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OBSESSIONS. DECORATION. SALIENT FACTS. 12 M a l i a M i l l s s w i m w e a r has popped up in River Oaks District through July, celebrating the 25th anniversary of the New York design house … Mecox, a beloved Houston design store, opens a pop- up shop in downtown Napa mid-April, at the First Street Napa development, with cool neighbors Archer Hotel and Charlie Palmer Steak. Mecox owner Mac Hoak says the shop will remain open for at least six months, more likely a year — and maybe longer! … Paris Texas Apparel Co. opens an expanded retail shop in the Woodway Collection shopping center at 1341 Voss. Owned by brothers Patrick and Paul Hotze, the shop stocks Texas and Southern-themed neckties and bowties (armadillos, queso, and the like), needlepoint belts and key fobs, Mevill & Moon South African safari luggage, San Cristobal guayaberas, and all manner of collegiate goods from southern colleges …. Luxury Garage Sale, the Chicago- based secondhand sartorial mecca, is popping up at River Oaks Shopping Center, 2005 West Gray (through April 20), with top designer names consigned at up to 90 percent off and up to 80 percent commission to sellers. Drop off top-name goods or schedule an appointment for an LGS agent to visit your home … The Gents Place has opened in the River Oaks area at 2400 Mid Lane at Westheimer. Owner Jeff Stocks offers everything from razor shaves to shoe shines … The Pop-Up Co-Op, a new collective spotlighting eight local business owners and designers, has opened in West Avenue. Within the space are Tutu & Lilli fashion; M.U.S.E Collective; 1988 vintage and upcycled clothing and accessories; Merchant and Market, a collection of reimagined finds; children's store Small Noise; Alice d'Italia, luxury shoes handcrafted in Italy; Eight Moons Jewelry, a collection of luxurious celestially inspired jewelry; and Cloud-Mine baby and children's goods. Meghan West O ne might be tempted to call Libbie Masterson's art-making unorthodox and restless, were it not for its sense of serene beauty. Few artists could tackle stage sets for an avant-garde dance company performing in Japan, and craft glass panels for a high- profile Southwest Airlines commission. Masterson's also traveled to Dora Maar's home for a residency, where the pressure was on to produce work at the level of its namesake, a muse and mistress of Picasso. The artist has addressed the legacy of Alfred Stieglitz in a series of haunting photos steeped in the past; waded into W illiam Anzalone is one of Texas' most acclaimed l a n d s c a p e masters and h a s b e e n represented for more than a half century by Houston's blue chip Meredith Long & Company. His paintings and pastels, which seem to glow with an inner light, depict scenes from a countryside he knows well — he's lived in Round Top for 34 years. Joan and Jerry Herring and their Red & White Gallery in Fayetteville have secured a coup: Anzalone will exhibit his private, personal world for the first time in a series of pastel and gouache drawings that illuminate the space where he spends hours in contemplation, drawing, and painting — the studio. Quiet, serene and strong, with bands of black against grisaille backgrounds, the intuitive works measure 19 x 24 inches and will be simply presented, mounted with clips ($800 each, unframed). One is tempted to see some of Anzalone's early training as an architect; he graduated in 1958 from MIT with a BA in Architecture, then moved to Texas the following year to begin teaching at the University of Houston and take up his career as a painter. "William Anzalone: Studios," opening Saturday, May 5, 5 to 8 pm (through June 9), at Red & White Gallery, Fayetteville, redandwhitegallery. com. Catherine D. Anspon GLASS + SOUND PODS THE LESSER-KNOWN Anzalone pools and ponds around Hermann Park to dialogue with Monet's Giverny; and headed to Antarctica for a photo odyssey that resulted in a solo at the CAMH. This month, she unveils a bold project that hearkens back to the days of Debussy and Monet, when the cross-pollination between music and art was all the rage. She debuts the "Spectrum" series at the Jung Center — innovative sound pods that synthesize gazing at abstract panes of stained glass while listening to modern music set to her own orchestration. "Libbie Masterson: Spectrum," at the Jung Center, April 3 – 28; opening night Saturday, April 7, 5 to 7 pm; junghouston.org/art-exhibits. Catherine D. Anspon Libbie Masterson in studio JENNY ANTILL CLIFTON COURTESY THE ARTIST AND RED & WHITE GALLERY, PHOTO JERRY HERRING William Anzalone's "Studios," opening May 5 at Red & White Gallery, Fayetteville William Anzalone COURTESY THE ARTIST AND RED & WHITE GALLERY, PHOTO JOAN HERRING Retail RAP Works destined for the Jung Center