INSIDE THIS ISSUE
Contributors • Editor’s Letter • Publisher’s Letter • Pop.Culture.Gossip 

PaperCity Digital: Ritz Paris reopens & an epic fashion shoot • Nobu Mania!

STYLE: Marc Newsom’s new collection for Louis Vuitton

JEWELS: Cartier’s new Cactus collection • The new Harry Winston in River Oaks District • John Hardy debut in River Oaks District • Tiffany & Co.’s design revolution

SOCIAL: Filippo Tattoni-Marcozzi toasts Edgardo Osorio’s 30th birthday in Florence

PARTIES: Allison Sarofim fêtes opening of The Webster • Houston Symphony Blame It on Rio Ball • Alley Theatre Ball: Peace, Love & Rock ’n’ Roll • Opening fête for Van Cleef & Arpels at Chez Thrash • Etro shopping night for Houston Symphony • Tootsies River Oaks Tennis Tournament Luncheon • Recipe for Success epicurean dinner • Glassell Benefit: “Yellow Submarine: All You Need is Glassell” • David Webb preview at De Boulle • De Beers unveils Red Carpet Diamond Collection • Dinner honoring Prosper Assouline at La Table • David Yurman’s Cattle Baron’s Ball kickoff • It’s About Time evening at the Galleria • Night-before fête for PaperCity Design Awards • Talk + books signings with Vicente Wolf and Suzanne Rheinstein

ART: What’s new at Texas Contemporary Fair • Studio confidential with artist Michael Chow • What’s new at Houston Art Fair • Painter Vincent Valdez • Touring Art Basel with Robert McClain • A Picasso fall

A LOOK BACK: Bayou Bend’s fabled “Evening of Celebration,” May 14, 1982

TRAVEL: What’s new at the Ritz Paris and Air France La Première

FASHION: Hotel Story, photographed at the Ritz Paris

DESIGN: Garrett Hunter’s floating white apartment • Mark Sikes’ new book Beautiful: All American Decorating and Timeless Style • A talk with Prosper and Martine Assouline • Michelle Nussbaumer’s debut design book, Wanderlust: Interiors That Bring the World Home • Houston Antiques + Art + Design Show

ROUND TOP SPECIAL SECTION: Round Top Antiques Fair • In and around town • Antiquing itinerary • Book signings with Neltje Doubleday • Designer Hunter Bell’s Round Top • Everyone was at the Round Top Inn • Hot properties

SOCIAL CALENDAR: Your go-to guide for fall’s top events

DINING: Le Colonial in River Oaks District • Taverna in River Oaks District • Souffle heaven at Rise No. 2

DUI: Discussing Under the Influence with Gerald Hines

PARTIES: Saks Fifth Avenue’s trio of grand-opening events • Museum of Fine Arts, Houston’s Latin American Gala • Becca Cason Thrash fêtes the Ritz Paris and Liaisons Au Louvre • Orange Show Center for Visionary Art’s Phantom Orange Gala • Children’s Museum 35th anniversary gala • Margarita Madness at Houston Center for Contemporary Craft • Art League Gala • Selven O’Keef Jarmon fund-raiser chez Poppi Massey

DECORATION: What’s new in the design whirl

TRAVEL: Conscious Cuba • Classic American haunts • Four destinations to see now

DESIGN: The East Side home of Mela & Roam’s Courtney Barton

WEDDING: Fairfax Dorn + Marc Glimcher

ART: Reshaping art history — curator Alvia Wardlaw

STYLE: Music influencers Kam Franklin, Susie Criner and Annie Criner Eifler, Hannah Anderson

PARTIES: Houston Ballet Ball: From Russia With Love • Rienzi Society’s 16th anniversary dinner

STYLE: A deconstructed season • Who’s going where

FASHION: A crazy good spring • Cooperativa es muy bueno

RESTAURANT: The new Toulouse is a hit

DECORATION: Obsessed with Madeleine Castaing • What’s new in the design whirl

DESIGN: Poppi Massey’s Nantucket cottage

PROFILE: Tilman Fertitta’s World

ART: Texas artists Anthony Sonnenberg and Keri Oldham

TRAVEL: Wanderlusting • Marfa’s new-old Hotel Saint George

PARTIES: Another Great Night in November benefitting CAMH • Community Artists’ Collective Luncheon; Glasstire Off Road

STYLE: John Varvatos: Rocking it • Latin fever • Houston’s Habsburg: Tatiana Galitzine

FASHION: Fashion as art

DECORATION: What’s new in the design whirl

DESIGN: Art dealer Barbara Davis’ serene high-rise • Art Gensler on the subject of Gensler’s 50th • Houston’s high-rise boom

ART: Irving Penn retrospective at Dallas Museum of Art • New galleries: David Shelton Gallery, Cindy Lisica Gallery, DiverseWorks, Capsule Gallery, Gray Contemporary