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Chic New Style Books to Collect — Diane Dorrans Saeks Loulou de la Falaise by Natasha Fraser-Cavassoni and Ariel de Ravenel, with a foreword by Pierre Bergé and virtuoso photography by Helmut Newton, Richard Avedon and Steven Meisel (Rizzoli, $65). Loulou seems to have never made a move without a photographer nearby. The authors (longtime pal de Ravenel was a partner in Loulou's jewelry enterprise) interviewed all the chic intimates: Betty Catroux, Christian Louboutin, Paloma Picasso, and Elsa Peretti. Can't wait for this celebration of an elfin icon. The Best of Flair, edited by Fleur Cowles, with a foreword by Dominick Dunne (Rizzoli, re-edition, $125). Artist and visionary Fleur Cowles published Flair magazine in the '50s, and devotees covet and collect these precious few issues. Cowles, like Diana Vreeland, was a style setter who loved to make statements — this, from the February 1950 issue: "Fashion is an eye. Every woman's eye. Your eye. And inevitably, fashion begins with the inner eye, with self-awareness, with understanding of all your powers, physical, mental, spiritual." Among her contributors: Lucian Freud, Tennessee Williams, the ubiquitous Jean Cocteau, Tallulah Bankhead and everyone who was anyone. KEN DOWNING Fashion director and senior vice president, Neiman Marcus Nesting. I'm excited about the fall introduction of my latest candle collaboration with Nest fragrances, Exotic by Ken Downing. It's exclusive to Neiman Marcus, of course — subtle, sensual, sophisticated and downright sexy. I'm as obsessed with the tiger- print box and tortoise blown- glass vessel as I am with the scent itself. BOOK FETISH: SIGHTED. A manda Randolph Hearst's sunglasses collaboration with Oliver Peoples takes inspiration from her family's California castle. The white aviators will be my go-to shades for fall. oliverpeoples.com. Brooke Hortenstine If it's fall, it's the Crystal Charity Fashion Show and Luncheon — or if it's the Crystal Charity Fashion Show and Luncheon, it must be fall! On Thursday, September 11, at Neiman Marcus Downtown, creative director Peter Copping puts his Dallas foot forward with his gorgeous Nina Ricci Fall 2014 Paris collection, inspired by the fashionable women of Dallas he met on a previous trip to Texas. A special resort trunk show follows the luncheon, filled with romantic laces, pretty prints and a kaleidoscope of color. Check out Peter's white lace overalls, one of my favorite pieces for resort. crystalcharityball.org. Ken Downing Nina Ricci A spen Art Museum will launch one of its first major shows in its new Shigeru Ban- designed building: "Yves Klein David Hammons" (August 9 – November 30). No one does shows like these better than AAM director Heidi Zuckerman Jacobson. This will be a unique, thought-provoking look at these two world-renowned artists and how their works reflect each other. aspenartmuseum.org. Greg Fourticq Jr. Above, top: Yves Klein's Anthropométrie sans titre (ANT 154) (Untitled Anthropom- etry [ANT 154]), 1961 Above: Rendering of the new Aspen Art Museum © YVES KLEIN AND ARTISTS RIGHTS SOCIETY (ARS) NY/ADAGP, PARIS; PHOTO BY BEN BLACKWELL W e'll be sipping bubbles in the ether and swimming amongst the clouds in the highest hotel, night-scene boîte and infinity pool in London, with staggering views of the Houses of Parliament, Tower of London and St. Paul's Cathedral. (At 52 stories, it's the tallest building in Western Europe.) Shangri-La Hotel, At The Shard, designed by Andre Fu, has opened on the South Bank of the Thames. The Hong Kong-based Shangri-La Group's first hotel in the UK references the aggressive architecture of the spire- shaped, glass-clad shard structure designed by Renzo Piano (the architect known for the new pavilion at the Kimbell Art Museum). The astounding Asiatic-themed interiors, punctuated with contemporary design inspired by London's vibrant art, fashion and entertainment scene, were created by LRF Designers. shangri-la.com/london/ shangrila. Megan Pruitt Winder LONDON CALLING. Shangri-La Hotel 2015 McLaren P1 Supercar G olden + Goya. The Meadows Museum of Art toasts its golden anniversary in 2015, which also fortuitously coincides with the centennial of its home institution, Southern Methodist University. Because a single exhibition would not do, the museum — one of the world's largest repositories of Spanish art — rolls out a series of openings, which revolve around the ultimate Spanish painter: Francisco Goya (1746 – 1828). "Goya: A Lifetime of Graphic Invention," October 3 – March 1, 2015, at the Meadows Museum of Art; meadowsmuseumdallas.org. Catherine D. Anspon Goya's Los Disparates, A Way of Flying, 1815-1824, at the Meadows Museum of Art The hottest fashion ticket this fall? Dinner with Zac. Fashion Group International of Dallas honors designer Zac Posen with a Career Achievement in Fashion award Friday, November 14, at Fashion Industry Gallery. I'll be there! Tickets $300, tables from $3,000, at dallas.fgi.org. Max Trowbridge POSITIVELY POSEN. Zac Posen NASIBA ADILOVA Editor, Büro 24/7; Contributing Style Editor, PaperCity Car you have your eyes on. The new 2015 McLaren P1 Supercar is amazing. Charitable nights. I'm very excited about the Mario Testino exhibition at the Dallas Contemporary (September 21 – December 21) and TWO x TWO for AIDS and Art (October 25) and First Look (October 23). BRIAN BOLKE Owner, Forty Five Ten Shacking up. The new Christian Lacroix-designed Hôtel du Continent in Paris during Fashion Week. Reservations. In Milan, I'm looking forward to Ceresio 7, the rooftop restaurant and club opened by DSquared2. Uniform: Mac Keen denim — the resurrected original designer denim from the '70s, Adam Lippes T-shirts pretty much every day. Black tie. My new Tom Ford sneakers. Stocking. Azzedine Alaïa ready to wear, exclusively in Dallas at Forty Five Ten. Tom Ford Hôtel du Continent Still life. Credit the Dallas Museum of Art for mounting concurrent shows that bow to the traditional still life (via a gem-like view of the French 19th-century fascination with floral tablescapes) while mining a new- century take on the subject. Cue the wildly inventive Isa Genzken — the DMA's Jeffrey Grove co- curates the European artist's first American museum survey. "Isa Genzken: Retrospective," September 14 – January 4, 2015; "Bouquets: French Still-Life Painting from Chardin to Matisse," October 26 – February 8, 2015; at the Dallas Museum of Art; dma.org. Catherine D. Anspon Edouard Manet's Vase of White Lilacs and Roses, 1883, at the Dallas Museum of Art Book. Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow. In concert. Sarah McLachlan and Fleetwood Mac. Acquiring. Forty Five Ten; I love the Lanvin men's collection. BRANT McFARLAIN Principal, R Brant Design Lanvin MEADOWS MUSEUM, SMU, PHOTO MICHAEL BODYCOMB