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Style setters and Vogue devotees swoon at Forty Five Ten's swanky DecemberSoiree

Photo by Jerry McClure
Photo by Jerry McClure
Photo by Jerry McClure
Photo by Jerry McClure
Photo by Jerry McClure
Photo by Jerry McClure
Photo by Jerry McClure
Photo by Jerry McClure
Photo by Jerry McClure
Photo by Jerry McClure
Photo by Jerry McClure
Photo by Jerry McClure
Photo by Jerry McClure
Photo by Jerry McClure
Vogue international editor Hamish Bowles signed copies of the new book, Vogue:The Editor's Eye.
Photo by Jerry McClure
Photo by Jerry McClure
Photo by Jerry McClure
Photo by Jerry McClure
Photo by Jerry McClure

If we had to choose one place in Dallas to send a Vogue editor, it most certainly would be Forty Five Ten. And it's not simply because of the boutique's collection of clothing and accessories from the world's hautest fashion houses. Owner Brian Bolke knows how to throw a proper cocktail party, with an epic guest list.

From the minute the December Soiree invitations arrived — complete with a holiday mix by DJ Lucy Wrubel — we knew this holiday fete would be a hit. Throw in special guests CFDA jewelry designer Dean Harris and Vogue international editor Hamish Bowles, and we were certain Christmas had arrived early.

After purchasing Bowles' new book, Vogue: The Editor's Eye, stylist guests — including Brenda Strong, Nasiba Adilova, Cindy and Howard Rachofsky, Gonzalo Bueno, Jan and Jim Showers, Lynn McBee, Lael Brodsky, and Nancy Dedman — mingled with the author and fantasized about his glamorous, fashion-filled career.

Guests also sipped on appropriately named cocktails — The Hamish, with Belvedere, cranberry and orange spice, and The Dean,a Belvedere gimlet — and noshed on mini quiches, butternut squash shooters, lemon pistachio mini tarts and panini.

Even though we can't be sure how they celebrate the holidays at Vogue, we do know that the December Soiree exceeded the expectations of our city's special visitors.

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1. Dallas-Fort Worth no longer a top 100 place to live, declares U.S. News & World Report. Dallas-Fort Worth has fallen from grace in a closely watched annual report of the best places to live in the U.S. The Metroplex appears at a dismal No. 113 (out of 150) in U.S. News & World Report's Best Places to Live ranking for 2023-2024. Last year, DFW landed at No. 32; it was No. 37 in 2021. Here's (sort of) why it plummeted in the rankings.

2. Sliders restaurant from Detroit shimmies onto Dallas' Greenville Ave. A slider concept from the Great Lakes State is expanding to Texas, and that includes a high-profile location in Dallas: Called Savvy Sliders, it's a young fast-casual concept founded in Flint, Michigan, and it will open its first Dallas restaurant at 4818 Greenville Ave., in the space recently vacated by vegan chicken restaurant Project Pollo.

3. New lagoon-waterpark with lazy river dives into Dallas-Fort Worth. A long-awaited waterpark in Cedar Hill is debuting Memorial Day weekend with two of Texas' favorite splashy attractions: a lagoon and lazy river. The Lagoon at Virginia Weaver Park will open Saturday, May 27 after more than a year in development.

4. Happy Hippie Brewing to bring peace, love, and beer to new HQ in Richardson. A craft beer brewery is opening a splendid new facility in Richardson: Happy Hippie Brewing Company, a small brewery specializing in Belgian-style beers, is opening an an 11,000-square-foot brewery and taproom at 500 Lockwood Dr., in the Lockwood area within the city's evolving CORE District.

5. Asian restaurant Howard Wang's shutters location in Uptown Dallas. A Chinese restaurant in Uptown Dallas closed: Howard Wang's Uptown Grill, one in a family-owned chain, closed its location at 3223 Lemmon Ave. #103, with the final day of service on May 21. The restaurant had been at that location for 12 years.