It’s a scorching August night in Houston,and no, your eyes aren’t deceiving you—that is a horde of ivory-clad revelers traipsing down 19th Street. It was in 2006 that Chris and Kay Thayer, Heights boutique owners and Houston transplants displaced by Hurricane Katrina, launched the annual block party known as White Linen Night, modeling it on a similar celebration in New Orleans’s French Quarter. Today the bacchanalia is still going strong, attracting thousands of revelers each year. And while it’s true that in August in Houston, an all-white outfit is more about surviving than making a fashion statement, that doesn’t mean there won’t be plenty of pageantry on display. Putting together your look? Here’s an ensemble for inspiration.
Abby Ledoux traded Canada’s border for Mexico’s when she moved to Texas from northwestern Vermont in November 2017 to join the staff at Houstonia.
An alumna of Emerson College’s journalism program in Boston, Abby was previously associate editor of three weekly newspapers in her home state of Vermont. There, she covered everything from Bernie Sanders to the heroin epidemic and won numerous state and regional awards for her work, including the Vermont Press Association’s 2014 Rookie of the Year. She was also an investigative reporting fellow at the New England First Amendment Coalition.
Today, Abby is excited to explore Houston’s vibrant, diverse culture (and shopping scene). Aside from fashion and design, she’s passionate about politics, hip hop and Mexican food. She believes leopard is a neutral and red lipstick can fix almost anything.
