{"id":425127,"date":"2026-09-03T16:12:29","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T16:12:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/425127\/"},"modified":"2026-09-03T16:12:29","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T16:12:29","slug":"houstons-stylish-young-professionals-swarm-tootsies-for-must-attend-summer-party-women-of-wardrobe-keep-the-magic-going","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/425127\/","title":{"rendered":"Houston’s Stylish Young Professionals Swarm Tootsies For Must-Attend Summer Party \u2014 Women of Wardrobe Keep the Magic Going"},"content":{"rendered":"

Who cares what the mercury outside reads when the coolest party ending one season and signaling the harbinger of another takes place in the chilled environs of Tootsies? Just ask the 325 Millennial and Gen Z femmes who poured in for the 23rd annual Women of Wardrobe Summer Soir\u00e9e.<\/p>\n

In late August each year the young professional arm of Dress for Success Houston<\/a> celebrates the accomplishments of the nonprofit while savoring fall fashions, congeniality and philanthropy. Leading the WOW<\/a> throng were Summer Soir\u00e9e chairs \u2014 PublicContent\u2019s Anna McGrath and PaperCity\u2019s own Dani Kattan.<\/p>\n

\"LaurenLauren Levicki Courville, Dani Kattan, Courtney Zavala, Hunter Bell, Anna McGrath at Women of Wardrobe\u2019s 23rd annual Summer Soiree at Tootsies<\/p>\n

Hunter Bell was the fashion designer of the night and 100 lucky VIPs (based on level of ticket purchase) had a preview hour to schmooze with the wildly popular creative who calls Houston home. Once the full contingent had arrived, Courtney Zavala<\/a> led a fireside-style chat with Bell, who reflected on her past two decades of design, her creative inspirations and her vision for the future.<\/p>\n

\u201cTootsies is thrilled as always to host this iconic kickoff to a fashion filled fall season,\u201d Tootsies experience director Shelley Taylor Ludwick says. \u201cThis is a signature event for both Tootsies and DFS Houston. It has become one of the Not to Miss parties every August.\u201d<\/p>\n

DFS president Lauren Levicki Courville and DFS Houston co-founders Nancy Levicki and Susie Cunningham made the scene as did WOW co-founder and KHOU Channel 11 news anchor Mia Gradney<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Tootsies owners Donna and Norman Lewis, along with the boutique\u2019s creative fashion director Fady Armanious, were among the store team mingling through they stylish clutch.<\/p>\n

Entertainments included music from DJ Johnny Bravo, food and drink from\u00a0 a variety of Houston restaurants and swag bags brimming with gift cards and more from additional restaurants and items from other businesses.<\/p>\n

\"LeahLeah Little Hale, designer Hunter Bell, Fady Armanious at Women of Wardrobe\u2019s 23rd annual Summer Soiree at Tootsies<\/p>\n

PC Seen: Linda Padon, Bella Villareal, Ellie Delgado, Grayson Gabrisch, Stefani Farris, Tiffany Ingram, \u00a0Lara Bell, Dylan Milam, Ellie Francisco, Mick Pritchett, Caroline Fertitta, and Miya Shay.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Who cares what the mercury outside reads when the coolest party ending one season and signaling the harbinger…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":425128,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[56,58,57],"class_list":["post-425127","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425127","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=425127"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425127\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/425128"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=425127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=425127"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=425127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}