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Society / The Seen

Jonathan Adler Celebrates the Holidays Alongside Tastemakers in Dallas

A Festive Lunch Showcasing the Designer's Signature Style

BY // 12.27.24
photography Tamytha Cameron Photography

Inside Le Bilboquet on a Friday in December, festive groups celebrated the season with ornament exchanges and lunchtime champagne. Holding court as the head bitch in charge (his words!) outside on the patio, Jonathan Adler assembled a vibrant guest list of some of Dallas’ top designers (and design lovers) for a celebratory lunch.

Adler, a celebrated potter, author, and interior designer, runs an eponymous home interiors business, which includes a vibrant shop on McKinney Avenue in Dallas.

With stores in New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Miami, as well, Dallas stands out as an ideal market for the brand, known for its cheeky sense of humor (e.g., a boob-adorned cookie jar) and unapologetic use of color.

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Michelle Nussbaumer, Carolina Gentry, Holly Hickey Moore, and Jonathan Adler at a holiday luncheon Adler hosted in December. (Photo by Tamytha Cameron Photography)

It seems that everyone Adler invited RSVP’d “yes,” merrily filling up Le Bilboquet’s heated patio for the leisurely-but-decadent three-course luncheon. Several of this year’s Kips Bay designers, including Javier Burkle, Ashley Ross, Eddie Maestri, Shelby Wagner, and Carolina Gentry, enjoyed their mini-reunion, jokingly calling themselves Kips Bay “survivors.” (The colossal project was a worthwhile marathon and a tremendous success!)

Wearing a bright orange vest, Adler kept his remarks short and sweet, inviting guests to visit the shop and think of Jonathan Adler as they imagine new projects in the year ahead. Between bites of escargot (Le Bilboquet‘s is the best in town, IMHO) and the omnipresent cajun chicken, design lovers mixed and mingled, swapping irreverent stories with a joie de vivre rarely experienced at a seated luncheon.

The afternoon concluded at nearly 4 pm, and I doubt anyone returned to the office, electing instead to start their weekend early. As a party favor, the brand gifted attendees with a beautiful canister that looked like a swirly dollop of meringue.

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Like the entire afternoon (and Adler himself), it was light and fun, the perfect balance of sweet… and a little bit salty.

PC Seen: Amy Havins, Kimberley Schlegel Whitman, Christy Doramus, Brooke DowdyAmy Switzer, Ryan Dziadul, Michelle Nussbaumer, and Shauna Jones.

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