Upon entering my office inside PaperCity HQ, the first thing you will see is one of my favorite possessions — a 1980s denim jacket I scored at Vintage Martini. It’s usually draped over a chair, so as to best display the back, which has “DALLAS” bedazzled in rhinestones over a hand painted depiction of the city’s skyline, complete with a crystal-covered Reunion Tower. (Subtle, I know.)

By day, this treasured find serves as both a conversation starter and a piece of art, but, since the day it was purchased, I knew there would be a night when it would be allowed to shine in all of its glory: Cattle Baron’s Ball. Like the epic American Cancer Society fundraiser itself, the jacket is at once fun, casual, over-the-top, and as Dallas as you can get.

Co-chairs Jonika Nix and Katy Bock — the latter, dazzling in a white leather corset, fringed chaps, and a diamond collar necklace (from Bachendorf’s, natch) — ensured that the evening lived up to its legacy and beyond. The 45th annual benefit raised a record-breaking $4.8 million for the cause, and more than 3,000 came out to Gilley’s in the name of giving cancer the boot. Between the silent and live auctions, casino, mechanical bull, and Ferris wheel, there was no shortage of entertainment.

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