Brenda Butler

The masses have embraced black, and it's about time. When every fifth woman you see on Michigan Avenue is wearing it, that's mass. But the tide will turn. Vibrant, enriched...

This is the first crest of the wave of tropical Hawaiian and Bali prints. You're looking at it now and you'll continue to see prints like these well into the...

The American Bamboo Society, founded in Pasadena, Calif., in 1979 and dedicated to the utilization and appreciation of bamboo, would be delighted to see the latest incarnation in everything from...

Dichotomies often follow the natural order of things -- day and night, yin and yang, matter and antimatter. This spring, fashion is like that too -- two extremes and all...

The premise here is not to turn men into fashion victims. We promise. But come spring, the surest way to update your wardrobe will be from the waist up, assuming,...

A few key pieces will take you anywhere, and if those pieces are made to work together, all the better. Today's easy-pieces wardrobing takes the guesswork out of getting dressed...

The early bird gets it, on two fronts. First: This is the last time European designers will get a head start on the Americans. Starting next year, American designers will...

With the new attitude toward entertaining--getting in touch with the basics (which many of us missed in our efforts to get somewhere), not sweating it too much but doing it...

Winter in Chicago means bundle-up dressing, being downright sensible about your choice of clothes. Snow mounds to maneuver, salt-ridden slush to hurdle--these are the pedestrian's obstacle courses. For just a...

Why would anyone think that the sweater-and-skirt look this season would preclude large, oversized knits like these? Well, some readers did. Body-conscious sweaters that fit tight to moderate are certainly...