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14 COVER CREDITS: Photography Mindy Byrd for Photo Division. Art direction Michelle Aviña. Stylist Doug Voisin for Independent Artists Agency. Assistant Stylist Christopher MacKinnon for Independent Artists Agency. Model Afton Allen for Wallflower Management. Hair Kay Reeder for Independent Artists Agency. Makeup Rocio Vielma for Seaminx Artist Management. Editorial assistants Meghan West, Ashley Coley. Yumi Katsura custom-embroidered kimono, price upon request, at Sloan/Hall. Maison Margiela chrome circle drop earrings $365, at Forty Five Ten. Wendy Yue 18K white-gold butterfly handcuff $15,000, at Jule's Jewels at Cynthia Ann Jewels. Prada sandal, at the Prada boutique, Forty Five Ten. Gilt carved-wood cobra $1,850, at Moxie. 18 PaperCity Digital 20 Editor's Letter 22 Publisher's Letter 24, 26, 28 Obsessions. decorations. salient facts. 32 Party: Houston Ballet Opening Night Performance 36 Style: The New Creatives — Preston Boyer, Marcus Pontello, Patricia Restrepo 40 Jewels: The seduction 46 Fashion: Winter wrap-up 50 Gift Guide: In the eye of the beholder 54 Gift Guide: A modern slant 60 Party: Lauren Rottet cocktails and book signing 62 Style: Decorative Center Houston's Charles Cohen moves into movies Home + Decoration 68, 70 Design Notes 74 Design: Sir Mark Fehrs Haukohl's artful high-rise 86 Food: 5 who rock the culinary world 100 Restaurant: Oxbow 7 Wendy Yue 18K rose-gold rhodolite garnet ring $14,375, at Jule's Jewels at Cynthia Ann Jewels. Rosenthal Barocco saucer $76, at Kuhl-Linscomb. Nineteenth-century French stool in Louis VXI style $595, at Found. Table of CONTENTS INSIDE THIS ISSUE