Genevieve Buck

''Food is such a basic human need. There is nothing frivolous about hunger,'' says Melanie Benitone Neal, explaining how the concept behind the Greater Chicago Food Depository first caught her...

Widely recognized for his portraits and fashion photography, Victor Skrebneski reveals two of his favorite subjects-the city of Paris and the human figure-in an exhibition opening next weekend that initiates...

Not since Christian Lacroix delighted Chicagoans with his colorful Belle Epoque costumes for ''Gaite Parisienne'' two winters ago has a performance here had the dazzling visual impact of the magical...

Just who are the designers who have turned out those glorious fall clothes that women will want to buy, buy, buy? Stores are almost universal in naming the stars: Milan`s...

Some va-va-voom dresses by Patrick Kelly, a bunch of bashful kids in oversized clothes, two guys in Hermes knickers, a long white dress just great for twirling and a sleek...

With so many different silhouettes, lengths and details on the fall fashion scene, what one thing will the most Fashion-Forward woman want to wear that will make her distinctively fashionable?...

''Either I`m getting older or he`s getting younger,'' mused Linda Johnson-Rice the other night as she watched her first Adolfo show. Afterwards, the young president of Johnson Publishing Co. said,...

How often do you find seven women who are not only delighted to show up at a party in practically the same thing-but actually plan to wear matching outfits? Only,...

Fairchild`s M magazine gets a jump on predicting what the `90s will be like (''quieter, more serious'') by devoting much of its February issue to contrasting the `80s aura with...

Inveterate shopper Susan Dresner, a personal image and wardrobe consultant, visited 600 stores in 14 cities over a seven-month period in 1987. The result: a $9.95 paperback (Peregrine Smith) called...