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DECORATION GLOBAL CHANGE W isteria, a hometown favorite for 15 years, is moving from its longtime location across from Love Field to Inwood Village on Thursday, October 22. The new 7,000-square-foot home design store highlights Wisteria's furniture and decoratives in a refined showroom setting, while a separate 15,000-square-foot outlet, set to open in November in Farmers Branch, will offer overstock and discontinued items. Founded in 2000 by globetrotters Andrew and Shannon Newsom, Wisteria's style is beloved for its mix of handmade exotic and organic furnishings, mirrors, rugs, artwork, lighting and tabletop accessories with French and Belgian-inspired slipcovered seating, clean-lined modern tables and consoles and furnishings with a Hollywood Regency bent. Favorites for fall include the Alton media console, a contemporary take on vintage Chinese design ($2,399), Quatrefoil folding screen in mango wood ($699), and the mid-century Egg table with gilt metal base topped by white marble ($499). The company commits 10 percent of sales on the 10th of every month to children's health and education worldwide through its Nonprofit Friends program — yet another reason to love this Dallas jewel. Wisteria, 5370 W. Lovers Lane, 214.350.3115; outlet, 13460 Midway Road, Farmers Branch. Rebecca Sherman ELLOUISE ABBOTT'S NEW DIGS PILLOW TALK 170 YEARS OF FAB FRENCH: AT YVES DELORME ELTON + FORMULA 1 + LET THERE BE LIGHT A t 64 years old, Ellouise Abbott is Texas' oldest design showroom, but it's hardly a dowager. In September, the showroom relocated from its 10-year location at the International at Turtle Creek into a spiffed-up new showroom in the Dallas Design Center. Light and airy, the 6,000-square-foot space is ample enough to showcase Abbott's many longstanding exclusive lines, along with a few new ones. Look for furniture by Los Angeles-based Randolph & Hein; fabrics and wallpapers from TylerGraphic in New York; The Rosa Bernal Collection of fabrics from Spain; and the famed Italian Fortuny fabrics and lighting, which showroom founder Ellouise Abbott introduced to Texas more than 60 years ago when she opened her first showroom in Houston in 1951. Ellouise Abbott has been the exclusive purveyor of Fortuny in Houston and Dallas ever since, and the long legacy of luxury continues. "I love showing the best of the best in residential design," says Betsie Weatherford, who purchased the Houston showroom in 1994 and opened the first Dallas location in 2005. Weatherford dazzled us at her first Dallas showroom by hanging full widths of Fortuny fabric under skylights in the showroom, the first time the Italian fabric house had ever provided large-scale samples to a showroom in the U.S. For the current space, Weatherford has made an even bigger statement, draping 50 massive three-yard wings of the costly fabric throughout a dedicated Fortuny area. There are also a handful of new introductions, such as Houston-based Carol Piper Rugs — the only rug line Abbott carries — and Fermoie, the premium British designer and printer of fabrics and accessories. Ellouise Abbott, to the trade, 1025 N. Stemmons Freeway, Suite 749, 214.239.8722. Rebecca Sherman Wisteria's fall collection includes the Alton trestle desk, $1,199; Happiness pots, set of three, $449; and brass Indian stool, $249. Yves Delorme Tokaido cushion Yves Delorme, the French firm known for gorgeous bedding and exquisite textiles, was founded in 1845 — and a dual celebration is in order. In addition to this landmark anniversary for a company known to "replace the gesture of the paintbrush by the needle," Delorme is also honoring a landmark transition. Designer Évelyne Julienne, who has been the inspiration for the brand for more than 20 years, is passing her mantle to Madame Laurence Rouet. The brand will embark on a contemporary journey that will encompass new and poetic inspiration, yet retain Delorme's trademark love of perfection — amour du produit parfait. The Yves Delorme anniversary takes on a rich dimension. They outfitted an Airstream trailer with outstanding products and a team of employees to undertake a 4,568-mile route known as "La Route du Linge" (The Linen Road, a nod to the famed Silk Road that's become a metaphor for timeless adventure and exotic merchandise). From June through September, the team made 33 stops in 58 days, beginning and ending in Paris. Yves Delorme charms us with the loveliest of linens, robes, pillows and thread counts that are off the chart. Only two Yves Delorme boutiques exist in the U.S. — at The Carlyle, NY, and Dallas. Yves Delorme, The Shops of Highland Park, 4270 Oak Lawn Ave., 214.526.2955, yvesdelorme.com. Patricia Mora OCTOBER | PAGE 33 | 2015 Randolph & Hein Trinity table at Ellouise Abbott R ebecca Vizard, textile designer and owner of B VIZ Design, will be at The Mews Tuesday, October 20, 9 am to 7 pm, to sign her new book, Once Upon a Pillow: A Story of Home, Design and Exquisite Textiles (Pointed Leaf Press, $75). The book showcases Vizard's beautiful touch with rare and vintage textiles — from Venetian Fortuny to ecclesiastical cloth and Central Asian suzanis — which she fashions into glorious pillows snapped up by designers around the world. The Mews, 1506 Market Center Blvd., 214.748.9070. In its second iteration, Pop Austin literally illuminates the town October 22 through 25. Expect a new-century take on the concepts of gallery show, museum exhibition and art fair, yielding an immersive experience with works available for acquisition. PaperCity again returns as a media sponsor. Returning to the ample spaces of Fair Market pavilion, Pop Austin invokes the theme of "Illumination," in keeping with the U.N. designation of 2015 as the International Year of Light. Sixteen artists from near and far reflect red- hot currents in Europe and Asia, as well as closer to home, Manhattan, L.A. and, of course, Texas. It all gets into gear with an extraordinary light and sound spectacle at the VIP Opening Night, Thursday, October 22. Speaking of gear, time your Austin jaunt to take advantage of Pop Austin's partnership with Circuit of The Americas. Hear the Ferraris and McLarens roar October 23 through 25, at Formula 1 United States Grand Prix at the COTA track, then wrap the experience Sunday, October 25, with a performance by Elton John post-race on festival lawn. Pop Austin VIP Grand Opening, Thursday, October 22, $200; regular show days $40, three-day pass $70; info and tickets, popaustin.com. Formula 1 Grand Prix, Friday through Sunday, October 23 through 25; Sunday only from $99; three-day passes from $169; Sunday and three- day race pass both grant access to Elton's performance; circuitoftheamericas.com. Catherine D. Anspon Fortuny fabric COURTESY POP AUSTIN Lori Hersberger's Sunset 164, 2006, at Pop Austin