Author Archives: Leah Eskin

Attorney Carin Kogan came galloping down Michigan Avenue saddled up in cowboy couture. Her trappings yippee-yi-yayed a tune called Urban Cowboy as she followed the path beaten by the fall Glamour and Mademoiselle stampede. She even managed to follow all three commands of the drive: go west, dress like men, wear cows. But our Fashion […]

We ran smack into this baby art patron twirling around the floor at World Tattoo. Her outfit babbled pure girl talk–short and sweet. Our fashion gumshoes checked out her statement anyway, but it came up 100 percent innocent. The trapeze dress, with its narrow shoulders and wide swing hem, skipped many a jump rope before […]

We caught this guy on his lunch break sneaking out of a Loop tower and heading for Buckingham Fountain. His outfit was swapping shop talk with the working masses–buttons battened down, tie firmly knotted, and creased trousers assuring fellow professionals he reports on time to an orderly desk each weekday. But our fashion lexicologists know […]

We met this I-Dream-of-Jeannie with the light brown hair strolling off North Avenue beach. At first peek through dark shades, her outfit seemed to be making small talk about the weather: “It’s hot, time for a skimpy dress.” But our fashion paleographers weren’t fooled. They can read between the seams, deciphering the most enigmatic of […]