Veranda editor in chief Clinton Smith debuted his tome The Romance of Flowers at an evening cocktail party and book signing on December 9. The event was held at the McKinnon and Harris showroom in New York, and among the guests were designers Thom Filicia, Matthew Patrick Smyth, Katie Leede, Glenn Gissler, Scott Salvator, Susan Zises Green, Susan Gutfreund and Christopher Maya.