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What does Southern style look like now? The answer depends on where you look. While some brands are shaped by familial ties in Atlanta, Alissa Bertrand sews the most enchanting and colorful get-ups for her young daughters, and in Texas, sisters Lizzie Means Duplantis and Sarah Means are dressing up the tried-and-true cowboy boot others rely on the land: In Florence, Alabama, Natalie Chanin crafts the pieces in her pared-back collection from locally grown crops. Others still, like Billy Reid’s Alabama-based label, are out to bridge the gap between the old South and the new. “We seek to instill warmth in everything we do,” Reid says.
Lynch and her husband invite us inside their recently renovated, globally-inspired Dallas home.
By
Haley Arnold
Published in
D Home
2020
Photograph by Elizabeth Lavin
Cristina Lynch’s Dallas townhome is a home of firsts it’s the first house the Mi Golondrina founder and her husband bought together, as well as where they welcomed their first child. She was drawn to the warmth and openness of the home, which was designed by Bud Oglesby and had been carefully preserved by the homeowners before them. “My husband and I were just kind of in love with the feeling of the house,” Lynch says. The pair stayed with her parents while the team at SWOON, the Studio completed a design and renovation of the whole house. The project wrapped up in August 2019 with time for them to settle in before their baby girl’s arrival last winter. Now, the space reflects the things Lynch cherishes most time spent with loved ones, art, travel, and making meaningful memories with a family of her own
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These stores will zhuzh up your holidays, whether you re at home, in your bubble, or making a great escape.
By
Hannah Jones and Sarah Sedaghatzadeh
Published in
D Magazine
December
2020
Photography by Elizabeth Lavin; Courtesy of Lindsey Weitzel
Cristina Lynch
Cristina Lynch started Mi Golondrina in 2013 after working in the fashion industry. Having been raised by a Mexican-born mother, she wanted to showcase the artistry of the country’s hand embroidery by incorporating it into timeless yet modern clothing designs. Her holiday collection includes table runners, Christmas tree skirts, ornaments, and gifts. “With more of the holiday being spent at home for so many, I really wanted this year’s collection of pieces to be filled with meaning and warmth,” Lynch says. “Our table runners and Christmas tree skirts are handmade, as they always have been, but this year the focus was on color and celebration.