Sir Ivan’s Burlesque Sinners & Sailors Ball

Leave it to Sir Ivan to end another decadent summer in the Hamptons with a bang. This year Halloween came early and Sir Ivan’s end of the Summer ‘Sinners and Sailors’ bash didn’t disappoint with a mandatory dress code – Sailor themed for men, which is easy enough to piece together from your closet, and burlesque for women, which ironically takes more imagination for less clothing. All of the 500 guests including Ivan’s mother adhered to the dress code!

The entire Castle was made to look like a giant three story grey battleship, named the U.S.S. Sir Ivan’s Castle complete with an actual brig. Keeping the crowd dancing, was the gorgeous Mina behind the DJ turntables in an extravagant gold burlesque costume and feathered headdress, she personally designed. XB’s new premium Sex on the Beach cocktails matched the nautical theme perfectly. Later in the evening, Admiral Sir Ivan used a giant megaphone to announce, “All Hands on Deck! We are under attack! Man your battle stations!” Red lights were shining, sirens blaring.. and under his command, brightly lit yellow glow sticks torpedoed from his battleship Castle above, and into his pool. Sir Ivan shared with his guests, “I wish we were in a world where wars were fought with glow sticks,” and thanked his guests for supporting his non-profit organization, the Peaceman Foundation, which battles hatred, violence and P.T.S.D., all year and to support Wounded Warriors. He called to a scantily clad girl who was swimming along, to step out of the pool, “There is a battle going on, but you have the right idea to defeat the enemy. Make love, not war.”