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The party invites were coming in fast and furious for the months leading up to the Great Northern Eclipse on Monday, April 8. Dallas was lucky to be the largest American city in the “path of totality.” I wanted to be in the center of the ac…
Read MoreAnything goes. That is my usual response when posed with “What should I wear to Art Ball?” My inbox often finds a story from GQ, Town & Country, or InStyle with a variation of this type of story: “What is black tie appropriate today?” Old school Da…
Read MoreBrian Bolke‘s long and storied career in the luxury retail realm has spanned learning the ropes at Neiman Marcus, co-founding Forty Five Ten in 2000, and opening The Conservatory five years ago. To celebrate the fifth anniversary of Bolke’s…
Read MoreTo properly honor the opening of the reimagined Chanel Dallas boutique, a two-part event was required. First, cocktails in the Peter Marino-designed Highland Park Village store, where model-like men greeted guests at the door with flutes of bubbles. Po…
Read MoreAt a party in Dallas several years ago, I complimented a lovely woman on her bold, bedazzled headband. She reached out her hand and said, “I’m Lele.” Yes, it was that Lele (Lisa to some) Sadoughi. She had recently moved to the city from New York, where…
Read MoreAs part of a permanent residency at Grange Hall, Eve & Max unveils Namaloon, its third collection of women’s luxe ready-to-wear. Eve & Max was launched in 2021 by Dallas entrepreneur Maxine Trowbridge (a graduate of the London College of Fashio…
Read More“Don’t spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform it into a door.” Those words from Coco Chanel herself are especially appropriate, given that walls were knocked down and grand new doors were installed for the recent unveiling of the two-story D…
Read MoreTo quote Henry Rollins, former lead singer of the seminal band Black Flag, “Questioning everything, and anything, to me, is punk rock.” Given that college campuses should be a hotbed of young minds questioning everything around them, we were excited to…
Read MoreYour ever-buzzy PaperCity bee has the latest scoop on what’s premiering in Dallas and what events are happening at our favorite haunts this April. If you see him and have some news, be sure to share. Shop Talk Luxury nirvana Highland Park Village is a…
Read MoreI first met the inimitable Virginia Reeves in 2012 at the Crystal Charity Ball Fashion Show and Luncheon. Stunned by the gazelle-like creature that just slinked into the room, I nudged my girlfriend, Lucy Wrubel, to ask who it was. “Her?” W…
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