How to carry your soap in style
We're all doing a lot of hand-washing these days, making soap, antibacterial wipes and hand sanitizers the must-have accessories for spring. If you want to take your protective arsenal with...
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Go bold and go home. Fashion and home design embrace a maximalist attitude for spring
If you have a flair for the dramatic, you're in luck. This spring, designers have turned up the volume with bold colors, edgy patterns and statement-making designs. On the runway,...
What’s hot for spring? ’60s and ’70s prints in fashion and home design
If you need an early jolt of spring, fashion and interior designers are embracing bold, far out florals and geometric prints that evoke vintage '60s and '70s-era wallpaper. Fendi's spring...
Gucci opens West Loop pop-up with exclusive Chicago collection and custom basketball
Gucci brings its latest themed "Pin" pop-up store to Chicago, with a West Loop installment, debuting an exclusive collection. The Gucci Pins are a series of ephemeral stores inspired by...
Nike celebrates Chicago NBA All-Star Weekend with 60 designs. Here are our top 10.
NBA All-Star Weekend finally returns to Chicago Feb. 14-16 for the first time in 32 years and brands are dropping special edition kicks, jerseys and an array of streetwear throughout...
21 Valentine’s Day gifts to buy in Chicago
Just as you're recovering from the holiday gift madness, it's time again to find the perfect present. Yes, it's almost Valentine's Day. Thoughtful, check. Personal, check. Romantic, double check. Successful...
Chinese New Year: Stylish ways to celebrate the Year of the ‘Mouse’
The humble mouse just got a major style boost as fashion's symbol of the Lunar New Year, which starts Jan. 25. It's actually the Year of the Rat, but as...
Our never-ending love affair with ’70s design
When you think of past decades that oozed style, the Hollywood glitz of the '30s or the pop-infused '60s come to mind, but the decade that hands-down has been the...
The decade in fashion: Chicago’s Virgil Abloh heads to Louis Vuitton, Gaga wears a meat dress and Instagram influencers change the face of fashion
2010: Alexander McQueen dies Designer Alexander McQueen in 2010, and a look from his Fall 2009 collection. The news that Alexander McQueen had died at the age of 40 shook...
MCA’s record breaking night of art — and style
As always, it was a feast for the eyes at the Museum of Contemporary Art's Benefit Art Auction, on Nov. 16. The event is one of Chicago's most anticipated galas,...