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Gen Art Fresh Faces In Fashion. Bring On The Midwest Designers! Second City Style Fashion Blog.

Joy Noelle (left and right) and Shane Grabier (bottom center) 2006 Fresh Faces (Photos: Brian Choi) Kicking off Chicago’s Fashion Focus Week, the Gen Art Fresh Faces In Fashion Runway Show will be held on Tuesday, October 9th at 7:30pm. This is the event’s fifth year in a row and will take place at The …

Paris Fashion Week Spring '08. A Saturday By the Seaside. Stella McCartney

I could emphasize the floral elements of Stella McCartney’s spring ’08 collection but that would somehow be missing the point. While her colleagues in Milan and Paris (but especially Milan) were infatuated by the dramatic colors and flashy Mediterranean hues McCartney took a simpler but much more seasonal and savvy approach. Charming and hopeful her …

Shopping. The Second City Style Store. Update Your Fall Wardrobe With Easy Pieces That Fit By Vika.

The thing I absolutely love about Vika’s new fall line is how easy the piece are to wear, and how beautifully they drape and fit. You won’t have a care in the world when you can just throw on one of these dresses. Second City Store is featuring two Vika black wool dresses with black …

Lingerie. Speaking of French Fashion. Second City Style Fashion Blog

Since it’s Paris fashion week…let’s talk French lingerie shall we? We just love this sexy, yet comfortable French line of lingerie. Huit emphasises a natural sensual femininity that is modern, feminine and glamorous with the added value of technical progress and aesthetics to meet the desires of all women. Now available is this super-cute ‘Tea …

Paris Fashion Week Spring '08. Pirate Jenny. For All the Ladies Who Want to Be a Pirate or Just Marry One. Jean Paul Gaultier

Come on, you couldn’t buy a better metaphor. You know, modern women as pirates out and conquering the world until they walk the plank and take the final plunge into marriage. Or maybe it was a commentary on all the fashion pirates out there– the Forever 21s and the other teen garbage galleries that rip …