Faster than you can say “Working Girl,” the massive shoulder is back. The shape can look fearsome: sharp and pointy as a batwing, hulking as Frankenstein’s monster, or oddly swelled—like a being from outer space. It’s fitting that some of the grandest 1980s divas of the big and small screens (we’re talking about the broads … Read more
Big coats are back. Androgyny reigns. Pair with pants, a miniskirt, or boots—and nothing else
Detail your look with metal
Rising runway star and Skokie native Shelby Coleman, 17, riffs on her behind-the-scenes access
Channel bygone Hollywood elegance. Classic refinement is the destination
Shake off the doom and gloom. These designers’ key fall pieces will elevate the mood of your wardrobe
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Last November, the local makeup artist Michael Perich closed his self-created botanical beauty line, CAMP Cosmetics (campcosmetics.com), after five years of business in a Glen Ellyn storefront. He had decided to redesign the space’s interior for a new venture: The Queens’ Closet (480a N. Main St., Glen Ellyn; 630-545-0240). The women’s boutique took off—but Perich continued got so many requests for his cosmetics that…
Thousands of readers turn to Evanston graphic designer Jessica Jones’s blog, howaboutorange.blogspot.com, every month for posts on nifty craft and DIY projects. Now Jones’s own line of lively printed cotton canvas textiles is available at Bucktown’s The Needle Shop, 2054 W. Charleston St., 773-489-4230, and online at jcarolinecreative.com. Photography: Sarah Hartill for Robin’s … Read more
Wrigleyville’s The Central has been, well, decentralized. Which is not to say the neighborhood is suddenly lacking for bars: In its place, the Eat Well, Drink Better team (LaSalle Power Co., English, Angels & Mariachis) has introduced Rockwood Place, a neo-dive of the sort increasingly seen around town, where cheap beer takes precedence over…
August 20, 2009—Chicago magazine and Jose Cuervo hosted “Live Notoriously Well” to celebrate its premium silver tequila Platino on The Terrace at the Conrad Chicago. Guests enjoyed signature Jose Cuervo Platino cocktails and tasty hors d’oeuvres.
