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Home » Archives for Isa Giallorenzo

Author Archives: Isa Giallorenzo

a person with magenta colored hair wearing a pink top and blue denim skirt with hot pink tote bag and shoes; they are standing on a sidewalk near a stretch of green grass
Posted inStreet View

Nothing to hide

by Isa Giallorenzo August 4, 2022August 4, 2022

Clothing reseller Sasha Smith, 20, claims to dress like a “pink 2000s bimbo Harajuku ballerina.” She’s inspired by dolls, the Playboy universe, and the now-defunct Japanese street style magazine FRUiTS.  […]

Alexis P. Morgan stands on the sidewalk outside Ponnopozz store in Ravenswood, Chicago. Morgan wears a hot pink cropped off the shoulder top with matching hot pink maxi skirt and is holding a lime green bag
Posted inCity Life

Recovering goth

by Isa Giallorenzo July 8, 2022July 7, 2022

“I kinda got it on a whim,” says Alexis P. Morgan, 30, about the dazzling two-piece ensemble she purchased from Boohoo. “I normally don’t get super colorful things, but I’ve […]

Posted inCity Life

Magic Ride

by Isa Giallorenzo June 22, 2022June 22, 2022

“I like to go for anything that draws attention and is kinda funky and out there,” says 20-year-old Joey Prette, already a senior stylist at Free People and a musical […]

Posted inCity Life

Photos: 2022 SAIC Fashion Show

by Salem Collo-Julin and Isa Giallorenzo June 14, 2022June 14, 2022

Our contributor Isa Giallorenzo attended the School of the Art Institute of Chicago’s fashion show in May. The annual event returned to an in-person format this year (the theme: “Humanature”) after a […]

Posted inCity Life

Out of the box

by Isa Giallorenzo June 13, 2022June 16, 2022

The long-awaited School of the Art Institute of Chicago fashion show was back in May after a two-year hiatus brought on by COVID-19. In the previous pandemic years students presented […]

Posted inCity Life

Hats off to the hats

by Isa Giallorenzo May 25, 2022May 25, 2022

At the end of April, The Curio and the Chicago Fashion Coalition joined forces to promote a networking event for the local fashion crowd at Chop Shop in Wicker Park. […]

A close up shot of George Blakemore's paint-bespattered work boots, and the bottom cuffs of his matching jeans
Posted inCity Life

The glowing citizen

by Isa Giallorenzo May 12, 2022May 12, 2022

Walking down North Avenue with his bulky Home Depot purchases in tow, George Blakemore sparkled in a glistening metallic-toned ensemble he painted himself. “I think that we all are artists,” […]

Posted inCity Life

Photos: opening reception for Brandon Breaux at Blanc

by Salem Collo-Julin and Isa Giallorenzo May 3, 2022May 2, 2022

Our contributor Isa Giallorenzo attended an opening reception in April for artist Brandon Breaux’s solo exhibition “BIG WORDS,” which is on view at Blanc Gallery in Bronzeville through May 27. […]

a painting by the artist Brandon Breaux (img: a Black man seated in a room with a fern in the foreground, and the word SEEN superimposed on top of the image in coral-colored lettering
Posted inArts & Culture

The big world of Brandon Breaux

by Isa Giallorenzo April 28, 2022April 28, 2022

Yes, Chance the Rapper did give a big push to artist Brandon Breaux’s career when Breaux designed the covers for three of the singer’s mixtapes: 10 Day, Acid Rap, and […]

Posted inCity Life

Style comes back with a vengeance at EXPO

by Isa Giallorenzo April 25, 2022April 24, 2022

Whoever says people don’t have much style in Chicago has no idea what they’re talking about. I’ve been photographing street style here for over ten years and I know better. […]

the women of the we are MATERIAL design collective
Posted inCity Life

Beyond the time warp

by Isa Giallorenzo April 13, 2022April 12, 2022

Fashion often has a nostalgic quality. It seems keen on repeating itself every 20 years or so. Right now, for example, we are somehow back at the early aughts. Nothing […]

Posted inArts & Culture

Here, now, and everything in between

by Isa Giallorenzo March 30, 2022April 4, 2022

Planted in the woods like an extraterrestrial monolith, both completely alien and perfectly at home in its environment, lies Image Continuous, a mirrored, eight-foot-tall cube with a sky-reflective circle in […]

a young man standing on an El platform with red shoes and wearing a baseball cap
Posted inCity Life

A handmade tale

by Isa Giallorenzo March 30, 2022March 30, 2022

“Thrifting is huge right now—being able to go pick out your materials and put things together like Frankenstein; mixing a lot of elements to make something special,” says Cole Glover, […]

Posted inCity Life

Seeing red

by Isa Giallorenzo March 22, 2022March 22, 2022

I was sitting at the window table at the Bongo Room in Wicker Park, having a lazy Valentine’s Day brunch with my husband, when I saw a pop of red […]

A model wears clothing by the fashion line y Lola Élan. The model is seated on a bench in front of a wall covered in flowered wallpaper with a brown background.
Posted inBest of Chicago

Best supporter of local fashion talent

by Isa Giallorenzo March 4, 2022March 15, 2022

“The CFI played a pivotal role in my transition from aspiring designer to working designer,” says Anna Brown, a Chicago Fashion Incubator alum. “Some of my most meaningful professional relationships […]

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