Knits Archives

Retail Detail. Remember Chaiken and Capone? Well It's Back.

January 4, 2011

A spring look by the new Chaiken and Capone Chaiken and Capone, famous for its cult following in the Nineties for great-fitting pants, is making a retail comeback this spring. Founded by Julie Chaiken and Pamela Capone in 1994, Chaiken and Capone was the best place in the mid-Nineties for big city women to find …

Reality TV. Chicago Designer Kristin Hassan to be on The Fashion Show!

April 30, 2009

We are thrilled that one of "our own" Chicago designers will be appearing on Bravo's new designer series The Fashion Show. She's Kristin Hassan! We loved her modern ethically made cotton knitwear, organiK Revolution, ever since we first saw it last year when Kristin was part of the Macy's Fashion Incubator Program. Her knits are …