The city has been bustling with fashion activity all week! and Friday night will be no exception as philanthropist Richard H. Driehaus and his wife Inese Driehaus gear up to host The Tenth Anniversary Celebration of The Driehaus Awards for Fashion Excellence at 700 S. Des Plaines Avenue. This most elegant of affairs is …
Ikram Goldman Congratulations to Chicago's Ikram Goldman! The legendary local retailer and famed adviser to The First Lady has been tapped to receive the School of the Art Institute of Chicago’s Legend of Fashion Award. The award will be presented to Goldman by Sally Singer, editor of T: The New York Times Style Magazine, during …
My absolute favorite class (ever!) was Accessory Design at the The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC). It was because of that class taught by Gillion Skellenger (now Gillion Carrara) that I can say I achieved success in creating and selling my own apparel line to boutiques in the 90s. It was through …
