Style & Shopping

Retail Therapy

This Personal Shopper Specializes in Fitting Room Epiphanies

In Houston and NYC, Shop With Val takes the legwork out of looking good.

01/25/2018 By Abby Ledoux

Woman Crush Wednesday

#WCW: Meredith Xavier

The native Houstonian talks starting a business at 24, growing it internationally, and raising small children—all at the same time.

01/24/2018 By Abby Ledoux

Beauty

5 Favorite Highlighters to Get Over Your Skin Slump

If your complexion needs a pick-me-up during this weird seasonal in-between, you’re not alone.

01/24/2018 By Beth Levine

The LBD

The Traveling Black Dress: Gold Accessories Edition

Add a few golden touches to your LBD.

01/23/2018 By Beth Muecke

Fashion For Good

With Every Handbag, This Houston Designer Hopes to Send a Girl to School

Nigerian girls are far less likely to access education than their male counterparts, a fact Tomide Awe wants to upend—one accessory at a time.

01/23/2018 By Abby Ledoux

Red Carpet

Babes in Blush Dominated the 2018 SAG Awards

Post Women's March, it was pretty in pink for Hollywood's finest.

01/22/2018 By Abby Ledoux

Minute Maid Merrymaking

Astros, Gladys Knight, and Slim Thug Party Together for Charity

The Astros Foundation hosted its third annual Diamond Dreams Gala last Friday.

01/22/2018 By Abby Ledoux

No Thx

10 Reasons You Would Ever Wear Thigh-High Uggs

The Y/Project collaboration looks like a shar pei came to die on your leg. Let’s talk about it.

01/19/2018 By Abby Ledoux

Fitness Friday

Row, Row, Row Your Boat When Alabama-Based Crew Fitness Expands to the Heights

Set to open this spring, an indoor rowing studio will anchor new development on 22nd Street.

01/19/2018 By Abby Ledoux

Current Obsessions

Want/Need/Love: Cheese Lovers Edition

Five things that Houstonia’s Lifestyle Editor fell in love with this week.

01/19/2018 By Abby Ledoux

After the Storm

With Blitz of Houston Stores, The Tile Shop is Poised to Help Post-Harvey Renovators

Last year, the national retailer opened five Houston locations in as many months. Then, Harvey hit.

01/19/2018 By Abby Ledoux

Feel-Good Fashion

Fashion Meets Philanthropy at A Couture Cause

The 2018 Trend Book debuts next week at this fifth annual event.

01/18/2018 By Abby Ledoux

Woman Crush Wednesday

#WCW: Asma Heerji & Rozmin Ladha

The sister act behind Texas watch brand Thirteen.02 talk family business and the power of accessorizing.

01/17/2018 By Abby Ledoux

'Work' From Home

9 Things to 'Add to Cart' Today

An Ice Day calls for online shopping, doesn't it?

01/16/2018 By Abby Ledoux

But First...

Google's Selfie Matching Portrait App Doesn't Work in Texas. Here's How to Fix That.

You've seen your friends' fine art dopplegangers, so how do you find yours?

01/16/2018 By Abby Ledoux

Dear Diary

Could Journaling Help You Keep Your New Year's Resolution?

You've likely seen trendy bullet journal layouts on Pinterest, but have you considered your options?

01/16/2018 By Rebekah Kibodeaux

New in Town

Q Clothier and Rye 51 Arrive at Heights Mercantile

The upscale menswear brands by Raja Ratan are the new kids on the block.

01/15/2018 By Noah Nofz

Red Carpet

Our 12 Favorite Looks from the Critics' Choice Awards

Following last Sunday's Golden Globes blackout, the latest red carpet was awash with color.

01/12/2018 By Abby Ledoux

Fitness Friday

I Tried It: Trap Yoga

Hip-hop and mindfulness converge for the ultimate ‘lituation.’

01/12/2018 By Cherie Devine

Current Obsessions

Want/Love/Need: Girl Power Edition

Five things that Houstonia's Lifestyle Editor fell in love with this week.

01/11/2018 By Abby Ledoux