Marla Donato

At $100 a foot, it was a big bargain. Especially if you knew any real giants. The pair of pea-colored felt Jolly Green Giant slippers were bought for $200 by...

If you`re in the market for vintage or one-of-a-kind designer clothes, a 1920s pool table or stove, or just your basic ''loft-living cool junque,'' don`t miss this hip auction. The...

It was a bit of Russian deja vu. The first time Igor Moiseyev came to the United States was more than 30 years ago. Now he`s sitting in Ed Debevic`s...

It was about an eight-hour ordeal. And when it was over, Nelvia M. Brady didn`t look that much different-but she still considered the makeover a success. It all began when...

Some of these faces will be familiar; most won`t be. But they`re 89 people who will be making news, for better or worse, in the Chicago area in 1989 -...

Paul Hoover, 42, writer. Though he published his first novel only last fall, Hoover has been writing award-winning poetry since his student days at Manchester College in Ft. Wayne. His...

Marvin Traub, 63, new kid in town. The chairman of Bloomingdale`s-a consummate New Yorker who entered Chicago with a splash in `88-will concentrate on burnishing the fashion reputation and excitement...

The third annual Chicago underground designer Christmas Bazaar has moved aboveground this year: to Navy Pier. The shopping fair, from noon to 7 p.m. today, will feature mostly one-of- a-kind...

It seems that J. Morgan Puett is taking a good bite out of the Big Apple, with a little help from Hollywood. The avant-garde Chicago fashion designer`s storefront/studio had only...

Maybe it has something to do with the fancy toilet or the red reindeer covered with shoes, but officials in the Chicago Office of Fine Arts (Department of Cultural Affairs)...