LUXURY LIVING
Celebrity Florist Extraordinaire
MARK MASONE
As Hamptons events were in overdrive this summer, celebrity florist Mark Masone has been busier now more than ever as he created the dramatic floral backdrops for this season’s splashiest gatherings while also moonlighting in his newest position as LVH Global’s Senior Manager Ambassador to the Hamptons and New York City, the leading luxury concierge company. By Tara Zarilla
Summer 2021 took off with the start of everyone’s favorite event at SOFO which raised over a half a million dollars and Designs by Mark Masone donated more than 50 Flower arrangements. Mark has been on the committee as the event coordinator for over 5 years working side by side with the Co-Founders and managing directors, Andy Sabin and Diana Aceti. His unforgettable work has been seen at shows, parties, and events with celebrities such as fitness trainer Issac Boots, JLO, Stephanie Kramer, Martha Stewart, Debra Messing, Rosanna Scotto, Geoffrey Zakarian, Rocco DiSpirito and Christie Brinkley. He has
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produced the setting for over the top parties such as Sir Ivan’s birthday, as well as charity galas like the Scarlett Fund, Samuel Waxman Foundation and Dan’s Taste of Two Forks and the 1640 Society Family Office Forum. Just in the last 2 months Mark has kept up with the elite billionaires of the world all while managing his NEWEST career with a Nestseekers real estate agent, Jimmy Giugliano, who will be featured on Disney+ this year on his new show Selling the Hamptons, with co-stars JB Anderassi, Peggy Zabakolas and Mike Fulfree.
Besides gracing the red-carpets and elite Hampton events and weddings all summer, what’s next for our handsome bachelor, his brand and his family? Mark has recently hired a new social media and PR team, RG Social, that has taken his career to the next level. Mark has recently started writing a autobiography that should be published in 2022 about his coming out after a few decades of being married, raising two kids and losing family along the way. All life altering changes that could really help others with their own story. Once his