He’s young and he’s American: two things that Alexander Wang had fighting against him after being anointed the new creative director of Balenciaga. Wang was appointed to this role in December, after popular designer Nicolas Ghesquière, announced he would be leaving last fall. When news spread about Wang’s newest position, not all of the reactions around …
Last week I attended a meet and greet in the workrooms of the Chicago Fashion Incubator at Macy’s on State Street. Attending were new designers who were interested in applying for the next program. Some of the 2012 Designers In Residence were on hand to show them their offices and workroom and tell the applicants …
Designer Lisa Perry has teamed up with Publicolor, a New York City based youth art organization for at risk youth, to create the capsule collection which is inspired by drip paintings made famous by American abstract artists. The collection launched November 14th and 20% of all proceeds from the sale of the Splatter collection will …
To celebrate the launch of the Sophie Theallet for The Limited collection, none other than Ms. Theallet herself showed up to answer questions for the crowd and grace us with her amazing presence! Lines gathered outside of The Limited in Water Tower Place almost an hour before her scheduled appearance. Theallet chatted with Second City …
eDrop-Off hosted an exclusive trunk show with Christian Siriano at their shop at 2117 North Halsted Street last Thursday. I looked forward to seeing the designer again. We have interviewed him several times when he been in Chicago and have covered his shows at New York Fashion Week. A Project Runway favorite, Christian has made it …
