Style & Design
March 1, 2012
David Lake and Ted Flato’s Office
The architects show us what's on their desk.
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February 1, 2012
Tina Craig’s Suitcase
The blogger shows us what she'll be taking to New York Fashion Week.
Style & Design
February 1, 2012
Melanie Steele, Wig Master
Steele, a Colorado native, moved eleven years ago to Austin, where she is now the wig master for the Austin Lyric Opera. She has toured the U.S. and Mexico with the Broadway production of The Lion King and served on the beauty crew of the world premiere of Elton John’s
Style & Design
January 1, 2012
Don’t Mess With River Oaks
Houston has always prided itself as a city that barrels forward into the future, and operates without memory, regret or nostalgia. But when developers began messing with the historic River Oaks Shopping Center, Houstonians raised their hackles.
Style & Design
December 21, 2011
“Garden and Gun” Builds a Profile Around Architects Lake/Flato
Writer Guy Martin talks to Ted Flato, one half of the visionary architect duo from San Antonio, about the merciless sun, the Texas breeze, and Tommy Lee Jones.
Style & Design
December 1, 2011
How to Design a Custom Belt Buckle
Western-yoke, pearl-snap plaid shirts and straight-fit jeans may currently be trending, but custom-made belt buckles will never go out of style. “It’s an item you can wear every day for the rest of your life, then pass down to the next generation,” says Ingram’s Clint Orms, who has crafted buckles
Style & Design
June 30, 2011
San Antonio’s North River Walk
The two-year-old extension of the famed promenade offers Roman antiquities, Roman delicacies, and plenty of opportunities for roamin’.
Style & Design
May 31, 2011
How to Wear Spurs
Any rodeo fan can don a Stetson, Wranglers, and a pair of Tony Lamas, but the cowboys in the arena are the ones who wear the spurs. “It’s like a knight in his armor,” says Joe Spiller, who’s been handcrafting them for 27 years and owns Spiller Spurs and Bits,
Style & Design
April 30, 2011
Tyler
Flower lovers drawn to the Rose Capital of the Nation will find snazzy frocks and spicy guisado de puerco amid the petals and thorns.
Style & Design
April 30, 2011
Chris Treviño, Tattoo Artist
Treviño, who has been tattooing for more than twenty years, is the owner of Perfection Tattoo in Austin. He is known for his traditional Japanese designs, which have earned him an extensive client base in the U.S. as well as in Japan, where he travels four times a year. He grew up in
Style & Design
October 31, 2010
Not By Design
Brian Crumley hopped on a plane to Europe to find the expressive voice he thought he had lost. The photographer spent three months traveling from city to city, soul-searching. Little did he know a purchase of two scarves would forever change his life.
Style & Design
March 31, 2010
Ghassan “Gus” Karim, Tailor
Karim, who immigrated to the U.S. in 1969, has been a master tailor for fifty years. He is the owner of Gassane Tailors, in Austin, and has made custom suits for Bill Clements, Lyndon B. Johnson, and George W. Bush.My father was a tailor and had a big shop in
Style & Design
March 1, 2010
Runway or Another
From her hometown of Lake Jackson to the Big Apple, Kalyn Hemphill, the winner of Models of the Runway, takes it all in stride.
Style & Design
October 31, 2009
Tomorrow People
Blake Mycoskie, the founder of Shoes for Tomorrow (TOMS), talks about traveling around the world, shoe drops, and expanding the business.
Style & Design
October 31, 2009
The Art of Getting Groomed
The opening of the AT&T Performing Arts Center was three nights of award-worthy performances, champagne, and, of course, ambitious frocks.
Style & Design
July 31, 2009
Fashion Forward
A look at Austin’s first Fashion Week.
Style & Design
June 30, 2009
Susie Q., Mystery Shopper
Susie Q. (not her real name) has been reviewing hotels, restaurants, and retailers anonymously for about six years. She works for several market research companies, such as Sinclair Customer Metrics, to whom she reports her findings after posing as an everyday customer and testing out products and services. She has
Style & Design
May 31, 2009
Coiffing Socialites
Cerón on styling socialites’ hair.
Style & Design
March 31, 2009
Confessions of a Shopaholic
By Julia Mullen Gordon
Style & Design
March 31, 2009
Street Savvy
Two chic boutiques on Alameda Street in Corpus Christi.
Style & Design
March 1, 2009
Hat Trick
When the idea of putting together a special Texas Monthly style issue was first laid on the table, it was greeted with consternation. Did we intend to dispatch Paul Burka to the fashion shows to analyze the spring lines or Skip Hollandsworth to the nearest perfumery to fill his untutored
Style & Design
March 1, 2009
Todd Oldham
“People with great style are rarely stupid.”
Style & Design
March 1, 2009
Neal Shudde, Hatter
Shudde, a fourth-generation hatter, was born and raised in Houston. He runs Shudde Bros. Hatters, near Brookshire, which has been making hats since 1907.To be a good hatter, you have to listen to the customer. Be patient and let him or her tell you what they need to tell you.
Style & Design
March 1, 2009
Updating Your Closet
Ken Downing on updating your closet.
Style & Design
March 1, 2009
The 10 Best Buildings in Texas
A tour of our greatest architectural master-pieces—from the Alamo to the World Birding Center—shows how the collision of the Old World and the New forged a unique style on the Texas frontier.
Style & Design
March 1, 2009
Pillow Talk
Kate Hersch and Lance Avery Morgan, the principals behind August Morgan, know how to throw a great party. Just mix champagne with friends and toss in some vintage needlepoint pillows.
Style & Design
March 1, 2009
Oh, the Places I Go
When I want to know what’s new, what’s out, what’s it, I visit my five favorite blogs.
Style & Design
March 1, 2009
Meet Jane
How a teenager from Trophy Club became an “It Girl.”
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March 1, 2009
By Design
Every piece of jewelry Zoltan David makes is hand-forged—and he doesn’t make copies.
Style & Design
March 1, 2009
No Ordinary Girl
The Prom Shop Project doles out more than three thousand dresses a year, along with shoes, accessories, and a healthy dose of confidence.
Style & Design
February 1, 2008
Ort Varona
His LFT is a BFD—those f’s are for “fashion”—and therefore he is too. Following a hugely successful maiden foray into upscale retail with Octane and Premium93, both going strong as storefronts in the West Village neighborhood of Dallas, Varona opened Lifestyle Fashion Terminal last March at Victory Park, northwest of
Style & Design
February 1, 2008
Donald R. Horton
The population of Texas is rapidly expanding—from just under 24 million today to perhaps 50 million in 2040, according to the state demographer—and someone has to put out the welcome mat for all our neighbors-to-be. It may very well be the founder and chairman of D.R. Horton, one of the
Style & Design
June 30, 2007
How to Design a Pair of Custom Boots
1. Your quest for inimitable footwear begins with the leather, so first give thought to your stomping grounds (cattle pen or cubicle?) and your image (rhinestone cowboy ?). Your basic, most traditional option is calfskin. Need extra-tough work boots? Elephant, shark, or bull offers durability. Dress boots? Go with lizard,
Style & Design
February 1, 2007
Bedtime Story
Give yourself the slip.
Style & Design
January 1, 2005
It’s Not Just for Breakfast Anymore
In 1932, when the Citrus Fiesta held its first PRODUCT COSTUME STYLE SHOW, Mission’s beauties slipped into outfits that were, shall we say, crude—just imagine the look, and smell, of models decked out in cabbage leaves. But technology and ambition over the years have led to a more sophisticated couture:
Style & Design
March 1, 2002
Picture This
The Austin Museum of Art tries to right itself, again.
Style & Design
August 31, 1999
Face • Lauren Bush
This year’s model.
Style & Design
March 1, 1999
Elisa Jimenez
Elisa Jimenez didn’t start out as a fashion designer. The 34-year-old El Paso native, who is the daughter of sculptor Luis Jimenez, set out for New York City in the early nineties to pursue her interest in sculpture and performance art. In 1995, she says, “I wore a dress I
Style & Design
March 1, 1999
Suburban Renewal
How three Dallas area developers are beating back the threat of soulless sprawl by restoring a sense of community.
Style & Design
July 31, 1998
Anntastic!
Ann Richards ads it up.
Style & Design
April 1, 1998
Wowtown!
The billionaire Basses had a vision—and money, of course. Now, thanks to their efforts, Fort Worth has the hottest downtown in Texas.
Film & TV
March 1, 1998
Joan Crawford
All her life, Joan Crawford raised other people’s eyebrows as often as she reapplied her own. From the time she arrived in Hollywood, the temperamental Texan provoked hostility and gossip, and her wide-eyed flapper persona soon hardened into that of a sleek, steely sophisticate. But the arrogance accompanied a massive talent;
Style & Design
November 1, 1997
Tiles and Tiles of Texas
The ceramic designs created by these four Texas studios will look great in your kitchen or bathroom—and except for their shape, there’s nothing square about them.
Style & Design
August 31, 1997
Architecture • Ted Flato and David Lake
Master builders.
Style & Design
June 30, 1997
Westheimer, Ho!
Accessories for sexual adventurers, columns for your Craftsman bungalow, tasteful tables made from old manhole covers: You can find it all on this reborn Houston strip.
Style & Design
May 31, 1997
Wore Stories
For her history of Texas fashion (see “The Way We Wore”), senior editor Anne Dingus began with—who else?—Sam Houston. “He’s always a good place to start,” she says, “and he distinguished himself by being sartorially flamboyant.” Then, drawing on library research and her personal archive of vintage postcards, ads,
Style & Design
April 30, 1997
On With the Shows
Now that both its building and its mission have been renovated, Houston’s Contemporary Arts Museum is ready to win back the public and reestablish its eminence.
Style & Design
February 1, 1997
Victor Alfaro
Growing up in Chihuahua, Mexico, Victor Alfaro based his sartorial education on all the American fashion magazines; today the 33-year-old creative director of the New York clothier TSE Cashmere is so busy designing his own line of chic clothes and accessories that he barely has time to read. After a
Style & Design
August 31, 1996
Gilt Trip
Andrew Eccles has photographed plenty of 24-karat celebrities for Texas Monthly, but his session with Lou Diamond Phillips was a truly golden experience. “In an industry that’s marked by jaded people,” Eccles says, “Lou was a breath of fresh air. He’s down to earth, talkative, enthusiastic—an incredibly sweet guy.”In his
Style & Design
August 31, 1996
Design • Anthony Mark Hankins
Fashionably affordable.