Always the Most Audacious Affair of the Year, CityBook’s ‘Sexy Party’ Hits EaDo

Jhane Hoang
Always the Most Audacious Affair of the Year, CityBook’s ‘Sexy Party’ Hits EaDo

A Page Parkes model during the fashion show

HOUSTON CITYBOOK’S INFAMOUS “Sexy Party,” presented by Indigo Auto Group in celebration of the magazine’s annual “Sexy Issue,” drew a fun crowd to EaDo’s Chapman & Kirby bar and event space.


Per the custom, the highlight of the party was a semi-scandalous fashion show featuring swimwear, underwear and lingerie, produced by Todd Ramos with hair and makeup by Edward Sanchez and his team. Male and female models from the Page Parkes agency, a longtime CityBook partner, strutted the hip bar in sometimes revealing looks by clothiers including Top Drawer Lingerie, Leather by Val, Manready Mercantile and Manbuns.

Chapman & Kirby servers handed out delicious bites including miniature beef Wellingtons. And bartenders mixed up special cocktails for the occasion such as mango margaritas, smoked Old Fashioneds and espresso martinis, thanks in part to generous spirits sponsors Cazadores tequila, Angels Envy bourbon and Grey Goose vodka. Wine and sparkling wine also flowed.

Magazine editor Jeff Gremillion welcomed about 200 guests, including Valen Custer and her Brazilian fiancé Vitor Villar, the real-life model couple who appeared in the 2024 Sexy Issue’s racy fashion shoot. “People always marvel at how attractive the crowd is at the Sexy Party,” Gremillion brags. “I guess we stack the deck a bit, when we make sure our hottest models turn up!”

As presenting sponsor of the Sexy Issue and co-host of the bodacious bash, Indigo displayed fabulous cars out front for guests to consider renting. Lamborghini or Rolls Royce, anyone?

CityBook’s Sexy Issue, with its provocative fashion imagery, has been a staple of summer in Houston since the magazine launched in 2016.

Lindsay Yates and Brian Ching

Jason Clayden and Aaron Matthews

Thy Mitchell

Valen Custer and Vitor Villar

Jazmin Porter

Addison Freeman and Amanda Pascali

A Page Parkes model during the fashion show

David Croatto, Valeria Croatto, Lukkaew Arasrisuwan, Krystal Hatchett

Rosendo Mendoza, Joshua Schirmer, Nicholas Guidry

Tyler Treadwell, Joshua T. Dada and Shawn Harris

A Page Parkes model during the fashion show

Tom Hedge, Lety Turullols and Andrea Oliver

Magen Pastor and Rene Garza

Anisa Hoxha

A Page Parkes model during the fashion show

Maricela Olivo, Dieter Lehman and Ashley Escobar

Richard Hester and Mary Patton

Jeff Jacobitz and Chris Casey

A Page Parkes model during the fashion show

Greta Connolly and Steven Rodriguez

Karen Parker, Michael Gilg

Mitchell Greco, Todd Ramos, Brandon Weinbrenner

A Page Parkes model during the fashion show

Demitri Benson and Nicholas Glenn

A Page Parkes model during the fashion show

Lisa Gochman and Chris Beverly

Van Morris and Patrick Curphey

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