How Texas: So Very Jet Set For Labor Day

They changed the world. A term coined for the way the jet age propelled high society life to follow their hearts, while being led by their wealth, the Jet Set of the 1950s through the 1970s was a very chic crowd. The globetrotters set a style precedent that still reigns supreme in the world of fashion and pop culture. According to our intrepid traveler, Lance Avery Morgan. Let’s bring back those days for fall of 2023, with these images as inspiration, shall we?

An ad for Pepsi, 1960s
Arnold Palmer, early 1960s
Elizabeth Taylor, The V.I.P.s 1963
Alain Delon and Simone Signoret, Paris 1960s
Slim Aarons photo courtesy of Jonathan Adler
An ad for Pepsi, 1960s

Lance Avery Morgan

Sixth-generation Texan and Curated Texan Co-founder Lance Avery Morgan, is a media executive and co-founder of Brilliant, The Society Diaries, and Society Texas magazines (and as an editor for many more), has helmed hundreds of cover stories, photo shoots, and led numerous creative, editorial, and publishing teams to success. Starting his career in media in Los Angeles, he set the stage for creating many hours of television programming, representing some of the world’s brightest stars for PR, and honed his craft of connecting the social dots at a high level.
He has also hosted and sponsored hundreds of philanthropic events throughout his career. Morgan is also the founder of Texas Luxury Consultants, a consulting firm created to liaise five-star brands with the five-star Texan. A recognized style authority and frequent emcee, Morgan has been honored as a DIFFA Style Ambassador, an Austin American-Statesman Glossy 8 recipient, and a Lone Star StyleSetter, among others. (Portrait photography by Romy Suskin)