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FULTON DAVENPORT LETTER EDITOR FROM THE February is traditionally our bridal issue, and almost every year we luckily have a bride at PaperCity who takes the matrimonial rope, so to speak, and leads our editors to what's right for now. Each bride seems to discover new ideas, reinvent classics and dust off traditions. This spring, Laurann Claridge, our features editor, walks down the aisle with William Zeitz in a very private and very sophisticated fashion. See what she's found relevant, beginning on page 33. Since "bride" describes few of us at the moment, we'll be fluffing for the "Aubergine" Ballet Ball on Wednesday, February 15 — a lavish night chaired by Greggory and Patrick Burk and John and Becca Cason Thrash and honoring Shelby Hodge. PaperCity's Catherine D. Anspon heads the art auction. We'll also be kicking off the fourth annual Dallas Art Fair with a lovely event at Neiman LETTER FROM THE PUBLISHER Marcus Houston (for an invite, e-mail catherine@papercitymag.com). You'll see much more news about the Fair in our March and April issues (pencil in the Dallas Art Fair, April 13 through 15). And finally, one of our favorite decorators, Jeffrey Bilhuber (70 Park Avenue Hotel, Anna Wintour, Peter Jennings, Iman and David Bowie), hits Houston Thursday, February 9, to sign his newest book, The Way Home, at The Lobby at Greenwood King (details see below). All in all, a good month and a good February issue. Holly Moore, editor in chief holly@papercitymag.com If I'd listened to my own publisher's letter last month, I would have hit the ground running at the beginning of the year — organizing for the coming months, launching new projects, hanging out with the kids more (I already do this anyway), etc. Well, I blew it. I actually started 2012 by hitting the air on a flight to Dubai, literally on January 1. Technically I was heading to Bombay via Dubai — not for pleasure, although from this picture you can see I sneaked in a little sightseeing. A friend had asked me to join him in some meetings. Dubai is all about business and shopping — and tall, futuristic buildings. When we arrived, an associate asked, "Did we just land on the set of Star Wars?" Our first meeting there was with folks who had come in from the Philippines, India and Tanzania. The next day, we met with a sheikh — a tall, elegant young man with two equally elegant business partners who sought insights into the U.S. market for a business they are proposing. Then it was on to Bombay to rendezvous with the folks from India we'd met in Dubai. This time, I felt like I was in the middle of a National Geographic episode: the caste strata, the traffic, the amazing spicy food … (An Indian doctor I'd seen in the States prior to departing had told me, "In Bombay, you will find great Indian food." Thank God, because I thought I'd be eating hamburgers!) I was blessed that my sinuses were clear and I could fully adore the scents of the city — the food, the spice markets. And in Dubai, I could absorb the wafting smoke of the sheesha (apple and other fruit flavors) that is everywhere. Back in Dubai, the sheikh was impressed by the copy of PaperCity I had given him. He said he was going to show a publisher-friend and talk about a PaperCity Dubai edition … I haven't heard back. Jim Kastleman, publisher jim@papercitymag.com THE RUSSIANS INPOP. CULTURE. GOSSIP. ARE COMING THIS ISSUE 4, 6 FEBRUARY 2012 | STYLE | FASHION | SOCIAL 8 10 12 14 17 22 30 33 38 40 New Doors: Something old, something new and something spicy Parties: Neiman Marcus salutes Tory Burch, Lauren Bush Lauren's collab with Judith Leiber, Houston Fire Fighters and Child Advocates. Parties: Bejeweled bashes at Bulgari with Joanne King Herring, I W Marks, Past Era Antique Jewelry, Wayne Smith and Zadok Jewelers Party: Chicks with Guns book signing at Tootsies Style: Dressed for island hopping Fashion: Going for baroque Party: Antiques bonanza at HADA Fall Show Preview Party Wedding Style: Bridal buzz and inspiration Wedding Trends: What the experts are seeing this season Wedding Primer: The bride's little blue book FotoFest is mere weeks away, and Houston is readying to host the new power players in the international art world. (Hint: Dasha Zhukova and Roman Abramovich are involved via the Iris Foundation and the Garage Center for Contemporary Culture.) This Russian-themed international Biennial promises to be exciting, revelatory (lifting the veil about underknown schools of Soviet through Perestroika eras and contemporary lensmen) and highly relevant to today's scene, where the axis of excitement has firmly shifted from China to the Russian Sergey Chilikov's Untitled from the "Games of Chance" cycle, from the "Freaks" series, Federation. And prepare 2004, at FotoFest to acquire images by 70 significant global photographers at the Fotofest International Fine Print Auction. Watch for our go-to Biennial guide next month detailing it all. FotoFest, March 16 – April 29, citywide; auction Tuesday, March 20, at the DoubleTree by Hilton Downtown; info and auction tickets fotofest.org. Catherine D. Anspon WILLIAM ABRANOWICZ Jeffrey Bilhuber One of America's top designers (no, this is not a reality show), Jeffrey Bilhuber, has designed homes for Anna Wintour, Peter Jennings, Iman and David Bowie, and a host of other celebs and moguls. He arrives in Houston Thursday, February 9, to discuss his newest book, The Way Home: Reflections on American Beauty (Rizzoli, $60). A compilation of high and low, extreme livability and utter chicness, this is Bilhuber's third design book, and his work has appeared in every major magazine. Meet him and see a dazzling and informative show and talk Thursday, February 9, 6 to 8 pm, at Greenwood King's The Lobby. PaperCity will have books for sale and for Bilhuber to sign. The Lobby, 3201 Kirby, rsvp to thelobby@greenwoodking.com, 713.524.0888. Two years after the wildly successful China from "Orbit – An HD Odyssey" at the Houston Symphony international debut of The Planets – An HD Odyssey, the Houston Symphony has done it again, orchestrating yet another a wild ride through the solar system, but this time closer to home. Orbit – An HD Odyssey, created and commissioned by the Houston Symphony, comes to Jones Hall for its world premiere Friday and Saturday, February 17 and 18. Orbit — composed by new music champion Giancarlo Guerrero and set to the powerful strains of John Adams' Short Ride in a Fast Machine and Strauss' Also Sprach Zarathustra — is produced and directed by British-based astronomer/filmmaker Duncan Copp, who samples NASA footage of planet Earth for this otherworldly, multimedia celestial experience. Tickets from $22, through houstonsymphony.org. Catherine D. Anspon FEBRUARY | PAGE 4 | 2012 NASA'S GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER DESIGN TOME WHAT WE LOVE: OUT OF THIS WORLD