fun house feel."
—Erika Rasmusson Janes
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| | |  | | | At the Victoria's Secret fashion show after-party at 632 Hudson,
a 12-foot buffet table held sweets and some eye candy, as well: Male
and female models were on display along with chocolate and fruit.
(Photo by Andrew Bicknell) |  | | | Jes Gordon placed tall, silver vases filled with feathers on both sides of the fireplace. (Photo by Andrew Bicknell) |  | | | Jes Gordon filled some lounges with sultry deep red and purple lighting. (Photo by Andrew Bicknell) |  | | | Strawberries and grapes decorated Tom Orlando's lush dessert buffet table. | |
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