“You’re all here, of course, to go to Save Venice,” said Lauren Levison from a VIP suite at The Peninsula early on Friday evening. “But really, it’s an excuse to celebrate the talent that’s in this room. There is nothing better than leaving something special.” Levison was hosting a cocktail in celebration of five young CFDA designers ahead of the annual Save Venice Un Ballo in Maschera gala. In one corner of the room, Chloe Mendel Corgan was getting her tarot cards read by a psychic — in line with the gala’s “Celestial Serenissima” theme — as husband Billy Corgan listened on. On the opposite side of the suite, a selection of custom masks was laid out neatly on a bed, created by Gigi Burris for Levison’s guests and her fellow designers. Claire Casto, Dr. Macrene Alexiades, Hayes Warner, Kate Barton and Lauren Levison. Lexie Moreland/WWD “I gave her a wild prompt,” said Andrew Curwen of his mask, which drew inspiration from Tim Burton’s “Catwoman.” “It should be a little feral,” he added, as Burris helped tie the lace-y creation around his head. “ Bach Mai did very ‘Ziegfeld Follies,'” added Burris, describing her other designs for the event. For Kate Barton, it was “very

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