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FINDERS KEEPERS (CAMH EXHIBITION CATALOGUE, 1997), PRIVATE COLLECTION SIMON GENTRY W e are always the ones doing the talking. Now, we need you to talk back. We've arranged for the venerable media research company GfK/MRI to conduct a survey to help us learn about you — our amazing readers. We want to know such things as: What are your interests and what would you like to see more — or less — of in the magazine. We'll ask some personal questions, but rest assured, you don't have to identify yourself. And if you do, GfK/MRI will not share your CAMH at 65: T individual data with us. If you choose to include your name, you could be one of three recipients of a $500 gift card to Neiman Marcus! We'll draw the names randomly. Thanks in advance for spending just a few minutes to fill out the survey — it will be painless. Please visit pchoustonsurvey.com to participate. Vernon Fisher's Pumpkin Field, 1986, exhibited at CAMH 1989 and 1997 he Contemporary Arts Museum Houston is rolling out a five-month, six-part, tworound, building-wide showcase of today's painting — "Outside the Lines" (though March 23, 2014), organized by director Bill Arning and curators Valerie Cassel Oliver and Dean Daderko — to celebrate the museum's improbable 65th anniversary. And we use the word "improbable" for good reason. The CAMH's nearly septuagenarian history has balanced the cutting edge with controversy ever since it opened in a modernist McKie & Kamrath A-frame downtown on October 31, 1948. Next month, read about the magic, the mayhem, the raucous and the rock 'n' roll that defined the decades, including two moves, two floods, a bread riot, and animals and insects run wild. And that's just the start. I had the pleasure of digging deep into CAMH's ephemera, well-tended off-site under the auspices of the MFAH archives, where the records of directors, artists and patrons, as well as the energy and the tales that shaped the museum's founding, are to be found, awaiting rediscovery, ready to be revealed. Stay tuned for our December issue for the secret history of the CAMH at 65, a PaperCity exclusive. camh.org. Catherine D. Anspon Jim Kastleman Publisher jim@papercitymag.com NOVEMBER 2013 | STYLE | FASHION | SOCIAL in , this ISSUE 4, 6 8 , POP. CULTURE. G O SSIP. 10 Pick of the New: Fresh places to shop, gaze and graze 12 Grand Design De Grisogono, the famed jewelry house that introduced the world to the black diamond, packs up the New York vaults for a Houston showing, by private appointment, of the stunning High Jewellery and designer collections, November 12 through 15. To book an appointment, ring Sabrina Baldieri, 646.490.3348. De Grisogono's spectacular drop earrings in white gold, amethyst, turquoise and white diamonds Party: Opening fête for Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams in Highland Village 14 20 28 Luxe Be a Lady Party: Welcoming J. McLaughlin to River Oaks Shopping Center Great Scott, she's done it again. Jewelry maven, Kendra Scott debuts her new bauble collection, come November 22, taking it to a new level with the Kendra Scott Luxe Collection. Combining the best characteristics of her aesthetic, Luxe shines with iridescent drusy, banded agate, black onyx, labradorite, and turquoise. We flipped for the show stopping pavé Feather necklace in rhodium rock crystal ($395), the Stone Nest cocktail ring in iridescent drusy ($265), and intricate Branch Hourglass earrings in gold ($195). Take that to the bank. At the Kendra Scott boutique. Anna Schuster Fashion: A masterful fall 30 36 Jewelry: Feast for the eyes Party: Symphony young folk of note at Vuitton 33 Style: Thrill of the hunt Party: A blow-out for Drybar's Houston debut Party: Holocaust Museum's Lyndon Baines Johnson Moral Courage Award Dinner 38 Style: Inside the nest of Stephen and Betty Newton 42 PC House & Art 44 Art: Art of the feast with Blaffer Museum and Uchi 49 53 Style: Inside the beautiful mind of Kathleen Jennings Decoration: What's new in the design world Design: The art-filled home of the Orange Show's Marilyn Oshman 68 Party: Rolling with the Art Car Parade COLLECTION MFAH 78 76 70 Style DNA: Chateau Domingue's Ruth Gay Party: A blue night in The Blue Trees with HAA Party: Lawndale Design Fair Special Section: Design Corridor Richmond Avenue Pilgrim's Progress P uritans on parade: This fall, we're having a Plymouth Rock moment. Think oversized collars, polished brass buckles and, in keeping with quixotic Quaker tendencies, an abundance of black. We'd like to think Hestor Prynne and John Proctor would be proud of our compelling cornucopia of accessories and articles herein. Megan Pruitt Winder Dine Chez Menil Proposed Menil cafe I t's official (finally): After more than a year of searching, the powers that be at The Menil Collection have chosen talented chef Greg Martin to create and operate their new café. Last June, plans were unveiled to revamp the West Alabama parking lot into a lush green gateway onto the campus, with landscape design by Michael Van Walkenburgh Associates and a cafe reimagined in one of the former Menilgray bungalows that border the museum — the location Menil architect Renzo Piano originally proposed that a restaurant one day stand. Martin has been a notable in the Houston restaurant scene, working with Café Annie, Café Express and Taco Milagro. He says, "I never wanted to open a restaurant unless I had an original idea." Traveling each spring to Europe, he began to hatch a thought — one that developed organically into a concept that's grounded in Europeaninspired American fare. "On a trip to Rome, we walked into a local wine bodega where they give you a jug and, for a small price, you enjoy some great local wine," Martin recalls. He saw a trend for smaller carafe/keg retailing emerging — and fortuitously, Texas state laws regarding on-premise and to-go beer and wine-selling laws recently changed, bringing his idea of offering an array of craft beer and wines (16 in all) within easy reach of diners. Martin hopes his still-unnamed Stern and Bucek-designed space will be "that easy, approachable, local restaurant you'll want to go to a couple times a week" with reasonable menu prices, a full-service dining experience and seasonal menu. Although they're mum about the opening date, we're guessing it will be late spring, with continuous hours 10 am to 10 pm, Wednesday through Sunday (the same days the museum is open). Laurann Claridge Alexander McQueen coat, collection at Neiman Marcus, Saks Fifth Avenue, Tootsies Céline coat, top, skirt and pilgrim belt, collection at Neiman Marcus Rembrandt van Rijn's Portrait of a Young Woman, 1633, at the MFAH Marni collar $400, at modaoperandi.com Mark Cross Grace Box $2,195, at markcross1845.com Kate Spade Mixer heels $378, at the Kate Spade boutique Controversies & the Cutting Edge Virgins, Saints and Angels Resurrection Cross $294, at Tootsies Sci-fi Skincare The most buzzed-about beauty regimen in Paris and London is now stateside: IOMA, at Saks Fifth Avenue. Founded and directed by French scientist Jean Michel Karam, the technology employs a state-of-the-art sensor — the NASA-approved and -used Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS) — to measure the metrics of skin, personalize a treatment plan and even predict trouble spots for advance care. Post-diagnosis, you can indulge in IOMA's seven-line, individually tailored collection. Our favorites are the Bespoke Youth Rituals: day and night creams custom-blended on-the-spot. Integrated into each product are eight serums blended from pure extracts, rare ingredients and special elixirs of extreme concentration. Alexander In all, 864 variations are possible, offering McQueen Puritan a truly bespoke beauty experience. Also, boots $1,485, at notable is the newly unveiled Youth Booster, Neiman Marcus, Saks Fifth Avenue, a game changer with a cutaneous objective Tootsies instrument so minimal it is embedded within the inside of the bottle cap, allowing one to measure their skin's moisture level at home and in turn hydrate accordingly. It's as if your Thom Browne dermo is on call 24/7. Youth Rituals $410 jacket $3,270, and trousers and Youth Booster $220, at Saks Fifth $3,870, at Thom Avenue. Megan Pruitt Winder Browne, NY, 212.633.1197 NOVEMBER | PAGE 4 | 2013