Spring Training
March is a shopping bonanza! Here are five chances to snap up high-end labels at reasonable prices.
March is a shopping bonanza! Here are five chances to snap up high-end labels at reasonable prices.
Our unabashedly subjective guide to the designers, stores, and goods that make the city shine
DePaul coeds who pinch their pennies will flock to Rugby, a Polo Ralph Lauren outpost with a younger and more affordable aesthetic. Plus: Sales Check
Send greetings, store memories, or perk up bare walls with paperie art by these locals.
These new letter-perfect products offer something for every type.
“We’re cultural entrepreneurs,” says Victoria Burns, a Glencoe art adviser whose Palm Treo is filled with names like Peter Sellars and Lawrence Weschler. Burns is using that device to help breathe new life into Art Chicago, the important local showcase that nearly expired last year. She and her partner, Lynne Sowder, an Atlanta-based art adviser, … Read more
Chicago favorite Jake moved to the burbs earlier this year, and the venerable North Shore boutique Neapolitan doubled in size and added a shoe salon. Could Winnetka be giving Oak Street a run for its money? PLUS: Sales Check
Tattooed loot that leaves a marked impression
This spring, the bloom is on—dresses are everywhere, and they’re light and lovely, seductive and flirty. Go ahead and enjoy being a come-hither woman, an Eve in a garden of good.
Nate Berkus has parlayed a taste for simple elegance (and a blessing from Oprah) into a booming design business, and he’s done it without losing his sunny charm. Just don’t rearrange his t-shirts.