Top-quality luxury materials (a signature Holly Hunt element) were a main focus of the design the rooms feature thick linens, cotton velvet and leather in the furniture and window coverings, darkened bronze for the door hardware, and bleached and stained oak and walnut wood used around the fireplaces.

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The thick leather interior reminded me of red velvet cake.

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But the atmosphere is also very informal: the crowd drinks a lot, champagne corks pop incessantly, and many seize the excuse for flamboyance with feather boas, velvet zoot suits and leopard-print fedoras, while one prominent Melbourne socialite was resplendent in a canary yellow leather suit with matching cowboy boots.

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