Beauty: Get the Glow – Best 5 Skin Illuminators
After every annual Second City Style Beauty Olympics wraps I inevitably have some new beauty obsessions. This year one of my new obsessions is illuminators. Not because they are anything new, but because I discovered how versatile illuminators can be. One perfect day, I actually mixed my foundation with a bit of illuminator, and the …
Chicago Event: Gallery Aesthete Fashion Presentation at Luminaire A Work of Art
Gallery Aesthete presented their menswear along with women’s wear from Katrin Schnabl and Robin Richman at Luminaire last night. Everything from the decor and lighting, to the avante garde fashion (and guests) turned this event into one massive work of art. Gallery Aesthete is hidden within Chicago’s premiere fashion district with featured designs from fashion …
Chicago Event: SAIC Graduate Fashion Show
On Wednesday night, twelve students from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago graduating with a Master of Design or Post-Baccalaureate degree showed off their creations in a fashion show at the beautiful Palm Court at the Drake Hotel. The interactive presentation was more interesting than a traditional runway show. Each designer presented three …
Equinox Trainer Julie Valenti Shares 5 Inspiring Fitness Tips – Just In Time For Summer!
These fitness tips by Equinox’s Area Group Fitness Manager Julie Valenti really hit home for me! They came just in the nick of time to get toned and fit for summer fashion – and swimwear. (Gulp!) You know how summer in Chicago sneaks up on you? This year you can be ready by doing something …
Let’s Journey Into Fashion With Yassin Hall
Sometimes life’s journey leads you down an interesting and unexpected path. Yassin Sirri Hall created her online boutique Let’s Journey into Fashion to motivate other women to follow their dream. Yassin is a former Mrs. World Beauty OLM winner (2004), model and now a fashion designer, but life wasn’t always easy for her. Born in …
