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Partners Card's app debut spurs Dallasites to shop with a purpose

Draper James in Highland Park Village is one of the more than 750 retailers and restaurants participating in Partners Card this year.

Photo by Adam Stewart Photography for Draper James

It's the event that fashionistas and foodies wait all year for: Partners Card. The fundraiser is back, gifting North Texans with 20 percent off at more than 750 restaurants and retailers from October 27 through November 5 — and for its 25th anniversary, it's going digital.

The Partners Card app allows shoppers to buy or gift the $70 card, with the entire cost of the card being donated to The Family Place, Dallas' largest family violence agency. More than $1 million was raised for the organization through Partners Card last year alone.

The free app, which is available for both iPhone and Android, offers some nifty perks. Besides being able to see and sort the participating retailers (by area or category), you can add an existing card and eliminate any risk of losing the traditional paper copy. Through geo-targeting, stores that sell the card will now receive credit. You'll also get up-to-the-minute info about upcoming Partners Card events.

It also allows shoppers to learn more about The Family Place. Since 1978, this crucial Dallas organization has provided life-saving shelter to more than 23,000 women, children, and men and has answered more than 575,000 calls for help.

"The Family Place is very excited to offer the Partners Card app," says Family Place CEO Paige Flink. "Our hope is that this digital component will make Partners Card, as well as the mission of The Family Place, more accessible to people across the Dallas Metroplex."

Take a look at which stores and eateries are participating this year here, and then make sure to get your card — hard copy or digital, it doesn't matter as long as you're shopping and saving.

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For more information, visit www.partnerscard.org, contact the Partners Card hotline at 214-443-7754, or email partnerscard@familyplace.org.

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High-fashion name Miu Miu to open first Dallas store in Highland Park

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An iconic fashion name is opening a store in Dallas: Miu Miu, the Italian brand that's a younger sibling to Prada, will open its only DFW location at Highland Park Village, the open-air shopping center in Highland Park, at 12 Highland Park Village in the former Dior space.

According to a release, it'll open in fall 2025.

A representative from Highland Park Village calls the label "one of the hottest brands in fashion."

Miu Miu was founded in 1993 by Miuccia Prada as a more colorful spinoff of her original Prada label. Miu Miu is generally described as "playful," and targeted to a younger audience in their 20s and 30s — lots of pop-art colors and patterns, as compared to the more austere black-nylon reputation of Prada. Miu Miu is also less expensive.

They've had some ebb and flow in terms of popular appeal, but have been enjoying a surge of renewed interest and sales in recent years.

Miu Miu merchandise can be found at some stores including Neiman Marcus and Nordstrom, but not an entire store. The Highland Park Village location will carry ready-to-wear, footwear, handbags, fashion jewelry, and accessories.

While the release says this is the first store in Texas, there was once a Miu Miu that opened in Houston at the Galleria back in 2011, but it closed prior to the pandemic.

Miuccia Prada is in expansion mode: A massive new Prada store opened in December 2024 at NorthPark Center.

At HPV, Miu Miu will join a designer's den featuring retailers such as Akris, Alexander McQueen, Balmain, Brioni, Carolina Herrera, Cartier, Chanel, Chloé, Christian Louboutin, Dior, Fendi, Goyard, Harry Winston, Hermès, Jimmy Choo, LOEWE, Moncler, Ralph Lauren, Rolex, Tom Ford, Vacheron Constantin, Valentino, and Van Cleef & Arpels.

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