Texas Icons
January 17, 2023
For Texans, Neiman Marcus Is More Than a Department Store
Its recent troubles notwithstanding, the Dallas-based brand remains a shrine to good taste.
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Texas Icons
January 17, 2023
The Big Business of Quinceañeras
The once modest coming-out parties have had a coming-out of their own.
Texas Icons
January 17, 2023
Is This the Most Important Building in Texas?
Why the Kimbell Art Museum, in Fort Worth, changed the state’s art world—and architectural ambitions—forever.
Style & Design
December 16, 2022
Inside the Most Cutthroat Christmas-Light Contest in Texas
In Windcrest, just outside San Antonio, local homeowners compete with no-holds-barred holiday yard displays that bring 25,000 visitors to town each year.
Style & Design
December 16, 2022
19 Barbecue-Themed Ornaments for Trimming Your Christmas Tree
Show off your obsession for smoked meat and its accoutrements during the holiday season with cute, curated decor.
Style & Design
December 14, 2022
Fashion’s Gone Country. How Can a Texan Stand Out?
Now that cowboy boots have flown the ranch and headed to the runway, it’s time for us to embrace the belt buckle.
Style & Design
December 14, 2022
Muggles Descend on Galveston’s Harry Potter–Themed Christmas Market
Locals kitted out in wizard robes to shop for wands, chocolate frogs, and Hogwarts-themed holiday ornaments.
Style & Design
December 6, 2022
Inside Carla Rockmore’s Famous and Fabulous Dallas Closet
The 55-year-old designer encourages her almost two million social media followers—especially older women—to dress with confidence, style, and panache.
Style & Design
December 2, 2022
This Merry Texan Keeps Hundreds of Santas in Her Safe Room
Kerville’s Lecia Hawkins has amassed enough mid-century Christmas decor to cover the North Pole.
Style & Design
December 1, 2022
Where to Buy Texas Ornaments for Your Christmas Tree, Y’all
All the baubles you need for a Willie nice holiday.
Style & Design
November 30, 2022
11 Texan Small Businesses to Shop This Holiday Season
With silk pillows, quill pens, and rhinestone cowboy boot ornaments, these shops across the state have a special gift for everyone on your list.
Style & Design
November 25, 2022
The Top 24 Texas Gifts of 2022
From cocktail napkins to children’s books, lingerie to cowboy boots, these are our favorite presents for Texans and Tex-stans this year.
Style & Design
November 10, 2022
Dripping Springs Was a One-Stoplight Town. Now It Hosts 1,000 Weddings Per Year.
The Hill Country destination’s economy has coalesced around the wedding industry, with a slew of new event spaces, vendors, and florists willing to work as many as six parties a weekend.
Style & Design
November 9, 2022
The 13 Cheeriest Christmas Markets Across Texas
Get your holiday shopping done at a Nutcracker market in Houston, a Hogwarts village in Galveston, or any of the festivals happening this season.
Sports
October 31, 2022
Meet the Astros Fans Willing to Spend $80,000 on Custom Baseball Caps
Thanks to a memorabilia boom and another Astros World Series trip, Houston has become a hotbed for rare hat collectors.
Style & Design
October 27, 2022
The Best Florists in Texas, According to Interior Designers
Insider advice for ordering wreaths and centerpieces, whether you’re getting ahead of decorating this season or not.
Style & Design
October 20, 2022
This Coming-of-Middle-Age Memoir Is Required Reading for Moms
Humorist Wendi Aarons’s ‘I’m Wearing Tunics Now’ depicts middle-age losses (slower metabolisms) and wins (better friendships).
Style & Design
October 14, 2022
The World’s Foremost Collector of Barf Bags Spews It All
In his quest to become a titan of collectibles, Austinite Eli Cox has gathered 374 airsickness bags from all over the world.
Style & Design
October 14, 2022
How Ty Hunter Went From Working at the Galleria to Styling Beyoncé
In his new memoir, the Instagram star recounts his childhood in Austin and how he found his way in the fashion world.
Style & Design
October 13, 2022
How Round Top Became a Whole Vibe
Celebrities, influencers, and high-end shoppers are among the throngs that descend upon the tiny town’s biannual antiques fair, which has flourished—even during a pandemic.
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Style & Design
October 12, 2022
The Best of ACL Fest Fashion in Photos
ACL Fest is back at Austin's Zilker Park. We know who's in the lineup, but what's slated when it comes to fan fashion? Crochet, Western wear, bright colors, and, yes, hats.
Style & Design
October 7, 2022
How the Scare Actors at a Texas Haunted House Get Ready (and Bloody) for Work
We followed the actors of haunted house Purgatory Scream Park near Houston as they prepped for a day at work.
Style & Design
October 4, 2022
Why Everyone—From Mechanics to Crust Punks—Wears Dickies
The Fort Worth apparel company celebrates a century as a blank cultural canvas.
Style & Design
September 29, 2022
The Fine Southern Gentleman Is Dead
Austin clothing and record store Fine Southern Gentlemen will now go by the more-inclusive name Feels So Good. “To be completely honest,” one employee says, “friends of mine thought I worked at a strip club.”
Style & Design
September 28, 2022
Meet the College Station Couple Flipping Airstreams Left and Right
The waiting list is long for the husband-and-wife duo who rebuild, redesign, and reimagine the iconic, retro travel trailers.
Style & Design
September 27, 2022
A Legendary 100-Year-Old Carousel Will Spin Again in Austin
The ride greeted families at Playland Park in San Antonio before it was disbanded and sold. Now an Austin entrepreneur is putting it back together again.
Style & Design
September 14, 2022
Inside the Shop With the Skillet Man of Paint Rock
At the edge of the Hill Country, Randy Kiser creates handcrafted carbon steel wares for the kitchen.
Style & Design
September 12, 2022
A Skate Park, Health Center, and Library Will Open Under One Innovative Roof in Houston
With a goal of fostering intergenerational connection, the Alief Neighborhood Center is a new model for what a community center can be.
Style & Design
September 9, 2022
These Texas-Made Perfumes Hit All the Right Notes
Meet three independent fragrance makers that create distinctive scents you won’t find in large department stores.
Style & Design
September 7, 2022
Meet Irvin Randle, the Sixty-Year-Old Instagram Star Your Grandma Has the Hots For
To his 650,000 Instagram followers, he’s a pioneering “grandfluencer.” But to his adoring second-grade students, he’s simply Mr. Randle.
Style & Design
September 1, 2022
HGTV’s Jenn Todryk Shares Her Tips for Style in the Suburbs
The ‘No Demo Reno’ host can transform a cookie-cutter house into an oasis of personality.
Style & Design
August 25, 2022
How Chloe Dao Turned Houston Into Her Own Fashion Capital
The ‘Project Runway’ winner could have stayed in New York. Instead, she chose to build an empire at home in H-town.
Style & Design
August 22, 2022
Come for the Nostalgia, Stay for the Pinball
Craft beer, live music, and small businesses breathe new life into Old Taylor High, a repurposed school building from 1923.
Style & Design
August 19, 2022
Meet the Man Behind the Museum of Measurement and Time
In this video, Texas Country Reporter interviews the curator of the wide-ranging collection in Jefferson, one that merely begins with 550 vintage clocks.
Style & Design
August 18, 2022
Can Texas Produce the Next Great American Textile?
According to a crop of producers, researchers, and geneticists, hemp is the future of the state's agriculture industry.
Style & Design
August 16, 2022
A New Exhibit Wants to Reframe the Atrocities of Colonialism. Are Americans Ready for That Conversation?
The exhibit makes a nuanced argument about colonialism in Latin America. But Texans without roots in the region may not have the tools to understand it.
Style & Design
August 8, 2022
The Quest to Turn a San Antonio Landmark Into a Destination Restaurant
Once known for its distinct lean, the former home of the Liberty Bar underwent a painstaking, eight-year renovation process and will soon become Carriqui at the Pearl district.
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Style & Design
August 8, 2022
First Look: Carriqui at San Antonio’s Pearl District
The restaurant, which will seat almost four hundred diners, is built around a historic building that was painstakingly preserved and updated.
Style & Design
July 27, 2022
I Wish I Could Wear Texas Flag Running Shorts
Despite my frustrations with our state’s politics, I love our flag and think it belongs to Texans of all persuasions. Trouble is, I can’t seem to find a pair that fits.
Style & Design
July 8, 2022
Jimmy Pierce Can Tell a Lot About You From Your Hat
The Hutto-based hatmaker uses decades-old equipment to meticulously customize every hat.
Style & Design
July 7, 2022
For This Lubbock Jewelry Artist, No Two Pieces Are the Same
Dawna Gillespie’s handcrafted earrings and necklaces are truly one of a kind.
Style & Design
July 6, 2022
For This Miniature-Obsessed Texas Crafter, No Detail Is Too Small
Sandi Manrig has spent over forty years designing teeny-tiny turtlenecks, minuscule marigolds, and all manner of small-scale scenes.
Style & Design
June 28, 2022
Is This the Largest Western Wear Shop in the World? An Investigation
Justin Discount Boots has never been challenged on its self-given, prestigious title—until now.
Style & Design
June 22, 2022
Everything You Need to Know to Set Up a Stock Tank Pool
Following the lead of farm animals, heat-weary humans have embraced the budget joy of cooling off in these shallow metal tubs.
Style & Design
June 17, 2022
Linda Pace’s Penthouse, Listed at $7.25 Million, Is An Art Collector’s Dream
The late San Antonio philanthropist’s two-story condo, once a social hub of the art world, is the ultimate blank canvas.
Music
June 16, 2022
Why the Best Musicians in the Country Descend on an 81-Person Texas Town
Pianist James Dick has spent half a century crafting the Round Top Festival Institute into a world-class destination for classical musicians, where architecture, fine arts, green space, and history meet.
Style & Design
May 31, 2022
An Inside Look at Lee Miller’s Legendary Boot Shop in Austin
The bookmaker apprenticed under the famous Charlie Dunn and is now training a new generation of talented craftspeople.
Style & Design
May 31, 2022
Art or Blasphemy? Whatever Your Take, Book Wheels Get Bibliophiles Talking
Lubbock-based artist Jon Whitfill is on a mission to transform discarded texts into eye-popping works of art.
Style & Design
May 23, 2022
East Texas’s Most Exciting New Store Is Hidden in a Small-town Mansion
Picture Magnolia Market crossed with Downton Abbey and accessorized with a bounce house.
Style & Design
May 19, 2022
The Force Is Arguably Too Strong With This Collector’s Massive Star Wars Empire
At its height, this Roanoke superfan’s treasure trove included 19,000 pieces of valuable memorabilia.