By Kate Jacobsen Just because Earth Day is over doesn’t mean that you have to suddenly stop the fight for a cleaner environment. Your fight can continue in your daily life through recycling, turning off the water while brushing your teeth and even by making eco-friendly purchases. Eco-friendly purchases include cleaning products and organic foods… Read more…

Last Thursday I received an email with an event announcement. And boy was I excited to be working downtown that day! Eugenia Kim – one of my favorite milliners – was going to be on-site at the Manhattan Henri Bendel store to design custom hats for customers! She also had plenty of other hats available… Read more…

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By Kate Jacobsen Illustrations By Linda Cassady Photos from New York Magazine For the past month, your favorite fashion blogs and publications have been inundated with Mercedes Benz Fashion Week coverage starting in New York, then moving to London and Milan and finally ending in Paris. Statement hats, glossy leather, embellishment, sheer and cut-outs, fur,… Read more…

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By Kate Jacobsen What better way to kick-off fashion week than by featuring Chicago-based designer Elise Bergman who is representing the Windy City in New York for Fashion Week by competing in the Diet Pepsi Style Studio. Bergman was one of four designers hand-picked by Simon Doonan to participate in the competition. Doonan mentored the designers… Read more…

Last week was the week to celebrate Chicago fashion during Fashion Focus Chicago. The first runway show I attended was the Designers of the Chicago Fashion Incubator (CFI) 2011 Runway Show, Presented by Macy’s. For those of you who are unfamiliar with CFI, it’s a program in Chicago that provides selected designers resources every year… Read more…

By Emma Pretto I had the pleasure of attending the Mario Tricoci and vitaminwater’s InspireDESIGN runway show on Wednesday. Despite the horrible weather, the Millenium Park tent was packed. The show included live music by Brandon and Lucas Marx, collections from five Chicago designers, and the conclusion of the fourth annual Mario, Make Me a… Read more…