2026 Austin Women of Style: Fashion, Fame & Philanthropy

Breakfast Coffee with Chobani Birthday Cake creamer

Diet Salads, tacos, sandwiches, cookies, steak

Dinner Homemade Caesar salad, steak and tater tots

Last Meal My mom’s Asian ground beef and cabbage stir fry

Doppelgänger Julia Roberts

Escape Lost Pines Resort

Weakness Gummy bears

Uniform Frame jeans, cropped tee, denim jacket, Prada bag

Hotel Austin Proper

Supplements Collagen, vitamin C, Grüns, turmeric, probiotics, magnesium, CoQ10, BiOptimizers

Desert Island Essentials Saltair lip balms, endless new true crime docs, Face Reality skincare, eye mask

Wellness Flo

Mentor Margot Miller

Workout Weight train 3-4 times a week, walk 3-4 miles every other day

Workout Shoes On Cloud

Workout Playlist Hype Rap Workout Mix

Workout Buddy My husband

Best Advice Detach.

Philanthropy Adopt, don’t shop.

Mantra If it’s meant to be, it’ll be.

Streaming Now Anne with an E on Netflix

Soulmates My husband and my rescue dog

On My Nightstand Books by Harlan Coben and Lena Dunham, retainers, a journal

Bedtime Midnight

What’s Next My debut country album is called Roots Don’t Die and it will release in the fall with singles to drop prior to release.

JEN FIELDS MCKAY

There is no denying that the owner of Cookie Monster Vintage (cookiemonstervintage.com) has timeless style.

Ask McKay what her professional titles are and she will likely answer, “Mom, first and foremost. Then vintage curator and chief treasure hunter.” Her mother, Debbi Fields of Mrs. Fields cookie company, and her sister, Ashley, the co-founder of the Fields Good functional cookie brand, might be all about the baked goods game, but McKay doubled down on turning her passion for fashion into a business. Her Cookie Monster Vintage boutique in Bouldin Creek has a loyal clientele that regularly stops in for covetable designer finds from Chanel, Mugler, Dior and more. “This city celebrates individuality, and I think that’s what makes it such a great place to take fashion risks,” she says. When it comes to her personal closet, McKay says: “Eclectic is probably putting it mildly. I have an entire section dedicated solely to vintage sequins. Leopard and animal print are neutrals in my world. I love a beautiful silk blouse, and I own far too many heels. My closet is a reflection of a lifelong love affair with fashion across every era, every mood, and every occasion. Running Cookie Monster Vintage only fuels that obsession.”

Anita Ko, Bezeled Trillion Diamond Choker, zadok.com PHOTO COURTESY OF BRAND

Anita Ko, Bezeled Trillion Diamond Choker

Oseree Swimwear, Lumiere Flower Kini, oseree.com PHOTO COURTESY OF BRAND

Oseree Swimwear, Lumiere Flower Kini

"The Nightingale," Book by Kristin Hannah, us.macmillan.com/stmartinspress VICTOR KORCHENKO/ARCANGEL IMAGES

“The Nightingale,” by Kristin Hannah

PHOTO BY VICTOR KORCHENKO/ARCANGEL IMAGES

Fields Good Cookies, Oatmeal raisin Sleep Cookie

Balenciaga, Crystal-encrusted City Bag

Prada, Donna slingbacks, prada.com PHOTO COURTESY OF BRANDS

Wake-Up Time Whenever my children wake up

Typical Breakfast Splenda and vanilla creamer with a splash of coffee, scrambled eggs with American cheese

Diet Salads, protein and sugar

Dinner Whatever my husband (a.k.a. my personal chef) makes Last Meal My mom’s spaghetti and Serendipity 3’s Cinnamon Fun Sundae

Doppelgänger Goldie Hawn

Escape Aspen and retail therapy

Weaknesses Sugar and shopping

Uniform Vintage Levi’s, a great tee, a blazer, and a vintage statement necklace

Hotel ULUM in Moab

Supplements Fields Good functional cookies, Nutrafol and Seed

Desert Island Essentials Oséree swimsuit, vintage silk slip dress, my vintage Serengeti Drivers from my mom, a novel by Kristin Hannah, and an obnoxiously large sunhat

Mentor My mom, Debbi Fields

Workouts Yoga Sculpt, Pilates, Savor + Sweat by Erin Stewart, and hiking the Colorado mountains in the summer

Workout Shoes Nike

Workout Outfit Brand Lululemon, ALO and Splits59

Workout Playlist All over the map

Workout Buddy My sister, Ashley Fields

Best Advice Whether you think you can or you think you can’t—you’re right.

Charities Dell Children’s, Fields Animal Welfare Foundation, Saint Louise House

Mantra More is more. (I’m a maximalist through and through.)

Streaming Now Cape Fear on Apple TV

Soulmates My husband and children; my white pug Goldie; and my BFF, Stephen Richissin

Bedtime Completely inconsistent

On My Nightstand Harry Potter (since I’m reading it to my kiddo), documents, my journal and phone charger

BRETT ISHIDA

The artistic director and choreographer of the nonprofit Ishida Dance Company (ishidadance.org) always puts her best foot forward.

Named after a principal female character in Ernest Hemingway’s novel The Sun Also Rises, Ishida is exemplary in her own right. She was raised in California and began ballet before leaving home at 15 to train at Kirov Academy in Washington, D.C., and the School of American Ballet in New York City. Ishida danced professionally with several North American companies, then moved to Austin and established her contemporary dance company in 2019, recruiting top talent and earning praise from critics. As soon as Ishida emerges from behind the curtain for a prologue—typically looking chic and edgy in a long gown and strappy stilettos—her audiences anticipate a dramatic, thought-provoking and fashion-forward show. “I design the costumes, and I have someone make them,” Ishida says, sharing a woodcut Wuthering Heights image that inspired a coat with metal epaulets worn by a danseur in her last production, Waiting/REX. Audiences will not have to wait long for more of Ishida’s genius on stage: Another Austin performance is slated for a late January debut.

Chanel, Slingbacks in kid suede/patent calfskin

Loren Stewart, Mini Jade Anais necklace

Ulla Johnson, Magda knitted wool top and Ineze fringe wool maxi skirt

Phlur, Vanilla Canyon eau de parfum

Stella McCartney, Lace-trimmed Velvet Maxi Slip Dress

Wake-Up Time Artist hours (varies)

Typical Breakfast Chai latte

Diet No diet (no goat cheese or tartare)

Dinner Salads

LastMeal Tex-Mex

Escape Film

Weakness Work

Uniform Adidas and an oversized rock T-shirt

Hotel Rosewood Munich

Supplements Magnesium and calcium (for cramping and muscle soreness)

Fragrance Phlur

Shopping Destination North Loop vintage stores

Desert Island Essentials Books

Wellness App None

Mentor Sappho

Workout Taking walks (like A.S. Byatt)

Workout Playlist Classical, country, rock, New Wave, KUTX (whatever)

Workout Buddy None—just my AirPods and me

Best Advice Know thyself.

Philanthropy Ishida Dance works with Con Mi MADRE, The Arc of the Capital Area and Mary Lee Foundation

Mantra Be kind to your neighbors.

Soulmate Found.

Bedtime 2-3 a.m.

TWILIGHT ON THE TRAIL COMMITTEE

These women are set to bring sartorial glamour at the 2026 Twilight on the Trail fundraising gala at Four Seasons Hotel Austin on October 18.

Past and present Twilight on the Trail Committee members Anna Caitlyn Butler, Aliya Friedman, co-chair Madeline Meyer, co-chair Jill Klinvex Samani, Lee Robinson, Melissa Reidhead and Serena Legere

PHOTO BY GRACIE ROBERTSON; STYLED BY MELISSA REIDHEAD

Though locals and visitors alike relish the lovely 10-mile Ann and Roy Butler Hike-and-Bike Trail, they might not know they have the Trail Conservancy’s (thetrailconservancy.org) Twilight on the Trail Committee to thank, in part, for its appeal. “As soon as I moved to Austin, I found the Trail,” says Madeline Meyer, who has co-chaired the committee for three years. “And that is where I found most of my friends.” The 501(c)(3) has donated more than $25 million since its founding in 2003 to help protect and enhance Austin’s primary attraction, arguably. Those pictured here, along with other committee members Katie Bartholow, Jackie Buechler, Sarah Dalidowitz, Kelly Frye, Heather Metzinger, Sheena Paul and Shonnery Pettit, are dedicated to raising funds for the effort.