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Decorators, Discuss! Salons, decorators and book signings are de rigueur for the design set, with Celerie Kemble, Kathryn Ireland, Charlotte Moss, and Suzanne Kasler all pausing to pen. Suzanne Kasler, Newell Turner Charlotte Moss at House Beautiful Blake Barber, Karen Turner-Smith at Kathryn Ireland Kimberly Bayley, Cheryl Boyd at Kathryn Ireland Lucinda Loya, Tonya Riner at Celerie Kemble BY ELOISE CHITWOOD. PHOTOGRAPHY KIM COFFMAN, ERIC HESTER, RYLAND HOLMES. F N resh-faced Celerie Kemble, in from Palm Beach toting her new book Black & White and a Bit In Between (Clarkson Potter), spoke and signed at Alkusari Stone showroom at The Houston Design Center on Old Katy Road, where decorators arrived en masse for a face-to-face. Celebrating Celerie: Alton LaDay, Sheri and Grant Roane, Lindsey Herod, Phillip Pugh, Katie Galliano, Annette Graf, Liz and Pam Fieldcamp, Janice Anderson, Heather Domingue, Mindy Carter, Blake Woods, John Bebout and Alkusari manager Natalie Ferro. Joshua Fearnley, Alton LaDay At Kathryn Ireland Sarah Coony at Kemble ext up was Kathryn Ireland, also at The Houston Design Center, signing copies of Summers in France (Gibbs Smith) in the Bunch & Shoemaker showroom, with an evening cocktail reception at the home of Kim and David Lindsey with host Chandos Dodson. Designing minds: Allison Meyer, Bill Stubbs, Bruce Padilla, Courtney and Jason Fertitta, Peggy Hull, Lisa Slappey, Meg Lonergan, Lynne Jones, Lindsey Simpson, showroom owners Robert Bunch and Barbara Shoemaker, Sally Karr, and Marion Evans. Papercity's Catherine D. Anspon, Holly Moore Laurann Claridge, Charlotte Nail at Charlotte Nail Anne Epperson at Charlotte Nail Jeanne Durr, Connie LeFevre, Natalie Ferro at Kemble Stephanie Boles, Heather Hill at Charlotte Nail Catherine Olasky at House Beautiful Janice Culp, Johnette Dodson at Ireland Elizabeth Young at House Beautiful Michael Dale at House Beautiful Celerie Kemble Ike Epley & Chandos Dodson at Ireland Meg Lonergan, Allison Meyer at Kemble Lauren Rottet Irma Lovelace at Ireland Leigh & Mimi Ellis at Ireland Sheri & Grant Roane at Kemble Kim & David Lindsey at Ireland Aaron Laine, Mindy Carter at Charlotte Nail A Sharon Sonders Davon Hatchett at Kemble Amy Scott, Shelby Steed, Rachel Miclette at Ireland t Decorative Center Houston on Sage, House Beautiful magazine's editor-in-chief Newell Turner led a distinguished panel with designers Suzanne Kasler and Charlotte Moss, who signed tomes afterwards in their respective showrooms — Kasler at Lee Jofa and Moss at Fabricut, where they chatted with fans and flipped through fabric swatches. Buying up books: Sonja Roesch and daughter Ariane, Cindy Emerman, Roseann Rogers, Maximilian Sinsteden, Michael Dale, Beth Sanders Moore, Catherine Olasky, and Dec Center owner Charles Cohen, in from New York. APRIL | PAGE 46 | 2012 Kathryn Ireland M ore design icons were discussed at Charlotte Nail Antiques at The Houston Design Center during the "Icons of Design, Art and Entertaining: Who You Need to Know" lunch. PaperCity's Holly Moore, Laurann Claridge and Catherine D. Anspon took a look back in history at daring designers, forward-thinking art collectors, bon vivants and gracious social icons. In the crowd: Louis, Anne and Duncan (and those were just the chairs), Charlotte Nail and husband Nick, Lucinda Loya, Jessica Fontenot, Pamela O'Brien, Carol Altergott, Ed Gonzales, and Bryan Dye.