The Young Friends of Save Venice threw their annual spring party at the Bowery Hotel, in New York City.

The canal-lined streets of Venice come alive in February during this decadent festival, featuring extravagant costumes, elegant masks, and fun public events.

Save Venice 2017: All of the Over-the-Top, Glamorous Looks Inside the Masquerade Ball Jessica Hart, right, attends the 2017 Save Venice masked ball. Photo by Sean Williams.

Roberto Coin, who turned 80 this year, shared his passion for Venice with friends at an extravagant masquerade ball in a historic palazzo on Venice’s Grand Canal.

Jeremy Irons showed off his dancing skills as he appeared to take to the floor in Venice at the weekend.

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“The Masquerade theme has so many possibilities,” he reasoned. “We’re not specifically doing a New Orleans-inspired masquerade or an old-school French or Venice masquerade.

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Guests dressed in their (costumed) finest for the Monster Masquerade Costume Ball at the Amarillo Botanical Gardens. The spooky gala was one of several Halloween-themed events held over the weekend.

The crowd was dressed not in the expected array of fall fashion, but in costumes straight from Italy’s 18th century for a very special masquerade ball.