With just hours before the curtain rises at the David H. Koch theater for the New York City Ballet’s Spring Gala tonight, J. Mendel’s Gilles Mendel is busy making the finishing touches on the costumes he’s designed for mater in chief Peter Martins’ new work, titled &#192 La Française. “I have been running back and forth to Lincoln Center with my scissors for two days now,” he told Style.com before heading back to the theater today. “It’s like doing a haircut—just a little more on this side and on that side until it’s perfect.

New York City-based philanthropic eyewear company Moraleyes recently made a donation of over 3,600 pairs of reading glasses to non-profit organization New Eyes for the Needy.

With Rodarte on the bill as costume collaborators, the New York City Ballet’s upcoming spring gala is one that has the fashion set buzzing. But that’s not the only fashion brand in the mix; Swarovski also teamed up with the ballet for the newly redesigned costumes for George Balanchine’s Symphony in C.