One of our favorite boot trends for fall ’14 is the Chelsea Bootie. They are utilitarian, unfussy, comfortable, go with everything from jeans to dresses and lastly…they are seriously badass! Chelsea boots date back to the Victorian era. In fact, they were originally designed and patented by Queen Victoria’s shoemaker J. Sparkes-Hall, back in 1851. …
Yep. That’s me at age 10 studying (I can’t believe my parent’s captured that rare moment) after a long day of school in my Fair Isle sweater (with a kilt no less). Back in those days I pretty much exuded ‘The Preppy Handbook’ and had quite a few of these sweaters. I still remember my …
Fashion’s Night Out celebrations spread throughout Chicago on September 6th, and Second City Style’s Editors were there to hit several of the hottest shopping spots along Michigan Avenue and Oak Street. There was a great party at the 900 North Michigan Shops for FNO. Ali Larter was the celebrity host for the event. The VIP …
No one does brights and sequins like TopShop. So, you can imagine how excited everyone was to hear that there would be a Spring Style Party to celebrate the release of TopShop’s summer collection. CS Magazine and TopShop collaborated to bring personal style to the willing masses. The Michigan Avenue flagship store was packed wall-to-wall …
Could Mary Katrantzou be planning plus-size versions of her already infamous dresses? In a nutshell: hopefully. It seems as if the designer was approached by Net-a-Porter to do plus-size dresses of her signature digital prints. As much as she wold like to do it, there are several roadblocks ahead. “NET-A-PORTER.COM asked us if we would …
