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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…

A few months ago, I was asked by a professor at the College of Dupage if I would be interested in TheWorkingWardrobe being a project for his class. My response, “Of course I would!”. What each student did was take a trend that they saw during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in New York last month and… Read more…

With all of the Navajo and the “American West” influences we have seen be-speckling the Fall magazine issues, I think that opens up the conversation on how you can incorporate this trend into your work attire. It is definitely a statement trend to say the least, so it may be seem to be a bit… Read more…

In case you missed it between conference calls, the Fashion Weeks are afoot! We’ve been compiling things on the back end to showcase our favorite looks that can indeed go from the runway to the office. And then we came across this email from Spiegel. You can be inspired by the runway, and shop for… Read more…

For those of you who have gotten to know my style as you’ve gone through my blog, you know that ‘simple’ and ‘architecture’ are two of my favorite fashion terms. So it doesn’t come to much surprise that MaxMara and Prada are two of my all-time favorite shows to drool over during Fashion Week. And… Read more…