Amy Tara Koch

Holiday hair is about elegance and drama. An updo is sleek and chic, especially when enhanced with a hair ornament. For those who would rather let their hair down, full...

Drop your guard. And lift your mascara wand. The holidays require high drama in the form of smoky eyes, shimmering cheeks and highly glossed red lips. Sue Devitt, makeup artist...

What goes around comes around. Hats, a staple until JFK's bareheaded inauguration in 1961, are thriving once again. Initially scrapped for a more casual look, hats have been rediscovered by...

It was feeling a bit serious down in fashion land, thanks to a season punctuated by elegant pencil skirts, silky blousons and potentially frumpy tweeds. To sass things up, designers...

The day has dawned for women who ache for designer duds on a TJ Maxx budget. Bold-faced fashion icons like Michael Kors, Marc Jacobs and Karl Lagerfeld (whose flirty dresses...

Every season, women, hungry for the inside scoop on the new "IT" face, tape E! beauty segments, tear pages from upscale fashion magazines and descend upon retail counters for of-the-moment...

Fur, once reserved for only the ritziest of ladies, has become de rigeur for fashion lovers from the South Side to the Gold Coast. Whether fabulous faux or majestic mink,...

Toss the pointy-toed Manolos. Give low-rider jeans to needy tweens. Use anything with an '80s vibe as a wee-wee pad for your potty-challenged pup. With fall demanding crisp, old-school elegance,...

Only a few short years ago, when Division Street was uncool and Bucktown was but a conglomeration of shabby two-flats, the words Chicago and fashion were never united as a...

Chicagoans have it tough. In January, complexions resemble dried-out bread crust. And in August, people cruise around the city with what looks like a gallon of Texas crude schmeared across...