Sharon Stangenes

Elizabeth Hollander, 47. Commissioner of planning, City of Chicago. Bachelor`s degree cum laude in political science, Bryn Mawr College. Former executive director of the Metropolitan Housing and Planning Council and...

Charlotte Beers, 50. Chairman and chief executive officer, Tatham-Laird & Kudner; first woman elected to chairman of American Association of Advertising Agencies. Under Beers` direction, the agency went from billings...

A few weeks ago, we reported about the group at the Halsted Street Fishmarket who pulled out a tiny TV to watch ''Dynasty'' during dinner. Now, from the Gare St....

Eating outdoors is not exactly new to Chicagoans, who for years have dined at a number of cafes on private property adjacent to the sidewalk. A new city ordinance, however,...

Jumping into the fray of major U.S. retailers with an exclusive collection of designer menswear, Montgomery Ward has signed French-born designer Jean-Paul Germain to create the ''JPG by Jean-Paul Germain''...

Firecracker time again, and we like it hot. We`ve taken the temperature all over town for hot sellers now and hot prospects for later. The result: more than enough sparklers...

Jam sessions, always popular in music, are making a comeback in clothes and will be playing where groups of men gather by the pool and on the beach this summer....

Spring is almost here, but fall starts today for the fashion world: In Milan, designers start showing their ready-to-wear collections for next fall and winter. Quickly after Milan come London,...

Remember the name Kanae. She is one of the fastest-rising stars in Chicago fashion, and her boosters say this vivacious 35-year-old may be on her way to becoming the city`s...