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OBSESSIONS. DECORATION. SALIENT FACTS. KIPS BAY DECORATOR SHOW HOUSE DALLAS IS BACK! MENSWEAR BLUE BLOOD A Georgian-style house in Old Preston Hollow's elegant Sunnybrook Estates neighborhood is the site for the second annual Kips Bay Decorator Show House Dallas, which opens to the public for a month on Friday, September 24. Located at 5138 Deloache Avenue, the classic Georgian estate has 11,259 square feet of living space on 1.44 acres of beautifully landscaped grounds. Twenty-nine designers will be selected via committee to transform rooms in the Kips Bay Decorator Show House Dallas, with names announced soon. Designers will be selected from across the U.S., as well as from Dallas, Houston, and other major Texas cities. Last year's debut Dallas show house was a huge success, drawing national press and thousands of visitors. This year's chairs include Jan Showers, Jean Lui, Chad Dorsey, and Veranda editor in chief Steele Marcoux, as well as vice-chairs Trish Sheats and Laura Lee Falconer. The Dallas show house, which opens to the public Friday, September 24, will have an opening evening event Thursday, September 23. The show house falls during Texas Design Week Dallas (September 20 – 24) and is open through October 24. Kips Bay Boys & Girls Club and the Dallas show house will be honored at the Dallas PaperCity Design Awards September 24, at Virgin Hotels Dallas. The Dallas show house benefits Kips Bay Boys & Girls Club, which provides young people with educational and developmental programs in NYC. as well as Dallas nonprofits Dwell with Dignity and The Crystal Charity Ball. Kips Bay Decorator Show House, founded in 1973 as a fundraiser for Kips Bay Boys & Girls Club in New York, each year draws dozens of the most celebrated designers and architects to transform a townhouse on Manhattan's Upper East Side, attracting about 15,000 visitors each year. It's been so successful that three years ago, Kips Bay added an annual Palm Beach show house, and Dallas in 2020. Veranda magazine takes the lead as national media sponsor, with PaperCity serving as local media sponsor. Kips Bay Decorator Show House Dallas opening-night tickets (Thursday, September 23) $250; show house tickets (September 24 – October 24) $40, at kipsbaydecoratorshowhouse.org/ dallasplanyourvisit. Rebecca Sherman W hen the opportunity a ro s e f o r B i l l Walker to move his menswear emporium from Uptown Park to Post Oak Plaza, he reimagined the store through a modern lens. After training at Sakowitz and Norton Ditto, Walker opened his first store more than 40 years ago — Walker-Jones, which later transitioned to its current moniker. The new iteration of Bill Walker Clothier maintains the tradition of made- to-measure suiting with luxurious menswear fabrics from Loro Piana, Holland & Sherry, and Scabal while introducing gear to appeal to a new generation. The move came in concert with a gradual succession plan that partners Walker's daughter, Shelley Walker Caldwell (after a long career at Harold Powell Clothing) with menswear veteran Philip Linkous, who spent his earlier years at Ralph Lauren and Leslie and Company. Longtime denizens of the shop can rest assured that labels such as Hickey-Freeman, Martin Dingman Belts & Shoes, Geo. F. Trumper's of London, Royal Lyme of Bermuda, Jack Victor, and Stenströms of Sweden shirtmakers mix smoothly with Peter Millar Sports Wear, Arnau of Barcelona, Samuelsohn, 34 Heritage Jeans, and other names. Architect Carlo Di Nunzio of Di Nunzio Architecture was engaged to interpret the trio's desire for a fresh approach to the haberdasher's honored tradition. The result is a clubby nod to English ambience — requisite paneling included — with a cozy seating area on one side of the store and a flat- screen TV and modern chairs on the other, speaking volumes to Di Nunzio's perceptive approach to the project. Bill Walker Clothier, 1737 Post Oak Blvd., billwalkerclothier.com. Shelby Hodge BENJAMIN HILL PHOTO HERE AND BELOW, STEPHEN KARLISCH Jan Showers, Kips Bay Dallas 2020 Mark D. Sikes, Kips Bay Dallas 2020 Bill Walker Clothier Doniphan Moore, Kips Bay Dallas 2020 DOUGLAS FRIEDMAN 14