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Kicking Off Key to the Cure at Saks T he social season has officially descended. I'm looking at my calendar and wondering if I'll make a single yoga class in the next three months. Which brings me to PaperCity's event coverage. If I had a nickel every time someone told me, "It's always the same people in the party pics," I could own Raf Simon's entire fall collection for Jil Sander. Honestly, I get your point. But here's something you may not know: We make every effort to recognize every hard-working chairman who has labored to create a memorable, meaningful happening. And you may be surprised by how much work is done by the same group of people in this town. If anyone deserves a little recognition, it's them. So there. I did a bit of math, and the party coverage in this particular issue alone represents more than $1 million given to local charities. (Yes, you read that correctly. And, no, that's not a typo.) Dallas knows how to make philanthropy exciting, and for that, I applaud those who set the example. As far as who else makes the cut, I'll tell you one thing — I love checking out Bill Cunningham's candid street photography in The New York Times each week. Sure, you'll see the occasional boldfaced name, but the majority of his subjects are unrecognizable to me. Yet, each featured individual looks like someone I wish I knew: interesting people with heaps of personal style. So I hope you'll notice some new faces going forward. One thing I learned from my 19 years at Neiman Marcus is that being well-dressed isn't contingent upon a designer label. Whether you're wearing head-to-toe Chanel or some fabulous vintage find from Dolly Python, I want to make sure we're giving credit where credit's due. That said, I'll freely admit to as many personal fashion misses as hits. (Why, oh why, did I think an ermine jumpsuit was a good idea?) Sometimes you just have to sit back and applaud the effort. Get too busy secondguessing yourself — or others — and you lose sight of the importance of plain old fun. So if you want to cut loose and dance the watusi on a banquette at the next after-party, I'll be cheering you on. Better yet, would you ask me to join you? Four years ago, Amy Laws and Nicole Brewer bonded over a stroller fitness class post-pregnancy. Today, these Dallas moms have attracted more than 100,000 "smockaholics" via twice-weekly fixed-price sales on Facebook that have grossed more than $1 million in sales — not bad for a business that began as a series of trunk shows in Brewer's living room. Smocked Auctions, the duo's online bidding boutique, offers smocked and appliquéd children's clothing for boys and girls ages three months to six years, with equally adorable prices. The action starts at 8:30 pm every Tuesday and Thursday and rewards parents who are trigger-happy at the keyboard with dresses, rompers, bubbles, shorts sets and more. But don't think they're the only ones getting into the action. "Nicole and I can still be found hovering in front of our laptops and on the phone with each other, squealing with delight as the bids are posted," Laws says. smockedauctions.com Lauren Scheinin in this ISSUE 4, 6, 8 POP. CULTURE. GOSSIP. 1220 Party: Crystal Charity Ball Fashion Show and Luncheon at Neiman Marcus Downtown Watches: Time traveling Party: Sweetheart Ball benefitting The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center 22 24 Carolina Herrera–designed tee at Saks Fifth Avenue benefits the cancer cause. Champagne Taste on a Sippy-Cup Budget Amy Adams Executive Editor amyadams@papercitymag.com OCTOBER 2012 | STYLE | FASHION | SOCIAL 10 S aks Fifth Avenue partners with Baylor Health to host the 2012 Key to the Cure. On Saturday, October 20, 11 am, Saks hosts a Closet Confessions fashion show with inspirational stories from cancer survivors. The Closet Confessions contest closes October 14. Here's how it works: Pin a photo of your worst fashion purchase and the story behind it, upload it to pinterest.com/ baylorhealth, and three finalists (would these be called winners or losers?) will be selected, with the winner announced after the fashion show. The prize? A $750 shoe-shopping spree at Saks. A percentage of sales throughout the four-day weekend, October 18 through 21, will benefit the cause, while the full purchase price ($35) of a limited-edition Carolina Herrera–designed T-shirt goes to the nonprofit. Information Trudy Cresswell, 972.716.5203; trudy_cresswell@ s5a.com. Seth Vaughan Advertising spread from GQ with designer Ian Velardi Fashion: Dapper men 2633 Pick of the New: Fresh spots to gaze and graze. Fashion: Pattern & Punk 36 PaperCity House + Art Decoration: What's new in the design world Party: A Special Evening with Kenny Loggins hosted by Alliance Data and benefitting LaunchAbility 38 42 House: Rob Dailey's Turtle Creek town home Style: Inside the head of artist Julie Cohn 48 45 Design Pick of the New: Fresh Shops Books: Design reads for fall 50 Party: Friday Night Live benefitting Cancer Support Community North Texas Special Section: Cattle Baron's Ball Special Section: Dallas Museum of Art Insider Guide to a Blockbuster Season Attention Gentlemen: Get to the Gap GQ Magazine's Best New Menswear Designers in America Project has collaborated with Gap for the first time on a limited-edition collection of menswear now in stores and online. This Gap exclusive features capsule collections from BLK DNM's Johan Lindeberg, Ian Velardi, Todd Snyder, Mark McNairy New Amsterdam, Ariel Ovidia and Shimom Ovidia's Ovadia & Sons, and Saturdays NYC, created by friends Morgan Collett, Josh Rosen and Colin Tunstall. The lines — which run the gamut of menswear essentials, from chinos and fleece hoodies to oxfords, blazers and knit ties — highlight the unique style of each designer, from Mark McNairy's daisies emblazoned on boxers to Johan Lindeberg's darker way-downtown aesthetic defined by black denim and a luxe leather bomber. $20 to $398, at Gap; gap.com. Kate Allen Stukenberg It's a Graveyard Smash: Escapade's Dia De Los Muertos Josh & Tracy Madans Todd Fiscus Ceron We're not costume people, but for Escapade's Dia de los Muertos, we're determined to one-up Ceron and Todd Fiscus' infamous Princess Eugenie and Princess Beatrice at last year's event. While we're thinking, here are the details: Dia de Los Muertos Escapade, Saturday, October 27, 7:30 pm to midnight, at 7@150 space in the International Design Center, hosted by the aforementioned Fiscus and Ceron, along with Tracy and Josh Madans, Matthew Simon and Keith Schumann — no slouches in the costumery department either, see photo evidence. Todd Events company is designing the spooky night, and the six devious chair-minds have devised a boozy bar with vodka-cured gummy worms, a creepy candy bar, Day of the Dead altar with a DJ monster mash (Lucy Wrubel and Jeff Mitchell), options to eat in the graveyard or inside a pumpkin, an awesome live auction, a silent-auction pumpkin patch and scary good trick-or-treat bags from stores such as Forty Five Ten, Madison and Avant Garden. Okay, I've got it … I know what I'm going as! Tickets from $250; RSVP 214.443.7717, escapade@familyplace.org. OCTOBER | PAGE 4 | 2012 Matthew Simon and Keith Schumann