Features The Best for Less, by Jan Parr with Christine Houde, Ronit Rose, Gretchen Wahl, and Cassie Walker How to get great deals on quality merchandise and avoid being seduced by oh-so-low prices-places, insider tips, little-known mailing lists The Shape of Things to Come, by Jonathan Black It missed its eponymous moment by four years, … Read more
The Indies and the It Crowd Film freaks get the best of both worlds this week: new movies from emerging filmmakers, and star-studded premières and parties-all part of the five-night Gen Art Chicago Film Festival, Tuesday the 26th through Saturday the 30th. Celeb-sighting opportunities begin with the fest’s opening night, when Heather Graham (Boogie Nights, … Read more
Lincoln Square Francophiles get lucky—twice. A fine pair of affordable bistros are neighbors in address and style.
Features The Most Expensive Things in Town, A custom-designed diamond watch, a radio disc jockey, a limited edition Ferrari-these are some of the priciest people and indulgences in Chicago. Enjoy! Plus, an essay on the meaning of divine excess Tremors in the Empire, by Shane Tritsch The Pritzker family’s $15-billion fortune represents a great American … Read more
Features Fall Fashion How We Look Now,by Lizbeth LevineThe new confidence game-when it comes to fashion, Chicagoans are chicer and more internationally in the know than ever. One Fine Day,by Stacey JonesStepping out-color and texture heat up divine designs for the start of another active social season. Suit Yourself,by Stacey Jones The power brokers-real men … Read more
Design at home with Crate & Barrel scion Robert Segal and his wife, Alicia Rosauer
Features What Dealers Knowby Gale KappeThis insider’s guide to the antiques marketplace offers tips on what’s trash and what’s a treasure, what’s real and what’s a reproduction. Our source list sends you in search of furniture, silver, jewelry, glass, ceramics, and other sure things. Back to the Futureby Steve Rhodes and Jeff RubyIn 1976, this … Read more
A former model names her first boutique SHE, as in “She Has Everything.” The whole SHEbang is more like it: the offerings at this Lincoln Park boutique run the gamut from lingerie and sweatpants to über-high-end dresses from Shelly Steffee and Viviana Uchitel.
JUST PICKINGA bright ukulele sings out in green (Mahalo ukulele, $25, at the Little Strummer, 909 W. Armitage Ave.; 773-751-3410). Photography: Leonard GertzStyling: Sheila Styling WOODEN IT BE NICE?Comfortable-and cool. Architect Annie Mohaupt creates these chic sandals by hand in her Logan Square workroom ($150, with three ribbons for wearing, at www.mohop.com and Wolfbait … Read more
A design duo gambles on America’s fashion staple—denim.
