This event transformed the museum into a series of textile-based installations and performances which paid tribute to the diversity and talent of 9 Montreal fashion designers. With a tactile, scenography-driven approach, one of the greatest achievements of the ball was its unexpected adaptation as an exhibit following the event. "Montreal Couture" ran alongside the Thierry Mugler Retrospective from February – September 2019. Playing on the museum’s Alexander Calder: Radical Inventor” exhibit, guests entered into a floral mobile in a classical stairwell. Here, surprise performances by a 27-person choir took place, with singers dressed in paper costumes as a nod to Calder’s 1936 experimental “Bal en Papier.” From here, guests were initiated into 9 distinct banquet halls, each designed as an homage to a Montreal designer. Using the iconic materials of each designer as a point of departure, 9 installations were created. These included a canopy of 1100 handmade Haitian voodoo dolls, an organza storm, a flock of origami birds emerging from suspended suits, a wave of denim and a room overflowing with thousands of pink roses arranged in a gradation of decay. A cinemagraphic portrait of each designer’s muse dressed in their designs, was projected in each room. Eerie and deluxe, these “living” portraits were directly connected to the distinctive floral concept and went on to become an important part the Montreal Couture exhibit that would follow the ball.