Chicago Fashion. 51st Annual Gold Coast Fashion Award Show. Second City Style Fashion Blog

Winner: Dennis Basso Last Thursday, October 5, 2006 we joined a capacity crowd of nearly 1,500 and attended the 51st Annual Gold Coast Fashion Award Show, the signature fundraising event of The Children’s Service Board of Chicago’s Children’s Memorial Hospital. The show raised a record $475,000. The event included individual store-sponsored segments from various Chicago …

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Don't Get Mad, Get Rich! Ellen Barkin Makes a Mint On Her Jewels! Second City Style Fashion Blog

There’s nothing a like a women scorned.  When billionaire financier and Revlon chairman, Ron Perlman underhandedly filed for divorce from actress Ellen Barkin after 6 years of marriage last January she wasn’t going to take it lightly. What’s a woman to do?  Unload her vast jewelry collection at Christie’s in New York.  Last night Barkin …

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Fashion Fallout. Saks Shifts Gears Back Into High End. Second City Style Fashion Blog

Image, fashion labels get makeover as chain sheds midlevel stores Associated Press, September 15, 2006 Chicago Tribune NEW YORK — After struggling with the wrong fashion formula that skewed too young, Saks Fifth Avenue wants to reclaim its status among the well-heeled with a makeover. The chain’s new management is rebuilding its store-label fashions, investing …

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