Drake’s Hollywood Party Scene Goes Chic With Houston’s Most Fabulous Women — Inside a Texans’ Designer Teamup
Houston Designer Christy Lynn Lee Creates Football Fashion Mania
BY Shelby Hodge //
Demi McCormack, Devorah Rose, Sterling Dio at the Houston Texans/Christy Lynn event at Drake's Hollywood. (Photo by SI VO Photography)
High noon at Drake’s Hollywood, the buzzy Montrose area steakhouse. The clutch is dressed to kill. The din of 100 women deafening. The shoulder to shoulder crush stands out as a vision of feminine frivolity. The occasion — presentation of Christy Lynn’s Fall/Winter 2025 Collection and her capsule collection of high-end sports regalia for the Houston Texans’ female fans.
This first high octane gathering of the social season united a cross section of Houston femmes from cheeky influencers to gala chairs, from Texans’ significant others to stalwarts of Houston high society. It was a delicious mashup that pulsated with an energy that only a season launch could ignite.
For the occasion, Drake’s Hollywood was dressed in a bounty of feminine florals. Baby’s breath disguised the bar as a dainty garden, while centerpieces and extra florals adorned the room. All the handiwork of Bergner & Johnson. The feminine ambience highlighted by stars of the hour — Houston Texans Foundation vice president Hannah McNair and Houston designer Christy Lynn Lee.
A VIP Crowd At Drake’s
Phoebe Tudor, fresh from summering in Montecito, took time from her busy schedule to attend. On her upcoming dance card — a dinner at Steak 48, a reception at her Southampton home honoring Lynn Wyatt and an upcoming gala in New York which she chairs for the National Register of Historic Places.
While La Wyatt was not in attendance, Rizzoli author Ronda Carman, whose fabulous book on Wyatt published this month, joined the party. Speaking of writers, native Texan Devorah Rose was in from summer in the Hamptons where she is editor in chief of Social Life Magazine.
Fresh from her morning weather cast, KHOU Channel 11’s meteorologist Chita Craft helped light up the typically dark-ish restaurant.
PaperCity Philanthropy in Fashion Best Dressed Luncheon co-chair Stacey Lindseth made the scene along with 2025 Best Dressed honorees Roslyn Bazzelle Mitchell and Elizabeth Stein, the luncheon’s raffle co-chair Kristen Cannon, as well as Neiman Marcus’ Heather Almond, retail partner in the Best Dressed fundraiser.
Dazzling amid the throng were Whitney Khun Lawson and Disney Harris who literally sparkled in Texans colored gemstone pieces on loan for the occasion from Valobra Master Jewelers.
In addition to the flowing champagne and cocktails, Drake’s and Vandelay Hospitality Group hosted the luncheon that followed the fashion presentation. That featuring a slew of models, hair coiffed by Ceron and makeup by Andrea Simmons of FACEFORWARD.
PC Seen: Cotton Holdings’ Zinat Ahmed, COLORES Collective’s Kathryn Swain, handbag designer Hayden Lasher, The Nat Note’s Natalie Steen, Compass realtor Lexi Sakowitz Marek, wardrobe consultant Valerie Dittner, fashionista extraordinaire Beth Muecke, Tootsies’ Fady Armanious and Shelley Ludwick, Christina Greene McAllan of her namesake jewelry business, lady about town Courtney Zavala, influencer Chiara Casiraghi, Sterling Suits’ Sterling Dio, and so many more.
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