As beautiful as the clothing in Petrune is, and as wonderfully creative as our window designs are, it is sometimes forgotten that we can throw an awfully classy cocktail party.

To show off this little-known skill, we teamed up with Ithaca Motion Picture Project for their most recent exhibit “Romance, Exploits, and Peril: When Movies were Made in Ithaca.” As part of an exhibit that spanned several local businesses, including Gimme!, the State Theater, the local library, and more, we honored Ithaca’s history as a beacon of filmmaking almost 100 years ago. The cherry on top was a reception we held this past Friday, for lovers of film, fashion, food, and friends.

So many of our attendees looked like stars of the silver screen themselves, we thought it’d be criminal not to share some snaps from the party with y’all. Especially the guy in the skinny tie. Skinny ties are amazing. See the photos after the jump!

Petrune's owners Justin and Domenica.

Some rather amazing jewelry against a luscious fur coat.

Loving the overall bibs come undone...

Friends and film and wine are wonderful

Bethany in the perfect red dress.

Charlotte browsing the brooches.

The whole shebang!

A gentleman with the most amazing glasses!

The skinny tie! In the words of Dr Who, "Skinny ties are cool."

Satin and platforms!

“Space for Rent,” an exhibition of photography by Ithaca College photography students will be showing in our upstairs gallery.

There are two parties for this show. One Dec. 4, from 6-8pm, and one on Dec.5, from 5-8 pm. The show will be up all week, so come check it out!