Featured this week on Local Wares, the Reader‘s column listing cool stuff made by Chicagoans, was a necklace by Stevie Koerner. Pretty, stylish, and most importantly a show of loyalty to a great state, the heart Illinois necklace (pictured) is one of a number of metal necklaces of heart-inscribed states Koerner sells under the line tru.che.

Heart Illinois necklace by tru.che
  • Courtesy of tru.che
  • Heart Illinois necklace by tru.che

If allegations Koerner made Wednesday prove true, and the Webiscite (that’s Web+plebiscite) is voting in her favor so far, then it might turn out buying a necklace from Urban Outfitters is a pretty unstylish thing to do.