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ANNE LEE PHILLIPS ROPES IN THE SOCIALS. PHOTOGRAPHY SHAU LIN HON, SLYWORKSPHOTOGRAPHY.COM. LUXE AND FAMOUS AT LUCCHESE WHAT DO SOCIALS, RODEO STARS, COUNTRY MUSICIANS AND ATHLETES HAVE IN COMMON? A LOVE FOR LUCCHESE. APRIL | PAGE 14 | 2015 Meredith Staggers Jennifer Huggins Bill Stubbs Erica Hui Dan Pastorini Michelle Jeffery Ella Muse Lee Muse Keely Muse Pam Connor Kevin Black Lyn Muse John Muse Neal McCoy John Goodson Les Martines Goose Gossage Tony Bradfield Beto Tentori Karin Tentori Bob Boudreaux Carolyn Farb Charles Ward Janine Iannarelli Jay Hamby Zach McDonald Marissa Roche Reid Wendell Thomas Lacombe Whitney Muse Karen Kain Michael Stencel Sally Kindy Doug Kindy Taylor Byrne Dodge Laurann Claridge Zeitz William Zeitz Felipe Barron, Zuelen King, John Thompson Carol Andino, Luke McFaden, Marlena Lazo Janie Davila Tammy Beeson Sheri Rogers Julie Shuford Whitney Garibay Maryam Afshari Connor Tamlyn Emily Brlansky Rob Davis T hey all turned out for the opening of the gleaming new store in Highland Village Shopping Center. Lucchese owners Lyn and John Muse flew in with a crew from Dallas — including daughter Whitney, president Doug Kindy and his wife Sally, CFO Tom Hough and wife Pat, and retail director Jay Hamby — for the fête, hosted with PaperCity. More than 300 well-heeled guests filled the handsome 5,000-square-foot boutique, soaking in the aroma of burnished leather and shopping the signature roper, cowboy and equestrian boots, chic stilettos, silver belt buckles, jewelry and handbags. The new destination, designed by Lyn Muse with Droese Raney Architecture, represents the brand's Western heritage and modern foray with 100-year-old salvaged barn-wood rafters, cowhides, saddles and powerful black-and-white equine photographs. A special collection of historic boots, circa 1949, with exquisite hand-tooled representations of Virginia, North Carolina and, of course, Texas, is showcased front and center. Rachael Volz, owner of A Fare Extraordinaire, provided ranch bites including bacon-wrapped quail, Bexar County shrimp and grits, and bourbon pecan bars and mixed up Tito's vodka fresh ginger lemonades while Alba Huerta whipped up Maker's Mark cocktails (fig old-fashioneds). Boots on the ground: newscaster turned actor Bob Boudreaux, country music star Neal McCoy, world-champion bull rider Tuff Hedeman, former Houston Oiler Dan Pastorini, MLB Hall of Famer Goose Gossage, Houston Polo Club's Tammy Beeson, Houston store manager John Thompson, Dallas-based Charles Ward, John Muse's nephew Lee Muse with wife Keely and daughter Ella, Ed McMahon, Natasha Collie, Leslie Pitts, Matthew Phillips, Brad Vinzant, and Laurann Claridge Zeitz and William Zeitz. JON SHAPLEY KIMBERLY PARK KIMBERLY PARK