The hushed lighting and understated refinery of The Edition Hotel's Punch Room was the perfect setting for our flower pressing event last night. Amidst a swirl of cocktails infused with unusual natural ingredients, our special guest Gemma Hayden Blest talked us through both the history of flower pressing and her personal flowers-via-fashion journey. The rest of the evening saw guests unleashing their inner flower artist as they created their own unique frames from a cornucopia of pre-pressed flowers lovingly prepared by the Floom team.
You can see some pictures from the evening below. Thank you to everyone who came!
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