The transformation took shape as Las Colinas. Beginning in 1973, the rancher and developer Ben Carpenter laid out a master-planned city-within-the-city on old family ranch land: office towers and hotels, a man-made lake, and the Mandalay Canal, a Venetian-style waterway where water taxis still slide past the shops. At its heart he set Williams Square, a stark plaza of pink granite — and into that plaza came the mustangs. In a single generation Irving had gone from cotton rows to one of the most recognizable corporate skylines in Texas. Carpenter wanted a touch of Europe on the Texas prairie, and the result still surprises first-time visitors who half expect oil derricks and instead find canal boats.
Today Irving is one of the most diverse cities in America — often said to hold the most varied ZIP code in the country — a global business hub in the heart of the Dallas–Fort Worth Metroplex. Its days run on canal walks and gallery openings, concerts at the Toyota Music Factory and miles of the Campion Trail, all in the shadow of nine bronze horses. It is a city that keeps reinventing itself, yet still points every visitor toward the same wild herd. Our Irving designs gather that into wearable form. Wear the history. The Mustangs of Las Colinas.
Why People Visit Irving
Irving offers art, water, and wild bronze horses in the middle of the Metroplex. Visitors come for the Mustangs, the canals, and the music, and stay for a central, easygoing base beside DFW with museums, sculpture plazas, and trails close at hand. It is both a cultural stop and a convenient home base, with year-round appeal in its parks, paths, and public spaces.
