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    'Author in pearls' Plum Sykes celebrates launch of new mystery novel at Burberry book party

    Clifford Pugh
    May 16, 2017 | 9:00 am

    For her book party at the Burberry Galleria boutique, it seemed only fitting that Plum Sykes sported a double strand of pearls. The author of Bergdorf Blondes and The Debutante Divorcee has penned a stylish murder mystery titled Party Girls Who Die in Pearls, her first novel in a decade.

    To celebrate the launch of the comic whodunit, the first of a series of mysteries set at Oxford University, where the British native went to college in the '80, Sykes touched down in Houston, where pals Allison Sarofim and Courtney Sarofim hosted the get-together featuring cocktails and canapés, including bite-sized samplings of Shepherd's Pie.

    Sykes roamed the boutique, greeting each guest individually, engaging in conversation about the book, which has been described as "Clueless meets Agatha Christie," and posing for photographs with the adoring crowd. Guests also eagerly eyed the new Burberry DK88 handbag collection, which was unveiled at London Fashion Week in February, and cool jersey unisex sweatshirts emblazoned with a helmt motif inspired by Henry Moore’s 1954 drawing "Pallas Heads."

    Seen in the pearl-studded crowd were Lynn Wyatt, Elyse Lanier, Susan Sarofim, Alyya Stude, Neal Hamil, Lindley Arnoldy, Ting Bresnahan, Carrie Brandsberg-Dahl, Isabel David, Dr. Jennifer Segal, Jennifer Ban, Jeremy Garcia, Carolyn Dorros and Ann Ayre.

    During her whirlwind one-day visit to Houston, Sykes also huddled with CultureMap over a British breakfast of two eggs boiled for 4-1/2-minutes, double toasted toast and tea at the Hotel ZaZa (look for our interview in a future story), and signed copies of her novel at Murder By The Book.

    Sykes, who is a contributing editor at Vogue magazine, launched a 10-city book tour in New York last week with a party at Brooks Brothers hosted by Zac Posen. She continues on to Chicago and Dallas this week.

    Courtney Sarofim, Lynn Wyatt, Allison Sarofim.

    Courtney Sarofim, Lynn Wyatt, Allison Sarofim at Burberry Plum Sykes book party
      
    Courtesy of Burberry/Josh Olins
    Courtney Sarofim, Lynn Wyatt, Allison Sarofim.
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    Houston arts set turns out to toast Kristine Mays’ garden debut

    Joel Luks
    Apr 18, 2025 | 1:29 pm
    Houston arts set turns out to toast Kristine Mays’ garden debut
    Photo by Hung Truong

    What: Artists on Artists: Houston Botanic Garden Welcome Dinner for Sculptor Kristine Mays

    Where: Bayou Bend Towers

    The Scoop: A lush spring evening set the scene as Houston’s creative elite gathered at Bayou Bend Towers to welcome sculptor Kristine Mays to town ahead of her exhibition Rich Soil at the Houston Botanic Garden. Hosted in partnership with the Houston Museum of African American Culture, the evening celebrated Mays’ wire-woven works that pay tribute to ancestral legacies and the spirit of Alvin Ailey’s Revelations.

    Exhibition co-chairs Saundria Chase Gray, Ryan Martin, and Michael Mandola curated a dinner full of meaningful conversation and artistic connection. Joining the welcome committee were Harper Watters of Houston Ballet, powerhouse vocalist Kam Franklin, and experimental performer Lisa Harris, each representing a unique corner of the local arts scene.

    Watters offered praise for Mays’ pieces — 29 life-size wire sculptures that seem to breathe and move within the Garden — and presented a moving short dance film shot among the figures. Set to run through September 21, Rich Soil invites visitors to experience sculptures that shimmer like spirits and echo with quiet resilience.

    As Mays put it, “Both plants and human beings come and go — reverberating within the cycles of life.”

    Who: Jailyn Marcel, Simin and Guardie Banister, Gin Braverman, Anne King, Alecia Harris, and Cindy Miles.

    Houston Botanic Garden Kristine Mays dinner
      

    Photo by Hung Truong

    Gin Braverman and Jailyn Marcel.

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