TIME TO SHINE
A’BOUZY OWNERS MODEL FESTIVE NEW YEAR’S EVE LOOKS FROM FORTY FIVE TEN
SHELLEY KANTER GOES FOR GOLD IN MIU MIU’S KITTEN HEELS WHILE HER HUSBAND, SHAWN VIRENE, SHIMMERS IN MAISON MARGIELA.
New Year’s Eve is the perfect opportunity to embrace the season’s most festive trend: extra everything.
For fashionphiles, that means extra sparkle, extra shimmer and extra texture. For a’Bouzy owner Shawn Virene and his wife, Shelley Kanter, the last night of the year is synonymous with extra bubbles, too.
Virene’s River Oaks hot spot touts more than 250 champagne labels and sparkling wines ranging from a budget-friendly $12 to a premium, magnum-sized $2,000. Either price will ring in 2018 in style, though the former allows more wiggle room for an equally important party component: a Facebookworthy NYE outfit.
To turn heads while you’re poppin’ corks, River Oaks District’s Forty Five Ten is a fail-safe option for over-the-top looks — it’s where our husband-and-wife models discovered separates that take embellishment to the next level.
Here, Kanter flaunts Miu Miu, times two. Her crystal and feather cropped jacket elevates Alex Perry’s little black dress, and her golden, glittering pumps give Dorothy’s red slippers a run for their money.
Not to be outdone, Virene blossoms in Gucci’s floral heritage jacket and tiger-embroidered shirt. His mirrored Maison Margiela kicks shine under Thom Browne tuxedo slacks.
Whether your NYE plans include reservations at a buzzy (or a’Bouzy!) watering hole or low-key champagne toasts at home, bringing on the bling is the best way to #PartyLikeIts2018.