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By Huma Rashid The arrival of summer brings with it a return to whimsy and warmth: bright colors, bouncy ruffles, flirty accents, and soft, touchable textures. And all were found in abundance at Style Chicago’ Fashion 2010 event, held this past Thursday. Style Chicago hosted an eclectic group of designers offering everything from beautifully painted [...]
By Jacqueline Rezak Not a seat was empty at Lara Miller’s Fall 2010 Runway show last Friday. The show was not only to display Miller’s Fall collection to the tough fashion critics of Chicago, but also to celebrate 5 years of independent sustainable style. And so within the very chic, urban brick walls of The [...]
By Jacqueline Rezak I would like to introduce you to the extremely talented designer, Annie Havlicek. Havlicek is a Chicago girl born and bread. Growing up she spent much of her time studying fine art at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She then ventured off to New York City where she attended [...]
It has been a bit since I’ve shared my coveted working looks! My apologies in leaving you hanging, but now I’m back with SO many looks that I’m dying to have in my working wardrobe. I was inspired by this first look because…well…I already own it! Well, sort of. I purchased the original jacket in [...]
This week we offer the readers of TheWorkingWardrobe a little treat. As part of our weekly Designers Who Work It series, we are proud to bring you an interview with not only one of the leading Windy City designers, but also on the forefront of sustainability design. So we are so excited to have our [...]
Kate Coxworth, the genius behind fashion label Kate Boggiano, famous for its gorgeous ruffled blouses and jackets along with camisoles and leggings, didn’t start out with ruffles on the brain. “I was a total science geek,” said Coxworth. At Indiana University, Coxworth worked as a pre-med student for 2 1/2 years. “I never thought fashion [...]
After Chicago designer Lauren Lein arranged for TheWorkingWardrobe to cover the process of a clothing fitting for our readers, she mentioned how great it would be to not only follow up with how her finished clothing looked on the client I met, attorney Allison, but also on two of her other clients who wore her [...]
The One of a Kind Show and Sale in Chicago is an event that I always look forward to – it’s a place to discover new designers, merchants, buy your Christmas gifts and get a few things for yourself as well! Held this past weekend, the show spanning an entire enormous floor at the Merchandise [...]
As we gather the eve before Thanksgiving, we at TheWorkingWardrobe wish to partake in the festivities of the holiday season and reward you for all of the hard work you have accomplished this past year! It has been a rough one, so give yourself an extra pat on the back, a clink of a glass [...]
Alice Berry has been working in design for the past 25 years – not necessarily in the same fashion. Working as a clothing designer at the beginning of her career, she decided to cut clothing out of her designs in 1997. Until 2000, Berry went from having a name in the clothing industry to making [...]
