The Dress Code stage featuring Seth Mayerink-Griffin from SAIC One of the main highlights of each year's Fashion Focus Chicago is the Thursday night show, Dress Code. The stage is set exclusively for students, the next generation of design talent and innovation hailing from four of the city's premiere art and design institutions: School of …
Anyone who follows fashion in Chicago has a soft spot in their hearts for the Macy's Incubator program. The program, only in its third year of existence, has already proved its weight in gold in building and promoting the Chicago fashion design scene. It nurtures local designers from obscurity into household names, providing the resources …
Abbe Held, co-founder of Kooba was at Neiman Marcus on Michigan Avenue in Chicago on October 15th, and I had the opportunity to meet her and find out more about the brand. She was so warm and open that we became fast friends discussing something we both love – handbags! The story behind the bags …
Sheila helping a customer decide on a new handbag (it's harder than one would think!) It was seriously "Handbag Heaven" at Neiman Marcus on Friday, October 15. The creative designers from several well-known handbag collections showed up to meet and greet shoppers, while introducing their line's 2010 Holiday collection and giving a few helpful hints …
The Sofitel Chicago Water Tower was the perfect place to hold a million dollar bridal event for the recent launch of The Wedding Salon in Chicago. They needed the ample space, since crowds of women came out for the event. Besides brides-to-be could see how beautiful their own wedding might look! Well actually, they could …
