WIGGING OUT

Playing Head Games For A Good Cause

PANACHE WALKED THE RUNWAY AT THE NINTH ANNUAL TULIPS & PANSIES: The Headdress Affair which benefits VillageCare, a nonprofit providing healthcare to people living with HIV/AIDs.

Fashions' top designers and New York's "finest" florists cross-polinate for the night to create gorgeous, wacky, and out-of-this-world floral headresses.

"It's big, and it's campy and it's fun," said James Aguiar, said ringleader of ceremonies. "It's the best of what fashion is. It doesn't take itself seriously, and people are here to have a great time. Of course it's for a good cause, but all the jaded front row stuff is gone."

This year the event raised more than $120,000 that will go to providing direct care to AIDS/HIV patients.

Jump for more fanciful gardens grown in the fertile imaginations of New York's designers and florists. Photos are courtesy of Paul Newland of Solvara.com.