When people think of San Antonio, there’s a good chance they think fondly of one of its most prominent citizens, Alice Carrington Foultz. She’s got miles of style and here she gives us a bird’s eye view through the looking glass of her San Antonio.

You know her as Alice Carrington Foultz. The rest of the globe knows her as a philanthropist, art expert, adoring mother and certainly one of our state’s most stylish residents. Meet her for the first time and you instantly feel like you’ve known her a lifetime. She has that effect on people. Maybe it’s because she was raised with Southern...

World Movie Premiere Captivates State

Deep in the heart of San Antonio, the stars shined bright at Buena Vista’s The Alamo world movie premiere at the Majestic Theater, where the action-packed film starring Dennis Quaid, Billy Bob Thornton, Jason Patric, and Patrick Wilson was the biggest party of the season. Guests were greeted at the yellow (instead of red) VIP carpet with Brilliant-sponsored yellow roses given by Brilliant Babes who were completely outfitted in clothing supplied by Banana Republic and Cavender’s Boot City Northstar. After walking by hundreds of international press...

When you think High Society may be dead, or at least waning, it really is not at all. Recently in the border town of Laredo, Texas, big things were happening to show that debutantes are as lovely as ever. It turns out that The Society of Martha Washington Colonial Pageant & Ball was formed in 1939 and every year it just grows more popular.

The Society hosts the Colonial Ball, which is an annual debutante gala for the young women make their debut into society. The Colonial Ball, held in the city’s Civic Center, is a part of a citywide festival called the...

“My muse? That’s easy. My muses are my friends, clients… and the world around me,” confides entertaining expert Lulu Powers, who knows how to get things done. If you grow up one as one of six children, in a bustling Connecticut home like she did, that’s a given. Take that verve, add a heap of talent, mix in several dashes of personal pizzazz and talent… and you get a creation that is this Los Angeles-based, lifestyle entertaining expert to the stars. I recently caught up with her and her husband, celeb photographer Steve Danielian, over cocktails at the Saint Cecilia Hotel in Austin where...

Picture this: A hot, young designer. An exclusive list of gorgeous guests. Runway models. A midnight breakfast to get the party rolling. We call it the Party of the Year. With the economy soaring, Houston knows how to toss a grand soiree, and nobody hosts it better than Becca Cason Thrash. This time it’s for fashion designer Zac Posen, to benefit Best Buddies International. So buckle up for a wild, sexy and very fashionable night.

There are parties and then there are parties. It’s after 2:30 a.m. Cigarettes with lipstick stains lie in ashtrays. Double old-fashioned glasses dot every...

Two people in love, 24 bridesmaids and groomsmen, 800 guests and one large tent. Sound like familiar grandness? It might if you attended her sister Kimberly Schlegel and Justin Whitman’s wedding six years ago that was exclusively profiled in the Sept 2005 issue of Brilliant magazine.

But this past weekend was different with Kim’s younger sister Kari’s marriage to Troy Kloewer where the bride and groom lent their unique style to a majestic occasion. We’re calling it the wedding of the decade and luckily for us, the Royal Wedding in London last weekend was a warm up to what was in...

It certainly doesn’t happen often that a Texan is awarded the National Order of theLegion of Honour (or, as they say in Paris, Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur). In fact, it’s almost never when the honor has been bestowed upon people like Charles Lindbergh, Estee Lauder, Madonna, to name but a few cultural icons. And now, add Becca Cason Thrash to an illustrious list.

The festivities began in late April when Thrash was feted in Paris by the U.S. Ambassador to France who hosted a swanky formal dinner in their official Paris residence, Hotel de Pontalba. American Ambassador...

Recently in Houston, at the ballroom of the Hilton-Americas Hotel, a vision in white was created, thanks to Darryl & Co. In keeping with the royal wedding theme, tireless fundraiser Connie Cook (asked by the inimitable Joanne King Herring) chaired the event, "Royal Weddings - Then and Now" with HRH Prince Jean de France, Duc de Vendome as the guest of honor and speaker. The tables were decorated with centerpieces of white roses, lilies and hydrangeas that completed the sea of white theme as a backdrop when a special performance by French mezzo-soprano opera star Marie Lenormand...

The generosity of Americans toward to French is legendary and that was seen recently as the American Friends of Versailles gathered culturally-minded philanthropists, art lovers and patrons from France and the United States recently in New York City for a whirlwind of fabulous benefit events surrounding their annual board of directors meeting. It always has a strong presence of Texans who lend their largesse to the organization.

It was quite a shindig. The round of parties included a champagne reception at the home of legendary financial titan, Julian Robertson, founder of the Tiger...