Lynn Okura Bey

Flower Power Chicago’s odors can assault the senses in the best—and worst—possible ways. The smell of freshly-popped Garrett popcorn or the endorphin-inducing aroma of the Blommer Chocolate factory? Good...

Bo Still Knows After closing in March for renovations, Nike Chicago (669 N. Michigan Ave., 312-642-6363) reopened its Michigan Avenue flagship store last week...

So You Think You Can Design? Custom design is completely addicting. (As proof, just play around with NikeiD’s sneaker maker or Jonathan Adler’s furniture customizer for a few minutes ....

Parting is Such Sweet Sorrow Saying goodbye to summer doesn’t have to be all that sad, especially when the women’s clothing designer Cynthia Rowley holds a huge end-of-season sale in...

Nouveau Old Wicker Park has long been a destination for second-hand clothes and thrift scores, and two recent openings are putting Milwaukee Avenue back on the vintage lover’s map...

Fashion’s Night Out New York Fashion Week kicks off this Thursday, September 6. That evening, in keeping with a more-the-merrier tradition started four years ago by Vogue’s Anna Wintour...

Store openings and deals in September

Extra Chic As Jessica Blair recalls, the evidence of the lack of full-figured fashion in Chicago was once in her own closet...

Last Call It’s going to be hard to walk out the front door this weekend without running into a festival, whether it’s West Town’s Food Truck Social, the South Loop’s...

Coach House The newly remodeled Coach (625 N. Michigan Ave., 312-587-3167, coach.com) is a little larger, a tad brighter, and a whole lot friendlier to dudes...