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Samavar I t's time to get back to the farm and begin sprucing up for the holidays. But painters, landscapers and carpenters are as scarce as Tom Ford at a Dior party. With Round Top on fire in the real estate world, the local tradespeople are buried in new work. Good for them. Bad for my still- unpainted front porch and the barren front lawn where in my mind's eye there is an old-brick walkway, picket fence and climbing roses. It will happen, but until then I have multiple Pinterest boards, several Manila files and folders on my computer, all stuffed with inspiration. Inspiration is what keeps us optimistically moving forward with projects to better our lives, or the life of someone else. In every issue of PaperCity, we gather together ideas for decorating and dressing, new restaurants to explore, or even new ways of giving back. Miles Redd's chic new collection of fabric and wallpaper for Schumacher made my Pinterest board — Redd will be in Houston Thursday, November 12, at Decorative Center Houston Fall Market (see page 65) — as did pages from new design books from Caroline Seebohm and John Ike, Thomas Kligerman and Joel Barkley of Ike Kligerman Barkley Architects —who will all travel to Houston to speak and sign tomes this month. I'll also make a run-through preview night of the Theta Charity Antiques Show, Thursday, November 12 (page 68) to search for treasures; I'll book a table at Tarakaan, Pour Society, Hunky Dory and Lee's Fried Chicken and Donuts to experience new tastes and fresh design; and I'll make an art road map to visit a slew of new galleries and exhibitions (pages 81 and 84). November also holds several of my favorite charitable events of the year: Catwalk for a Cure (Thursday, November 5); The Orange Show (Friday, November 6); Kevin Spacey at Best Buddies (Saturday, November 7); and Another Great Night in November benefitting the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (Wednesday, November 11). This will keep me busy and inspired while waiting for a freshly painted porch and brick walkway. Holly Moore Editor in Chief holly@papercitymag.com HUNT SLONEM 20 in this ISSUE NOVEMBER 2015 | STYLE | FASHION | SOCIAL 4 , 6 , 8 P O P. C U LT U R E . G O S S I P. 12 Style: Tony Vallone's Moving Feast 22 Dining: Tarakaan and Pour Society 14 Party: Generations of Glamour at Elizabeth Anthony 36 Party: Alley Theatre Grand Opening Celebration 28 Style: Creatures of habit 38 Party: Houston Fine Art Fair Party: Opening of "Mark Rothko: A Retrospective" at Museum of Fine Arts, Houston 26 Party: Laura Rathe Fine Art opening at BLVD Place PC House + Art 40 42 Fashion: Jewelry with a past Fashion: Function follows form. 52 46 62 65 72 68 Style: Our throw-down with Jackson Pollock Men's Fashion: On the road 60 Party: Houston Fine Art Fair Kickoff chez Penelope and Lester Marks Party: La Perla at Lynn Wyatt's Decoration: What's new in the design whirl Party: Georgia Brown Home opening night Decoration: Miles Redd's collection for Schumacher Bering's: 75 years 58 10 Party: Signature Fall Fashion Event at the Galleria 74 House: Barbara Hill designs bare to the bones. 81, 84 Art: Romping through Houston's newest art spaces A s Houston Center for Contemporary Craft unveils its new season, launches a new shopping portal with treasures culled from its acclaimed Asher Gallery store (crafthouston.org/shop-online) and welcomes a new cluster of artists in residence, it also begins incredibly its 15th year. HCCC has branded the next 12 months as La Quinceañera, with special programming and festivities. The momentous occasion also results in the metamorphosis of the Craft Center's signature cocktail benefit: Mark your calendar for Thursday, January 21, when Martini Madness gives way to Margarita Madness, chaired by Karina and Carlos Barbieri. Spring wraps HCCC's social calendar with its annual luncheon fund-raiser, this year Cinco de Mayo-themed, set for Thursday, May 5, at the River Oaks Country Club. PaperCity steps up, castanets in hand, as media sponsor for the entire year. Meanwhile, head to the Craft Center this month to savor three new exhibitions (on view through the end of the year) that include explorations in fiber and newspaper headlines by Ann Morton; a rallying cry for elephants by installation artist Wendy Maruyama; and Susan Beiner's riotous ceramic plant fever paired with works by jeweler Brian Fleetwood. Also pop by the studios of the new artists in residence: clay mistress Susan Budge; Julia Gabriel of the alluring handbags (also featured in the CAMH's design show and at The Menil Collection Bookstore); Younha Jung, who crafts captivating wearable metalwork; Wen-Dan Lin of the nuanced ceramic installations; and Gary Schott, who injects humor into his metalwork. crafthouston.org. Catherine D. Anspon Olé! 15 CANDLES FOR CRAFT CENTER All of Houston's hot spots, fun fashion finds and beautiful people are now in one place: your inbox. Go to the new papercitymag.com to sign up for our weekly edit feed. YOU HAVE CHIC MAIL F ashion designer Oleg Cassini found Jacqueline de Ribes to be "elegant to the point of distraction," while Valentino declared her "the last queen of Paris." This month, The Metropolitan Museum of Art holds her up as one of the most celebrated fashion icons of the 20th century via an exhibition in her honor. "Jacqueline de Ribes: The Art of Style" (November 19, 2015 – February 21, 2016) showcases 60 ensembles of haute couture and ready- to-wear primarily from de Ribes's personal archive, dating from 1959 to the present. She's a woman of many talents: ballet impresario, television producer, ecologist, philanthropist, countess by marriage and even fashion designer (she created her own ready-to-wear collections for 12 years, starting in the '80s). But the persona most often ascribed to her is glamorous aristocrat. Truman Capote was partially to blame, as he anointed her one of his "swans" — wealthy socialites whose style and decadence transfixed the world in 1959, including de Ribes, Marella Agnelli, Gloria Guinness, Babe Paley and Jackie Kennedy's sister, Lee Radziwill. On view in The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Anna Wintour Costume Center, metmuseum.org. Francine Ballard ODE TO EXTREME GLAMOUR: The Met and Jacqueline de Ribes Jacqueline de Ribes in her own design, 1985 Jacqueline de Ribes, 1961 COURTESY THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, PHOTOGRAPH ATTRIBUTED TO RAYMUNDO DE LARRAIN COURTESY OF THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, PHOTOGRAPHY BY DAVID LEES, DAVID LEES/THE LIFE IMAGES COLLECTION/GETTY IMAGES Susan Budge's White Ribs, 2014 Gary Schott's Victorian Woman (detail), 2013 COURTESY THE ARTIST ANSEN SEALE Design: Ike Kligerman Barkley The New Shingled House Art: The curious world of gallerists Julie and Bruce Lee Webb Art: The brave new world of two video artists 86 90 88 T o say that London-born, L.A.–based Martyn Lawrence Bullard is a prolific designer would be an understatement. When he isn't decorating homes for rock stars and high-profile types (including Cher, Sir Elton John and Jimmy Choo founder Tamara Mellon), Bullard keeps plenty busy, producing his namesake collections of fabrics, furniture and wall coverings for Schumacher and prepping for the April 2016 launch of a second book, Martyn Lawrence Bullard: Design and Decoration (Rizzoli). This month, Bullard introduces his latest collection for The Rug Company and, true to form, these designs encompass the all-important element of exotica he insists that every room possess. Look down: Zanzibar's undulating patterns are scaled as a perfect match to the stripes on vintage zebra hides; Mamounia's simplified fretwork tile pattern was inspired by Bullard's travels to Morocco; and Samavar, an exuberant display, is rooted in an 18th-century Uzbekistan ikat fabric. Both the Mamounia and Samavar are hand-knotted Tibetan wool, and 9-by-6-foot versions are $6,966 each. therugcompany.com. Rebecca Sherman EXOTICA Underfoot Mamounia Sky