PaperCity‘s Houston Best Dressed

The Killer Looks of 2016

By Shelby Hodge // Dec 28, 2016

Photography Fulton Davenport/PWL Studio

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Alain Bernard, Becca Cason Thrash, Nicolas Bos at Van Cleef & Arpels

Tiffany & Rick Smith at the Children's Museum of Houston gala

Isabella Montoya at the Rienzi Spring Party

Fady Armanious, Vivian Wise at Tenenbaum opening

Valerie Fuller, Marita Fairbanks, Stephanie Cockrell at Van Cleef & Arpels

Brian Bolke, Taylor Tomasi Hill, Nick Wooster at Forty Five Ten opening

Raquel Vasquez, Sam Boles, Scilla Boles at Van Cleef & Arpels party

Lynn Wyatt, Cynthia Petrello at the Rienzi Spring party

Tiffany Wong, Elizabeth Petersen at River Oaks Tennis Tournament luncheon

Mark Sullivan, Diane Lokey Farb at the Houston Ballet Ball, photo by Priscilla Dickson

Francine Ballard, Lindsay Fox, Vanessa Sanchez at Catwalk for a Cure

Sima Ladjevardian, Monsour Taghdisi at Tenenbaum opening, photo by Priscilla Dickson

Carolyn Tanner, Isabel David, Saba Jawda at River Oaks District Gold Standard party

Sverre and Carrie Brandsberg-Dahl at Forty Five Ten opening

Hallie Vanderhider in Monique Lhuillier at Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Grand Gala Ball

Kevin Black, Tony Bradfield at Catwalk for a Cure

Three lovelies at Van Cleef & Arpels

Gala chairs Tena Lundquist Faust and Tama Lundquist, photo by Priscilla Dickson

Charles Clark, Romy Lauren at Van Cleef & Arpels

Gary Tinterow, Christopher Gardner at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Grand Gala Ball

Phoebe Tudor, Jim Nelson at Van Cleef & Arpels

Ceron, the late Mickey Rosmarin at Van Cleef & Arpels

Yvonne Cormier, Claire Cormier-Thielke at Van Cleef & Arpels

Gracie & Bob Cavnar at Van Cleef & Arpels

Vivian Wise at Houston Ballet Ball, photo by Priscilla Dickson

Alain Bernard, Becca Cason Thrash, Nicholas Bos at Van Cleef & Arpels party

Houstonians are undeniably a fashionable bunch whether it’s the swans in their ballgowns, the peacocks in their male splendor or the hipsters in their of-the-moment street style. During the year, PaperCity has chronicled, through our party lens, the H-Town penchant for dressing up; and in this year end review, we take a look back at some of the show stoppers.

No question, the dress-to-kill event of 2016 was the Van Cleef & Arpels celebration at the home of John and Becca Cason Thrash. La Becca elevated the fashion bar to the stratosphere in a dazzling gilded gown by Naeem Khan. The black-tie crowd rose to the occasion which is why you will see more photos here from that event than from any other.

Not every fashion hit parade has to be a fancy dress party as you will see with our selections from a variety of socials ranging from Catwalk for a Cure to young professional events. And, of course, what would a fashion review be without a second look at a few of the belles attending the Houston Ballet Ball.