September 2008
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Philanthropic Fashion
Wednesday morning, I put on my best lady-like look— a fitted cap sleeve jacket, pencil skirt, stockings and pumps and headed out to mingle with ladies who lunch at the 53rd Annual Gold Coast Fashion Award show in Chicago. The fashion event, benefits Children’s Memorial Hospital and is the only show where is that the attendees vote and choose that year’s fashion winner, on the spot.
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“Fashion Fringe— On the scene with UK talent”
– Kelsey Kreiling
Fashion Fringe Reviewed
Eun Jeong Hong’s label may be called Go By a Secret Name but after her runway show at Covent Gardens in London last week, she may find it a difficult name to keep under wraps. The winner of Londonís design competition, Fashion Fringe, stunned industry professionals and critics alike with the delicate and draped works of art that composed her first full collection. Judges with names like...
Temporal Encroachment
Working from Saturday until Thursday with 2 assistants James Marshall created an original mural measuring approximately 14’ x 23’ inside Phaiz Gallery. Phaiz is a unique gallery/boutique on Chicago’s Milwaukee Avenue where fashion and art collide. One of a kind designer pieces are presented in conjunction with generous art installments. This past week we caught up with the high profile, Dalek...
“Fall Boot Trends”
– Kelsey Kreiling
The Best of Fall Boots
Though the weather remains pleasant for a few more seconds in the Windy City, boots are rapidly emerging from fall closets with inspiring form. From Chloe’s red studded beauties that stay low and sexy, to Sigerson Morrison’s vixen-friendly, flat and buckled leather option that just keeps getting taller and taller, there is no shortage of inspiration for those hoping to step out in embellished...
“Brush Strokes on the Spring Runways”
– Kari Skaflen
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Spring Trend: Painterly Strokes and Watercolor...
While scoping out the looks from London’s fashion week, and reflecting what we saw in New York, one emerging trend that crossed the continents and was the painterly touch to the prints. Ranging from dry brush strokes in New York to softer watercolor palettes and patterns in London — painterly references swept across the runways. In New York, Jonathon Saunders presented looks that...
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Celebrating the Original "It Girl" with Gilt...
Gilt Groupe, Inc., the New York based, on-line luxury retailer (with a twist), breezed into the Windy City to celebrate all that is de rigeur for an “It Girl”: Drama, cocktails and of course, fashion. Providing a healthy dose of drama, Gilte Groupe treated invitees to a private screening of the yet-to-be-released film, The Duchess, starring the ultimate girl-of-the-moment Kiera...
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“The Dish from the Vogue/Tahari Party at NYC Spring Fashion Week”
– Jetty Jane Connor
More from Fashion Week: the Vogue/Tahari Party...
Caviar puffs, stingrays, and Emmy Rossum. I never thought I would be able to put those three in a sentence, but the Vogue and Ellie Tahari party that launched Tatiana Boncompagni’s latest novel, Gilding Lily last week, made that a possibility. I know you are supposed to arrive fashionably late to any event, but coming from a family in which one parent takes 2 hours to get ready and the other must...
“Chat: Cynthia Rowley Sparks Our Interest”
– -Kari Skaflen
-Jetty Jane Connor
