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Countdown to the Boondoggle

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It’s almost Paris Fashion Week (the kick-off is in five days), and I’ll be blogging here every day from the shows. If you don’t follow the fashion calendar (and trust me, I won’t hold it against you), Milan is happening at this moment. Before that was London, and before that, New York. Since I wasn’t in New York…

New Jewelry Boutique in the West Loop

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My Precious Erin Gallagher, a local line of pretty jewelry, has opened its first stand-alone boutique at 1017 West Lake Street (312-492-7548, chicagobotanic.org/bulb. Admission is free; nonmember parking is $15. The Warehouse Sale, the famed designer sample sale out of Los Angeles, comes to Chicago on Sept. 29th and 30th. Find premium denim for men … Read more

Long Division

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Once an open roost for gangs, Division Street has achieved near total turnaround with a retail strip that shows little sign of slowing down.

For Sale, Again, in Naperville

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Discount Duds Get threads at up to 80 percent off retail at Clothes Mentor (582 S. Route 59, Naperville; 630-355-0009), a new resale store dedicated to brands often seen at malls, such as Gap, J. Crew, J. Jill, Chico’s, and Ralph Lauren, among others. “When you walk in the front door, you would never know … Read more

Threadless, Now In Store

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Fit to a Tee The viral-marketing geniuses at online T-shirt purveyor threadless.com opened the doors yesterday, Sept. 10th, at their new Lake View bricks-and-mortar location, Threadless (3011 N. Broadway; 773-525-8640, threadless.com). The Ravenswood-based company has created a unique business model: Threadless.com runs an ongoing T-shirt design competition—designers submit and consumers vote. Seven new styles and … Read more