Sample Sale. Chicago Designer Sample Sale April 14. Second City Style Fashion Blog

Great news! Chicago Designers are once again holding a showroom sample sale! Womenswear designer, Orlando Espinoza, jewelry designer Tracey Mayer and handbag designer, Diego Rocha will be unloading some Fall ’06  merchandise up to 50% off! Saturday, April 14 10am-5pmOrlando Espinoza ShowroomFountainhead Building 1932 South Halsted Street Suite 200Chicago, IL

Retail Detail. Filling the Gap: Rodarte, Doo.Ri and Thakoon to Design for Retailer. Second City Style Fashion Blog

Drawstring Roll-up shirt from Gap, $44.50 Thakoon 2007 Rodarte 2007 Doo.Ri 2007 After slumping sales and a somewhat disappointing boyfriend trousers campaign, is the Gap about to get it together? FashionWeekDaily.com reports that the Gap is about to team up with the CFDA/Vogue Fund winners of 2006 to design their own white shirts. We’ll see …

Designers. Haute Holiday: Michelle Smith to Offer New Punta Mita Resort Collection. Second City Style Fashion Blog

Michelle Smith Spring 2007 Spring 2007 Jim Shi reports for FashionWeekDaily.com that Michelle Smith, the designer who catches the eyes and dollars of celebs like  Jennifer Aniston, Gwyneth Paltrow, Rachel McAdams, and Cameron Diaz will be offering a new resort line to compliment her successful collection of flirty dresses called Milly. In collaboration with Punta …

Chicago Event. The CEC To Introduce Their New 'Stitches' Program To Area Fashion Entrepreneurs. Second City Style Fashion Blog

Are you a Chicago designer or store looking for funding? We wrote about this a while back (Eye On Chicago Fashion. The Chicagoland Entrepreneurial Center’s New Sticthes Fashion Program Is A Big Step In The Right Direction) and now The Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce (CEC) will unveil their new ‘Stitches’ program.  This new Stitches Fashion …

Celebrity Beauty Interview. Celebrity/Fashion Manicurist Deborah Lippmann on Vinyl and in the Stores. Second City Style Fashion & Beauty Blog

   Deborah Lippmann’s Spring ’07 Collection (L to R) Fashion, Baby Love, You Can Leave Your Hat On, How Far Is Heaven. I have to admit…in anticipation of this interview, I got an emergency manicure yesterday. I would have been horrified had my nails looked as they did a mere 24 hours ago to interview …