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44 ITALIAN GEMS AND TEXAS GIRLS ANNE LEE PHILLIPS ENJOYS AN APERITIVO. PHOTOGRAPHY EMILE C. BROWNE. G reggory Burk and Becca Cason Thrash formed an entertaining dream team to welcome Italian jewelry designer Delfi na Delettrez Fendi to Texas. Fendi's fi ne jewelry is surrealist and modern — phantom settings give the illusion of jewels fl oating against the skin — and very au courant. Delettrez Fendi, a fourth-generation member of the luxury fashion family, founded her own jewelry label, Delfi na Delettrez, in 2007 at the age of 19. Earlier this year, she put her edgy spin on the Fendi Peekaboo bag, which was originally designed by her mother, Silvia Venturini Fendi, in a collaboration with The Webster to celebrate the 10-year anniversaries of both the bag and the boutique. Her inaugural visit to Texas was thanks to The Webster's founder, Laure Hériard Dubreuil, who hosted tea and shopping at her Galleria store for her friend. Later that day, they showed the latest delicate rings and bracelets from Delfi na Delettrez to a Thrash's and Burk's besties at Burke's beautiful River Oaks home. The ev ening included Texas-meets-Italian fare (pasta with truffl e oil, quesadillas, antipasto, grilled shrimp) and cocktails; reminiscing about Delettrez Fendi and Hériard Dubreuil's weekend at the Marfa Myths music festival; and much admiring of Burk's home, recently renovated by designer Courtney Hill Fertitta and architect Nadia Palacios Lauterbach, which had been featured online by House Beautiful earlier that week. SEEN: Sabiha Rehmatulla, Courtney Hopson, Tatiana Green, Diane Lokey Farb, Dancie Ware, Ann Wolf, Catherine Brooks Giuffre, Katherine Phelps, Luvi Wheelock, Karen Pulaski, Marnie Greenwood, Melissa Schnitzer, Luba Bigman, Stephanie Cockrell, Mindy Hildebrand, Valerie Fuller, Elizabeth Galtney, Liz Decker, Allie Fields, Katie Brass, and Francine Ballard, and the men who love them: Lucas Somoza, Greg Fourticq, John Cone, Neal Hamil, Mark Sullivan, and Michael Mandola. Diane Lokey Farb, Delfi na Delettrez Fendi Dancie Perugini Ware Francine Ballard, Greggory Burk Katherine Phelps, Luvi Wheelock, Allie Fields Greg Fourticq, Renee Cary, John Cone Courtney Hopson, Tatiana Green Marnie Greenwood Stephanie Cockrell Lucas Somoza Ann Wolf Catherine Brooks Giuffre Becca Cason Thrash Laure Hériard Dubreuil Neal Hamil, Mark Sullivan Myths music festival; and much admiring of Burk's home, recently renovated by designer and architect Nadia Palacios Lauterbach, which had been featured online by and modern — phantom settings give the illusion of jewels fl oating against the skin — and very au courant. Delettrez Fendi, a fourth-generation member Greenwood the 10-year anniversaries of both the bag and the love them: Neal Hamil her friend. Later that day, they showed the latest delicate rings and bracelets from Delfi na Delettrez to a Thrash's Sabiha Rehmatulla Courtney Hill Fertitta