For Sale, Again, in Naperville
Discount Duds Get threads at up to 80 percent off retail at Clothes Mentor (582 S. Route 59, Naperville; 630-355-0009), a new resale store dedicated to brands often seen at...
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Drama Mamas
If the Slipper Fits Redmoon can take almost any idea and make it avant-garde. The troupe strikes again with The Princess Club, a modern examination of female-fronted fairy tales (Rapunzel,...
Threadless, Now In Store
Fit to a Tee The viral-marketing geniuses at online T-shirt purveyor threadless.com opened the doors yesterday, Sept. 10th, at their new Lake View bricks-and-mortar location, Threadless (3011 N. Broadway; 773-525-8640,...
Greener and Cleaner in the West Loop
Ms. Green Jeans The West Loop boutique Pivot (1101 W. Fulton Market; 312-243-4754, pivotboutique.com) has merged eco-friendliness and high fashion. “I want people to see nothing has to be sacrificed...
Summer Saver
This Means War Irish playwright and novelist Roddy Doyle (The Commitments) is hugely famous in his native land—but if there’s one thing that rivals his popularity among his countrymen, it’s...
A Collector’s Sneaker Boutique
Encore, Encore Sneakerphiles, you have a new mecca. The owners of West Loop lifestyle-and-footwear shop Self Conscious have opened Encore (3941 N. Sheridan Rd.; 773-477-4007), which co-owner LaVelle “V-Dot” Sykes...
Sales Check & The Buzz Bin
A roundup of this month's sales, store openings, and shopping news
Thrill of the Chase
Let the Games Begin Bust out the comfy sneakers—and maybe a little bravado. City Chase, an urban adventure race that’s hugely popular in Australia, Canada, and Europe, comes to Chicago...
Shopper: Gray
When Laura Schoch launched Gray, she did it with black, white, navy, and brown in mind. Along the way, pops of color started creeping in.
Baby Needs A New Pair of Shoes?
Kiddie Kicks Seems kids aren’t excluded from the recent explosion of shoe stores in the city. Sole Babies (2033 W. Division St.; 773-342-7653) in Wicker Park carries cute and orthopedically...