Local designers have the city’s Olympic bid sewn up, with designs for the delegates to Copenhagen.
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Event Alert: Shorty Clothing and Gen Art
Gen Art returns to the local fashion scene with a party for local women’s clothing line Shorty.
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Michelle Obama’s Favorites at Fashion Week
A quick look at spring 2010 looks from a few of Michelle Obama’s preferred designers.
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Bike Bags Again, Now With More Local Flavor
After yesterday’s post, a reader on Facebook alerted me to a local company that makes bags that go from bike to body: Po Campo.
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A Moving Sale and a Shakespearean-Themed Fashion Benefit
necklace by Erin Gallagher Jewelry This weekend local jewelry designer Erin Gallagher is holding a moving sale—she’ll head to a new storefront at 2034 N. Halsted in mid-September. The sale—with discounts of 40 to 75 percent—is at the soon-to-close location, 1017 W. Lake, and online with the code newhome2009.
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Crain’s fires a warning shot
There’s a good article in Crain’s Chicago Business this week about the state of the Chicago fashion scene five years after the launch of the Fashion Advisory Council. The verdict? We’re not much closer to being a “global fashion capital” than we were back in 2006.
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It’s Not Just Who You’re Wearing; It’s Who You Know
As any entrepreneur can tell you, good connections are half the battle. (At least.) Two upcoming events provide fashion designers and other aspirants in the industry the chance to meet and greet (and shop, of course).
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Coco Irene Accessorizes
One of the wonders of fashion is the way it allows you to reinvent yourself, and the ladies of local line Coco Irene are doing just that. They’ve decided to cease producing women’s clothes to focus on accessories—soft goods like fabric belts, cuffs, scarves, and shrugs that will doubtless evince the same kind of romantic, […]
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Toothpick Thighs or Zaftig? There’s a Fashion Event for You Tomorrow.
Think you’ve got the cheekbones or the clothes-hanger frame to become a model? Mario Tricoci Hair Salon & Day Spa is holding its annual search for new talent, “Mario, Make Me a Model.”
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Fashion Events Tonight and This Weekend
Today from 3 to 8 Julie Schwanbeck of Jules jewelry will be at the Serpico boutique to show her line; pieces can be personalized on the spot. Also, the store is having a summer sale with discounts of up to 60 percent.
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A new clothing line in Chicago
About two years ago, Jenna Fowler and Melanie Manego started Fashion Heist, a Chicago-based showroom offering designers and labels representation to retailers throughout the midwest. Now they’ve gotten into the design biz themselves with Jlee Silver, a line of women’s separates that Fowler describes as “fun, functional, and attainable.”
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This weekend in shopping: a new Pilsen boutique, a “scandalous” sale, and more
Get a sneak peek at the new Pilsen boutique, Workshop, from local designer Annie Novotny (of eco-conscious label Frei Designs), at a sale this weekend—she’s clearing out samples and overstock in preparation for her official opening next weekend.
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Like a farmers’ market, only with clothes
Need a quick fashion fix? The Chicago Sidewalk Sale, today and tomorrow in Daley Plaza from 10 AM to 3 PM (with a fashion show at noon), features fresh, home-grown talent like Michelle Tan, Trois Chemises Couture, and Veronica Riley Martens, as well as clothes and accessories from a smattering of local boutiques. Horn necklace […]
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Introducing local designer Anastasia Chatzka
Defying the economy, a designer who’s worked for Anna Sui and Betsey Johnson opens a boutique in Wicker Park.
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Gen Art in financial trouble
Gen Art, a major player on Chicago’s fashion scene, is in financial jeopardy.