High Hats
The local milliner Loreta Corsetti recently moved her four-year-old business at State and Elm streets a few blocks southeast, joining with her long-time friend Terri Vizzone at Urban Style Emporium (200 E. Delaware Pl.; 312-335-1353, urbanstyleemporium.com).
April Showers: Spring’s most chic bridal gifts, fit for all types of stylish couples
Z is for Zygmunt
A 2009 graduate of the Chicago Fashion Incubator, Ashley Zygmunt launches her first showroom this week in Lincoln Park.
At a time when many beloved home boutiques are shuttering, Oak Park’s Divine Consign has thrived. The secret? Working with the economy rather than against it. “There has been a fundamental shift in the way that people look at shopping and at furnishing their homes,” says the owner, Kellie Scott, 41, who left a career … Read more
A snappy tote and sassy handkerchiefs top our April wish list
This index is arranged alphabetically by category. To save space, we omitted the web addresses, except for online-only stores and in cases where the website is difficult to find even when using a search engine.
Picks from Nate Berkus, Art Smith, Heiji Choy Black, Emmanuel Nony, Zoe Ryan, Amanda Puck, Jill Alberts, Jeffrey Cassens, Dusty Stemer, Loren Adolph, Gary Wiviott, Jen Hansen, Kelly Rudnicki, Jason Pickleman, and Bunky Cushing
Ever wonder where Chicago’s best-dressed people buy their clothes? How about where the city’s designers and connoisseurs shop for themselves? We wanted to know. So we asked local experts and assorted culture mavens to name their favorite stores and top-secret sources—and we share the results here.
Big Names, Downsized Prices
To help Chicago women get a little more bang for their buck in the northern suburbs, Susan Plumer Gerber and Gilat Zamost recently opened My Best Friend’s Closet
Stretchy, zippered, and sporty designs for all the right moves
