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If Coco Chanel Were the Girl Next Door

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Leave it to Karl Lagerfeld to deliver on so many levels: great invitation, swag, celeb turnout, and set. And yes, even great clothes (with the exception of some 80s metallic prom dresses at the end, complete with poofy sleeves. Really, Karl? Really?)

Since the last few seasons have featured elaborate sets—remember the carousel?—an invite like this forcibly gets you thinking about what will be in store. Well, some invites you really can judge by their cover—it ended up being exactly true to what arrived in my mailbox…

Surprises at Akris, Front Row Nudging at Andrew Gn, and the Dries Show Everyone’s Talking About

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A funny thing happened at the Akris show. I saw something that I just
never, ever expected to see: a jumpsuit. Actually, there were
several.

When buttoned-up Akris is showing jumpsuits, you just know that the
trend has legs. (Har har. Sorry.) And unfortunately, those legs are
attached to the top. And as any girl who has tried to use a public
bathroom in a jumpsuit knows, this is kinda annoying. I mean, really,
how would a jumpsuit work…

The Chicago Fashion Experiment

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This is not a fashion show review. Chicago just isn’t there yet. The New York Times’ Cathy Horyn can shoot down Givenchy, but that’s an established design house parading its collection in Paris. When it comes to Chicago—and here I’ll borrow a phrase from Coco Chanel—it doesn’t make sense to beat on a wall hoping it will turn into a door…

Givenchy and Lacroix

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My friends in the States are always so impressed when I tell them that many fashion shows happen at the Louvre. But really, it’s down in the bowels of the museum, where there’s a mall rather than artwork. Sephora and Virgin Records are right next door. Trust me, it’s not atmospheric. Even if…

Dior’s Blockbuster

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Dior is one of the few shows where the models walk the way people imagine
fashion models walk—all attitude, like Derek Zoolander. I
watched with surprise as the big name girls, usually so cool on the
catwalk, strutted and pranced. Each one put her own bit of flair into
her final pose for the photogs—a coquettish popped shoulder here, an
arm sliding from hip to thigh there…

Shoes in Lincoln Square

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A Shoe In

The Dressing Room Shoes (4657 N. Lincoln Ave.; 773-878-7400, thedressingroomchicago.com), the recently opened specialty outpost from the same owners of three-year-old Lincoln Square shop The Dressing Room, is located just down the street from its sister store and carries both affordable and swanky kicks. On the casual side, find mom-friendly Crocs and adorable lace-up rain boots from Dav ($80.50), as well as…

Who’s Ready for Paris Fashion Week?

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If you’re like me and have been following fashion weeks in London and Milan on the Web, well, it’s been an interesting juxtaposition, hasn’t it? Extravagant fashion shows happening at the same time as political drama and a tanking economy.

As headlines told of collapse on Wall Street, the models in Milan were toppling, too—because the shoes were so high and monstrously large. Anyway, now we’re in Paris, and things seem to be…

Adidas Arrives at Water Tower

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Need a Kick?

Sometimes adidas (845 N. Michigan Ave., 4th fl.; 312-867-1640) actually makes shoes for athletes. Whereas the adidas Originals store on Rush Street stocks the brand’s fashion and retro heritage shoes, the new Water Tower store is the first athletic-shoe shop for the brand in the Midwest, carrying sports gear and shoes for tennis, running, basketball, soccer, and golf. The real draw is…