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12/18/12

Local Online Specials and Last-Minute Gift Ideas

E-Gift
The appeal of shopping local is, well, location. Sometimes, though, it’s just easier to click those gifts into a virtual cart. Here’s a roundup of online holiday deals from Chicago businesses that you can take advantage of without leaving home...

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12/11/12

Piper Boutique Opens in Lincoln Park, Priced for the College Student

Forever Young
It’s the plight of the fashionable twenty-something: You’ve outgrown the junior’s department, but are not quite ready to pay for big girl pants...

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12/4/12

Fête, an After-Hours Shopping Market, Debuts this Week

Pop-Up Party
Fans of the monthly Dose Market (dosemarket.com) are going to fall hard for Fête (feteinchicago.wordpress.com), a new seasonal nighttime fair founded by three former Dosers...

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11/27/12

Two Indie Art and Gift Shops Open on the North Side

Etsy-esque Emporiums
It’s become Chicago’s unofficial map—that typographic neighborhood poster created by local graphic designer Jenny Beorkrem of Ork Posters that’s likely hanging on your living room wall...

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11/20/12

Dutch and French Shops Invade Bucktown, Plus Local Black Friday Deals

Euro Street Style
Amsterdam-based Scotch and Soda (1639 N. Damen Ave., 773-687-8980, scotch-soda.com) quietly opened its first Chicago store in Bucktown over the weekend...

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11/13/12

Burberry Unveils New Store with Chicago-Only Exclusives and Digital Features

Trench Up
More than a year in the making, Burberry (633 N. Michigan Ave., 312-787-2500, us.burberry.com) has opened the doors to its newly remodeled Chicago flagship...

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11/6/12

Luxury Garage Sale Opens in Old Town This Week

Buy It Now
Without close inspection, the casual passerby wouldn’t realize Luxury Garage Sale (1658 N. Wells St., 312-291-9126, luxurygaragesale.com)—with its luxe patterned wallpaper, rich blue velvet curtains, and lack of mothballs—is actually a consignment shop...

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10/30/12

Ethical Shopping at SAKS Chicago This Week

Helping Handmade
This isn’t the usual Oscar de la Renta, Dolce & Gabbana, or Escada trunk show scene at SAKS Fifth Avenue (700 N. Michigan Ave., First Floor, 312-944-6500, saksfifthavenue.com)...

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10/23/12

Men’s Market for American-made Goods Comes to Chicago This Weekend

Made in the USA
In the old days, it was easy to find fashionable, high-quality guys’ clothes, shoes, and accessories that were made in the USA...

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10/16/12

Gallery Aesthete Opens This Week in the Gold Coast

Clyde sans Bonnie
Flood damage forced the Wicker Park men’s and women’s avant-garde clothing boutique Bonnie & Clyde’s to shutter back in March...

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