Bridget Maiellaro

All You Can Carry Focusing on footwear and accessories for men, Haberdash EDC (611 N. State St.; 312-646-7870) opens Friday, November 25 on the same block as its “brother” store,...

Touch Screen Vividbraille (2064 N. Damen Ave.; 773-772-8536, vividbraille.com), a locally produced line of men’s and women’s apparel, accessories, and art, recently launched its first boutique in Bucktown...

Kids Welcome Rock Candy (4141 N. Lincoln Ave.; 773-883-3000, rockcandysalonandspa.com), a salon and spa primarily for children, is scheduled to open later this month in North Center...

Emerald City Em Bo. (3432 N. Southport Ave.; 773-360-1501, shopembo.com), a clothing and accessories boutique, opened last month in Lake View with a goal of promoting vintage and environmentally sustainable...

Sports Center Y-3, a collaboration between Japanese fashion designer Yohji Yamamoto and Adidas, opened its eighth U.S. outpost in the Gold Coast (50 E. Oak St.; 312-573-3310, y-3store.com) last month...

Hometown Hero Wes Gordon (wesgordon.com) may have launched his first collection of sophisticated, modern women’s clothing in New York, but the 25-year-old designer’s roots are in Chicago. “I lived there...

Editor in Chief Morgan Gutterman, a veteran of the retail and wholesale clothing industries, likes to think outside the box when it comes to her own wardrobe. “I’m edgier and...

Local Option Carl Dahlstedt—a Columbia College alum whose clothes for women and men are produced exclusively in Chicago—opened his first boutique, C. Dahlstedt (2028 W. Division St.; 773-687-8273, cdahlstedt.com), in...

Shirting the Issue Dana Killion started Killion, a women’s clothing line, in 2008 to fill a void she saw in the overall selection of women’s shirts. “There were blouses, and...

The Price is Right Kathleen Kirk had a dream about opening a boutique with her daughter, Angela Skurka. Months later, the mother-daughter duo launched Two Shopaholics (125 W. Front St.,...