A Partnership for the Decades

Forty Five Ten scores Hollywood-worthy 21st century couture with LA partnership

Dallas fashion mastermind Brian Bolke is at it again, this time with a partnership between LA-based vintage store Decades and his luxury McKinney Avenue store, Forty Five Ten.

Since 1999, Decades owners Cameron Silver and Christos Garkinos — whom you might recognize from Bravo TV's Decades: No Risk, No Reward — have consigned 21st century designer clothing and accessories from the closets of celebrities, stylists and fashion icons.

The collection, selected specifically for Forty Five Ten by Bolke and Silver, comprises pieces from the Melrose Avenue store. The duo plans to change the theme every month through December.

Already in-store are September selections that include silk blouses from high-end designers Celine, Hermes and YSL. October will feature a black-and-white evening collection, as a tribute to Two x Two for AIDS and Art. November will showcase coats and furs, and December will bring vintage Chanel pieces.

Prices are competitive with vintage couture, so you can expect the blouses to range from $150 to $1,075.

The last collaboration between these two couture-coveting men was at a Decades pop-up shop at Forty Five Ten in 2011. This new endeavor comes just in time for the busy social season. And here's hoping Bolke decides to maintain the partnership past December.

Forty Five Ten owner Brian Bolke is now collaborating with LA-based vintage boutique Decades.

Photo by Sylvia Elzafon

Forty Five Ten owner Brian Bolke is now collaborating with LA-based vintage boutique Decades.

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Dance-floor dreams

Dallas bank launches big 2025 prom dress drive with 7 drop-off sites

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Comerica Bank is hosting its biggest Dallas-area prom dress yet in 2025, offering more ways to donate than ever before.

Comerica's 10th annual North Texas Prom Dress Drivewill take place during the month of February at seven participating banking centers, including two new ones for this year. All donations will help teens served by Boys & Girls Clubs of Collin County, Dallas CASA, and Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Dallas to make their prom dreams come true.

The public can drop off formal dresses and accessories at these participating Comerica Bank locations in Dallas, Frisco, and Plano:

Mockingbird-Abrams: 6260 E. Mockingbird Ln., Dallas (new)
Preston John Hickman 4111 Preston Rd., Frisco (new)
Chapel Hill-Tollway: 2560 Dallas Pkwy., Plano
Forest-Inwood: 5200 Forest Ln., Dallas
Lovers Lane-Devonshire: 5647 W. Lovers Ln., Dallas
NorthPark: 8850 Boedeker St., Dallas
Parker-Premier: 3310 Premier Dr., Plano

Contributors do not have to be bank customers to donate.

The drive kicks off on Saturday, February 1 at the Mockingbird-Abrams, NorthPark, and Parker-Premier banking centers, which will be open from 9 am-12 noon, while the other locations will start accepting dresses during normal business hours on Monday, February 3. (No banking on Sundays.) The drive will run through February 28.

“For nearly a decade, we have partnered with our colleagues, customers, and the community to send thousands of teens to the prom, including more than 200 students last year,” says Beatrice Kelly, Comerica Bank senior vice president and director of community development banking, in a release. “We hope to serve a record number of teens through this year’s drive in honor of our 10th anniversary.”

The dresses can be new or gently used, but they do ask that garments be cleaned. (A good rule of thumb: Donate them as clean as if you were trying to resell them at a picky consignment store.)

Dresses and ensembles of all sizes are welcome (including plus sizes, 20 and up). They are also accepting donations of new or gently loved shoes, purses, and accessories.

Once the donations are collected and assembled, a "shopping" event for the teens will be held at a later date. Watch for more information to come on the event website.

Project Beauty is also partnering with the bank to help collect dresses, donate beauty swag bags, and give a complimentary prom night makeovers to one lucky teen from each benefiting agency.

Since 2015, Comerica has donated nearly 6,600 dresses, including 380 in 2024, to Dallas CASA and Boys & Girls Clubs of Collin County and Greater Dallas. For more information, visit comerica.com/promdress.

Comerica's is the second local prom dress drive announced for 2025. St. Andrew United Methodist Church's Prom Closet is also currently accepting donations in Plano; more information here.

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