City Soles Holds Semiannual “Nickel” Shoe Sale This Thursday
Bringing Nickels Back
The nickel’s gotten a bum deal. Little to no purchase power since the 1940s. Often mistaken for the far preferable quarter…
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Sales Check
Store openings and deals this month
Logan Square Resale Shop Marks Down Previously Reduced Prices
Good Save
“We’re on a rescue mission,” says Pasha Krise, owner of RefreshEase (2735 N. Milwaukee Ave., 773-278-8445, refreshease.com), a resale boutique that opened in Logan Square last winter…
Betsey Johnson Stores Mark Down Inventory, Prepare to Close
Bye-Bye, Betsey
We remember the first time we walked into a Betsey Johnson (betseyjohnson.com) boutique. The shocks of hot pink, the rose-covered wallpaper…
Dose Market Celebrates First Year With New Vendors, Exclusive Items
Dose is Uno
Dose Market (dosemarket.com), the once-a-month gathering of indie sellers and foodie vendors at the River East Art Center (435 E. Illinois St., 312-321-1001, rivereastartcenter.com) celebrates its first birthday this Sunday, June 24…
Anna Wintour Descends Upon Chicago Tonight
Political Pop-Up Shop
There will be no separation of fashion and politics tonight, when Vogue editor Anna Wintour, designer Rachel Roy, and supermodels Iman and Chanel Iman host Runway to Win, an Obama reelection fundraising event at 6 p.m. at Harpo Studios (110 N. Carpenter St.)…