Rebecca Sherman

Historic Hotels and High Design — The Most Extraordinary Travel Destinations of 2023

Including One Wes Anderson-Designed Train Carriage Luxury hotels have the power and seduction to change your life, at least for a while. What do you remember? Scents — the smell of the room, the fragrance in the lobby, sharp limes in the beach bar,…

A Holiday Dinner at Home in Dallas With Former ‘Deb of the Decade’ Cornelia Guest

In the 1980s, New York party girl Cornelia Guest smoked Marlboros like a chimney. She was rebellious for a debutante, but Guest was no typical society ingénue. As a teenager, she hung out wit Mick Jagger and danced till dawn at Studio 54 and Odeon…

Haute Holiday — How to Make Cornelia Guest’s Vegan Shepherd’s Pie

In our December issue, we take readers inside the Highland Park home of Cornelia Guest, an iconic New York party girl and recent Dallas transplant. Armed with lessons from her late mother, C.Z. Guest, a legendary socialite immortalized through the…

With New Local Ownership, the Historic Rosewood Mansion on Turtle Creek Prepares for a Beautiful Future

The 42-Year-Old New Owner, Vipin Nambiar of HN Capital Partners, on the Importance of Preserving Charm and Charisma In Vipin Nambiar’s influential world of hotel and restaurant investments, beautiful design isn’t frivolous — it’s powerful. So, when…

Inside the Storied World of Valley House — A Sculpture Garden, Modern Art Gallery, and Beloved Family Home

“Everything is Intertwined — It’s a Lovely Life.” — Cheryl Vogel Original architecture for Valley House and gallery by Donald Vogel and John Wesley Jones. Original landscape architecture Clarence Roy; redesign Erika Farkac Vogel. One morning in May,…

Ken Downing on Turning Halston into a Coveted Brand and Focusing on a New Generation of Halstonettes

The Former Neiman Marcus Fashion Director Assumes a Role That Feels Fated In April, Ken Downing was invited to speak in New York City at a fundraiser honoring late American designer Halston’s 90th birthday. Downing, the longtime former fashion…

From Austere Office Building to Dazzling Residential Penthouse — Inside a Bold Houston Couple’s Ambitious Renovation

A Talented Team Uncovers the Natural Beauty in Karl Kamrath's 1970s Concrete Temple In the summer of 2018, Texas-based designer Mary Lambrakos was on holiday in Greece, staying at her aunt’s residence in Voula, a coastal hamlet along the Greek…

Inside a Little Belgian Farmhouse in Bellville, Texas

Houston's Jill Brown Escapes City Life At Her Idyllic Rural Retreat Jill Brown is a country girl at heart. “I grew up in Ohio on a family farm, and some of my fondest memories are plowing corn,” she says. “I’d rather be in the country than anywhere…

Schumacher’s Double Reveal — Inside the Luxury Textile Company’s Hot New Collaborations

hree designers offer their own unique, stylish spin on Schumacher’s luxurious textiles. Victor Glemaud Liberated Haitian-American fashion designer , known for his slashed sweaters and body-hugging knitwear, worked with Patrick Robinson, Paco Rabanne,…

Take a Classic American Road Trip With ‘Stateside,’ a Meaningful New Collaboration for Artist Kyle Bunting

Kyle Bunting, a Texas artist known worldwide for hide rugs adapted to spectacular designs, has collaborated on collections with photographer Douglas Friedman and designer Timothy Corrigan. Now, he collaborates with his mother, Peggy Bunting, on a…

Inside a Handcrafted Home in Kessler Woods, a Luxe, Modernist Enclave in Oak Cliff

Jason Lenox and Matthew Taylor moved to their first Oak Cliff home 20 years ago, back when the Dallas area wasn’t considered nearly as desirable as it is now. “We bought a house on the golf course for next to nothing,” Lenox recalls. “And we had a…

A Revealing Look Into the Crazy Beautiful World of Chris Schanck

Is it furniture or art? Chris Schanck gets asked that a lot, and the answer is a bit of both. “In my heart, I’m an artist — designing furniture is how I’ve found my way,” he says. Schanck, 47, toils in the netherworld where art and design converge,…

Welcome to the Country Club — Inside Round Top’s New Red Antler Bungalows

s you drive into Round Top on Highway 237, past familiar meadows dotted with wildflowers and thick stands of majestic trees, something new punctuates the landscape. Three bungalows are reminiscent of early Texas farmhouses with pitched metal roofs…

Inside a Modernist Fort Worth Masterpiece — A Palm Springs-Inspired Standout in Lush Westover Hills

Westover Hills, an elegant enclave on Fort Worth’s westernmost edge, is prized for its hilly terrain, spring-fed creeks, and large houses set on lushly treed properties. The land was originally owned by legendary civic and arts patron Amon Carter and…

Texas Design Week Houston — Hubert de Givenchy’s Rare Trove of Objects and Art

From a lifetime of collecting, Hubert De Givenchy’s rare trove of furnishings, objects and art goes up for sale at Christie’s Paris in June. As part of Texas Design Week Houston, designer Stephen Sills and Christie’s Deputy Chairman Charles Cator…

Your First Look at Houston’s New Legacy High-Rise — an Early Overview of the Rarefied Air of 1661 Tanglewood

This article is promoted/partner content and not produced by the editorial staff. Designed to be one of the most important and luxurious residential high-rises ever built in Houston, 1661 Tanglewood is a family-legacy project for developer Kendall…

Remains of Darré — A Surreal New Collection for Posh British Furniture Brand OKA

Referencing Cubism, Dali, skeletons, and the Surrealist parlor game Exquisite Corpse, French decorator, dandy, and artistic director Vincent Darré creates fantastic interiors celebrating the decorative arts and crafts. In a new capsule collection for…

Rustic, Feminine, and Filled With Natural Materials — Inside a Cherished East Texas Farmhouse With a Fascinating History

Dallas Designer Cathy Kincaid Makes Magic on 600 Acres Designer Cathy Kincaid has crafted many retreats for this Dallas couple during their 16 years of friendship, including houses in the Hamptons, the South of France, and an apartment in New York…

Undeterred by Home-Building Delays, Two Houston Companies Are Designing Architectural Gems in Booming Round Top

Round Top is undergoing an unprecedented real estate boom. Texas Monthly has dubbed it the “Aspen of Texas” for the way way-heeled Texans are land there and in surrounding Fayette County — and it shows no signs of slowing. The historic 640-acre…

Emma Finch on Her Favorite Lamps, Gio Ponti, and the Future of Brilliant British Company Hector Finch

Catch Emma and Hector Finch in Dallas This Week Emma and Hector Finch, owners of the British heritage lighting brand Hector Finch, will be at James showroom in Dallas (March 1 to 3) to “talk all things Hector Finch,” she says, in celebration of…