Houston Chronicle, March 28, 2014
“A list of the prominent midcentury interior designers inspired by George Stacey reads like a who’s-who of the profession: Billy Baldwin, Sister Parish, Michael Taylor and Mario Buatta all reflected Stacey’s thoroughly modern take on mixing French furniture and light, art deco lined rooms in their own work. Arguably the most influential decorator since Elsie de Wolfe, Stacey’s life and work has now been chronicled in “George Stacey and the Creation of American Chic” (Rizzoli, $65). The thick tome by Maureen Footer, on sale Tuesday at fine bookstores in Houston, examines Stacey’s life and work alongside chic images of his most famous clients at home, including Diana Vreeland, Babe Paley, Grace Kelly, Ava Gardner, Betsey Roosevelt Whitney, Minnie Astor and Brenda Diana Duff Frasier.”