Grace Bernotavicius was spotted during her lunch break on Lake just west of State. I have a friend who’s also tall, pretty, has tattoos and dresses retro. What do you call this style? Perfect? ...
Painter Kimberly Montiel (sacredflamewithin.tumblr.com) was walking down Milwaukee Avenue on her way to a farewell party for a co-worker. Do you always dress like this? Lately, I’ve been making...
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A customer I was bagging groceries for asked, “Are you guys wearing your aprons the week of the summit?” Perhaps she’d read the Crain’s Chicago Business article entitled ̶...
Esperanza Davis was on her way to her Women’s Studies Philosophy of Art and Aesthetics final. How can fashion empower women? Fashion can empower women because it’s a great avenue for self...
Nick Marzullo was hanging out in front of Pawn Works, a contemporary art gallery he co-owns, located on Damen just north of Augusta. How does street art influence what you wear? Street art and fashio...
Anna Raben, visual merchandiser, spotted by the Water Tower going back home from work. How do you create interesting outfits for your windows? Even though some people think it’s old, I like to ...
Blogger Meagan Fredette (latterstyle.com) was sipping her wine during The Walk, a fashion event featuring designs by students from the School of the Art Institute. What do you expect to see tonight? ...
Najee Redd was on the corner of Augusta and Damen on his way to a bookstore. What are you reading right now? Just a ton of fashion magazines. What’s your favorite one? At the moment it’s ...
Liz Eckland was photographed by the Logan Square Blue Line station on Milwaukee Avenue. She was on her way to work at a vintage store in Wicker Park. Do you own a lot of vintage clothing? Yeah, I hav...
“Life is hard. Shopping should not be.” These are the wise words of the impeccably dressed Stephanie Sack, owner of two Bucktown boutiques, Vive La Femme and Violette. The former is a clothing shop f...
Walking south on Michigan Avenue, past a set of tall, greenish windows that flash and reflect the chaos of the street, you may feel inexplicably like a peeping Tom. But if you turn to face the window...
By Francesca Thompson Last basketball season, local Chicago designer Wanda Cobar was part of a collaborative design effort to create oversized Bulls jerseys for the lions outside the Art Institute. T...
A new and improved Crossroads Trading Co. is open for business on the 2700 block of North Clark Street in Lincoln Park. “The neighborhood is picking up now, and word of mouth about the store has spre...
Here’s the press release from the city with the complete FFC schedule for this fall. FASHION FOCUS CHICAGO 2011 MONDAY, OCTOBER 17 THROUGH SUNDAY, OCTOBER 23 Final schedule of events for the seventh ...
By Sarah Alo It’s hard to walk into any store lately and not see something with feathers. The trend has lasted for more years than expected, trickling from haute couture down to the lowest prices at ...
Chicago designer Diego Rocha won InStyle’s 2011 Independent Handbag Designer Award for the Best Handmade Handbag. As the winner, he receives a designer feature on Singer Sewing Company’s websit...
Fourteen half-naked men roamed the streets of Chicago last week trying to take your suits. Men’s Wearhouse used the day of debt-ceiling talk specifically to highlight the problem of unemployment and ...
For all who dream of carrying around old bus seats all day, let your wishes be granted. Well, not whole bus seats—just parts of them. An odd dream, but at Green Goddess Boutique, even the strangest d...
By Sarah Alo Gordana Rasic is a woman of contrast. She is a premed student with a double major in molecular & cellular biology and anthropology, and minors in chemistry and LGBT queer studies. Sh...
The new AllSaints Spitalfields store on Michigan Avenue may be mistaken for an art gallery, vintage clothing factory, or even a modeling agency. The front of the store boasts 800 vintage Singer sewin...
You might call this news a feast for the eyes: designer eyewear boutique Oliver Peoples opens its newest boutique, in Chicago’s Gold Coast, on July 9. “Chicago has always been a target city for...
Scoop NYC is taking things slowly—its second store in Chicago, just opened in the Gold Coast, comes about four years after the company entered Chicago with its Bucktown location at 1702 North Milwauk...
By Sarah Alo Like many women, I love shoes. But like many, I have trouble finding a pair that satisfies the quadruple whammy of shoe needs: comfort, style, affordability and—most importantly—availabi...
The British are coming, indeed! With over 300 stores in the UK and more than 100 international locations, the British women’s retail clothing giant Topshop (along with its other half for men, Topman)...
It’s no surprise that going vegan involves making sacrifices: in food, clothing, shoes—but what about body art? Tattoo ink, none of which is approved by the FDA, is essentially a thinner acrylic pain...
By Sarah Alo Paul Wilson, the store manager of the San Francisco store, says there’s no “cool guy” vibe at Chrome, which just opened its third location, in Chicago’s Wicker Park. Most of the st...
By Brian Hieggelke That I don’t regularly write about store renovations for the Chicago outlets of multibillion-dollar out-of-town corporations should come as little surprise, but this one is p...
As much of Chicago sleeps on a Thursday night, Vertigo Sky Lounge is abuzz. High above the city, its inhabitants are paradoxically “digging the underground.” RAW Natural Born Artists, an independent ...
As an English girl on this side of the pond, two things came to mind amidst the hullabaloo over the wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton, now the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge: first, vi...
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