Sandy Liang's Lunar New Year Party in NYC: Pink Bows, Red Dresses

On Wednesday evening, more than 400 people flocked to attend Sandy Liang's Lunar New Year party at Boom, the venue atop the Standard High Line Hotel. /p>

Some guests wore bright red, to symbolize luck, but many wore looks adorned with bows and ballerinas, emblems associated with Ms.'s eponymous and nostalgic fashion brand Liang.

The evening was an early celebration of the Lunar New Year, which begins on February 10; Ms. Liang grew up observing the holidays with her family in Queens. This is the second year she's hosted the event with chef Danny Bowien, and she hopes her friends enjoy the holiday.

"Maybe they will create their own traditions,” she says.

Guests at Sandy Liang's Lunar New Year party accessorized with red details and little bows. Credit... Jutharat Pinyodoonyachet for The New York Times

Draped over Ms. Liang's shoulder was a piece she was "testing" for her next collection: a large pale pink bow which served as a handle for a bag.

“It just looks like a big knot and then you pick it up and it’s actually a bag,” he said. she declared, while wearing an orchid hair bow and earrings from her new Lunar New Year collection.

While the famous black Palermo bows and red by Sandy Liang floated around the room, guests crowded into every corner of the dimly lit space, decorated with paper lanterns and flowers on every table.

References to the Year of the Dragon abounded. Near the dance floor, there was a large flower arrangement in the shape of a dragon egg. And guests received temporary tattoos that Ms. Liang said were inspired by a tattoo Angelina Jolie once had: They depicted Ms. Liang's name hovering over a dragon, instead of "Billy Bob,” the name of Ms. Jolie’s ex-husband. /p>