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I like to think of this month’s Bomb as a kindred spirit. Alyce Jones and I are both ardent admirers of chic spectacles. She, in fact, opened one of the first optical boutiques in Fort Worth to carry notable designer eyewear 40 years ago. During …
Read MoreWhenever the word fetish is thrown out there, I’m instantly intrigued. You might know this month’s “Bomb girl,” Deborah Scott, due to her Instagram handle, @jumpsuitfetish. But more on that in a minute. I first met Deborah shortly after arr…
Read MoreThe Dallas welcome wagon has thrown open its double doors (we envision a Slim Aarons-ready mid-century modern) to embrace our newest transplant: illustrator Donald Robertson. His notable career spans the launch of MAC’s VivaGlam! in 1994, in his …
Read MoreThe French luxury company Hermès is nothing if not always on brand. A silly aside… A few months back, I received a gift card for my birthday with an undisclosed amount. As this was during COVID lockdown, I called customer service. A chic French voice s…
Read MoreAs PaperCity‘s resident expert on all things Chinese, I did my first little primer on Chinese New Year back in 2019. Oh how that feels like a lifetime ago. The past 12 months have completely altered our ways of celebrating. Post February 2020, we…
Read MoreThe hands-down best party I’ve ever attended took place in June 2018. Themed “The Prom I Wish I Had,” it celebrated the birthdays of a few ’80s obsessed souls formed by that era. Today’s Bomb girl Lael Brodsky numbered among those six — alo…
Read MoreGive me a Mad Men era moment, and I’m all in: glamorous women with perfectly coiffed hair wearing bouclé day dresses and dashing men in gray razor-sharp suits with crisp white shirts, sipping martinis at lunch. Yes, please. This month’s PaperCity Bomb,…
Read MoreWhen COVID lockdown began in mid-March, I turned to the cardigan. It was the perfect way to appear dressed for the day when slipped on over a t-shirt or pajama bottoms. When you think of cardigans your mind may go to Mr. Rogers or perhaps Kurt Cobain a…
Read MoreThis story originally ran in PaperCity’s December 2018 issue. Given the recent year of sheltering-at-home, we’ve had time to reminisce and remember more and more the ones that we love. I see it every day as I get ready in the morning. It si…
Read MoreI wanted to start 2021 on the right foot, so my PaperCity Bomb Girl needed to be a woman filled with hope and optimism — and, most definitely, someone enamored with fashion. In Sheryl Adkins-Green’s case, it’s specifically shoes (a vice we share)…
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