Keys to the Door: Store manager Cheri Schwartz.
Of French Heritage: In Façonnable’s new boutique at Galleria Dallas, we suddenly channel Daisy Buchanan, circa 1922, when she’s overwhelmed at the splendor in Jay Gatsby’s closet: We, like her, have never seen such beautiful shirts. We’re swooning again as the 60-year-old Riviera-based atelier Façonnable returns to Dallas after a three-year hiatus. Amongst the hundreds of luxurious shirts for him and her is hot, hot, hot French-preppy ready-to-wear, shoes, handbags and accessories. We think every gent needs the shawl-collared cardigan with wide horizontal stripes, or dozens of poplin shirts and mother-of-pearl cuff links that look wittily like, well, buttons. Les femmes? They must have the suede ballet flats, cashmere-lined leather gloves and the angora-and-wool tweed peacoat. With a design concept that evokes French designer Jean-Michel Frank, the boutique seems plucked off Cannes’ famed shopping street La Croissette. 13350 Dallas Parkway, in Galleria Dallas, 972.239.7222; faconnable.com.
Image: Façonnable Fall/Winter 2010.