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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 [...]
When I think “dress” my thoughts immediately gravitate towards the iconic wrap dress that flatters seemingly every body type. So would I miss the event with the creator of the wrap dress available to meet and then see her Resort 2010 collection strut a runway? Of course not! Diane von Furstenberg was available at Neiman [...]
Cole Haan features Nike Air technology in certain footwear. And now we have Kenneth Cole following in the brand’s footsteps. Apparently designers are finally catching on that “pain is beauty” is a catchy phrase, but somewhat unrealistic in the working world. I don’t know about you, but hours after running around concrete trade show floors [...]
“Corporate was the first thing I noticed when moving to the city,” Orlando Espinoza told me during a visit to his Chicago-based showroom. Since moving to Chicago from LA, that was nine years ago. Since then Orlando Espinoza has earned the reputation of dressing the working woman in strong and confident ensembles that turn [...]
