Designer News

NY designer Oscar de la Renta to open only Texas pop-up shop in Dallas

The 2023 bridal season of Oscar de la Renta.

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A New York luxury brand beloved by brides is doing a pop-up shop in Dallas: Oscar de la Renta will initiate a retail residency at Highland Park Village, Dallas’ open-air shopping and dining center, in the fall, at 105 Highland Park Village. They're going into the space that was originally Anthropologie (and more recently a temporary home to Chanel, which has since relocated to its permanent space at HPV).

According to a release, this will mark Oscar de la Renta’s only standalone retail residency in Texas.

Oscar de la Renta once had a store in Northpark Center since closed, and there are also stores in Dallas that sell Oscar de la Renta merchandise such as Stanley Korshak, Saks Fifth Avenue, and Neiman Marcus.

Oscar de la Renta encompasses women's ready-to-wear as well as accessories, bridal, childrenswear, fragrance, and home goods. They currently have stores in New York, Los Angeles, and Costa Mesa, plus locations abroad. Separately, they have bridal outposts embedded within other stores such as Casa de Novia, a bridal boutique in Houston.

The Highland Park Village shop will feature ready-to-wear styles and accessories, including a full assortment of Oscar de la Renta’s Fall 2024 Collection.

Eveningwear and leather handbags will also be sold, and in November, the store will host a bridal trunk show featuring the fall 2025 Bridal Collection, releasing just a month prior.

Oscar de la Renta CEO Alex Bolen says in a statement that it's the beginning of a beautiful friendship, or words to that effect.

“Having admired the unique shopping destination at Highland Park Village for many years, we eagerly anticipate the opening of our pop-up—and hope this marks the beginning of a long relationship with the Highland Park Village community,” Bolen says.

Oscar de la Renta joins other recent HPV additions including American luxury fashion line Khaite and French luxury fashion brand Chloé, which are also slated to open fall 2024.

“We couldn’t be more excited to welcome Oscar de la Renta to Highland Park Village this fall,” said Stephen Summers of Highland Park Village. “This esteemed, quintessential brand is the perfect fit for our customer, a fashion House that sets the standard for elegant and elevated dressing. Oscar de la Renta is a great addition to the collection of world class brands we have at the Village.”

Shopping News

Where to shop in Dallas right now: 7 zany new stores to check out

Thrifted Threads

Thrifted Threads chill vibe

With the holidays on the horizon, shopping is on the rise. This November edition of Where to Shop, CultureMap's monthly roundup of new shops, sales, and alternative shopping, has five unique new openings, ranging from fashion to skin care to sports apparel.

The roundup also includes two non-traditional entries, including a new benefits program at an area mall, and a place to get your passport — in case you're planning on shopping abroad.

Here's where to shop in Dallas for November:

Baseballism
Baseball camp that transformed into an off-field baseball clothing brand is now open at Allen Premium Outlets. The store offers baseball-themed clothing, hats, and accessories. Their collection features collaborations with several big league names, including MLB, Babe Ruth, Vin Scully and Field of Dreams. Caps and hoodies are especially popular items, such as the Junior's Silhouette for $36 or the short Sleeve Yankees hoodie for $79.

Firewheel Town Center
Garland shopping center is in the giving spirit with its latest Shop, Dine & Save program. Visitors can shop or dine at select stores, including Buckle, DSW, and Razzoo's, Ferah Tex-Med Kitchen, and receive a $25 Simon giftcard when they spend $150 or more. To get the giftcard, receipts have to be shown at the mall management office and include at least one shop and one restaurant from the same day. The special lasts through November 27.

Hill House
Originally a bedding company that launched in 2016, Hill House has extended their collection to offer home, accessories, baby & kids, bridal, and apparel. They opened a location in NorthPark Center at the end of October — their first in Texas and only their fifth store. Hill House is best known for the "Nap Dress," a flowing dress made for day or night wear. There's also a short version of the dress, such as the Scarlett Long Sleeve Mini, a plaid dress for $188. Just in time for season, they've launched holiday pajamas, featuring pajama sets, robes, and children's sets.

Glossier
Skincare, beauty, and fragrance concept just opened a 1,000 square-foot store at NorthPark Center, featuring its trademark whimsical displays that one might mistake for an art supply or paint store. They sell fragrances, scented skin creams, balms, cleansers, moisturizers, makeup, eyelash curlers, and other beauty products, a little on the pricey side, but they make the shopping experience fun with an immersive shopping experience. That stuff doesn't come for free. This is their 12 location in the U.S., joining Atlanta, Boston, Brooklyn, Chicago, DC, Las Vegas, London, Los Angeles, NYC, Philadelphia, and Seattle.

Rally House
Sports apparel chain opened a location at Rockwall Crossing Shopping Center in Rockwall, with merchandise — headwear, accessories, collectibles — dedicated to Dallas-area teams including Dallas Cowboys, Texas Rangers, Dallas Stars, and college teams like the Texas Longhorns, Texas Tech Red Raiders, and Texas A&M Aggies. They also offer locally-themed apparel and accessories that celebrate Dallas destinations and landmarks, such as an Uscape Pom Mens Knit Hat with a graphic of the Dallas skyline for $30 or a long sleeve Dallas sweatshirt for $42. This is the 22nd location in Dallas-Fort Worth.

Thrifted Threads
Houston-based vintage clothing reseller just made its debut in Deep Ellum at 2646 Main St. #620, next to Vidorra. Thrifted Threads was founded by Laith Awad, who began reselling clothes in 2017, initially as an online store until he opened a location in 2022 in Houston's Montrose District when he was only 18. He opened a second store in College Station in 2023. Deep Ellum is the third. They're known vintage apparel from jerseys to sweatshirts and hats, as well as collections of color-sorted clothes from the 70s to the 2000s. It's more than a store, with arcade games that don't require coins to play, a motorcycle display, and ice cream.

Collin County Passport Office
If you're "shopping" for a passport, a passport office just reopened in the Collin County Courthouse at 2100 Bloomdale Rd., McKinney. The new passport acceptance office will initially be appointment only, with bookings available through the District Clerk's website. Plans are underway to introduce same-day and walkup services in the near future.

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