All Entries in the "Fashion Scene" Category
Ways to Wear Popping Colors for Spring
Pops of color everywhere is in for Spring! The brighter and bolder the color, the more eye-candy it becomes. I’m talking Royal blues, Emerald greens, Hot pinks, Bright oranges, and more are the colors you should be wearing for Spring! Easier said than done for many of us, of course. I’m one to shy away [...]
Spring Forward with Fashion. An Inspiration For All Busy Chicagonistas!
Are you looking forward to dump the down jackets and thermal under things? With Chicago in the deep freeze lately it’s almost hard to believe that Spring is indeed around the corner. Did I just make you smile? More importantly, are you ready for the change? Are you ready to fashionably rock Spring? We’re hoping [...]
Two Weeks of Fab Fashion Fest by The Mag Mile [pics]
A 14 day stretch of non-stop of fashionable festivities has launched! The Magnificent Mile Shopping Festival presented by MasterCard kicked off this past weekend with celebrity Kelly Osbourne of E’s Fashion Police. The festival is loaded with fashion and culinary events at various locations in the area.There’s an event made for everyone. Running down the aisle [...]
Indochino – Helping Men Look Better, One Suit at a Time
Walking in to Union Station, I couldn’t keep my eyes away from the banners hanging out from the Great Hall’s ceiling. I couldn’t decide if I thought that the of Indochino’s Traveling Tailor felt hip and modern or laid-back and retro…or maybe it was a combination of all of the listed adjectives. Indochino is your own virtual tailor, [...]
A fashionable Obama fundraiser, Buzzed on Fashion coverage, Louboutin is on the way and more
This post is all about fashion, baby! Get your credit cards and money ready because you’ll hear more sounds of beautiful heels clickin’ and see more high fashion struttin’ on Chicago’s street pavements with the Christian Louboutin store opening here on Oak St in the old Esquire building! Ooh la la! On Saturday I was invited [...]
Guess clothing turns 30 in Chicago, Cotton Candy Couture is here, reality shows showcase our City and more!
Chicago is now the home to a fabulous new reality show, House of Consignment (above picture). I have talked about eDrop-off here many times and now the owner- Corri McFadden is showing off her business and what it takes to be successful on Wednesday nights on VH1….catch up on the season online at VH1. [...]
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Chicago is home to Corri McFadden’s House of Consignment by VH1 [Launch Party Pics]
Chicagoan Corri McFadden owner of eDrop-Off, the a multi-million dollar business located in Lincoln Park and the Gold Coast held a premiere launch party for her new VH1 Chicago based reality show called House of Consignment. Chicago fashionistas everywhere attended the event to celebrate with Corri and even viewed back-to-back episodes of the show in [...]
Akira’s 2012 Spring Fashion Show at the Lyric Opera House
Pastels, boat shoes, fold-up cuff pants, knee-highs, vinyl leg wear, vinyl jackets, and more are amongst the lovely things that we saw at the Akira Valley of The Castles runway show. I guess it is safe to say that there is a huge 80s influence to these clothes but in a much cleaner, updated, and [...]
Elysian’s Feast on fashion, Akira in Hyde Park, tax free shopping and more
In January I attended Feast on Fashion at the Elysian Hotel, now known as the Waldorf Astoria. Feast on fashion is an event that pairs food with designers or Chicago boutiques and gives a glance at whats in store. They never have a set schedule but it seems to be every couple of months. This [...]
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American Express partnered with Tory Burch to bring a show to Chicago, exclusively for its Cardmembers [pics]
Just recently, fashion landed on the Chicago Field Museum and I was beyond excited to be invited. Everyone was welcomed with an all-out cocktail reception and then followed by the Tory Burch Spring 2012 Collection show – the first formal show presented by the designer following New York Fashion Week. Surprisingly, this was Tory Burch’s only second runway show [...]
