What an amazing night it was! Between 6 and 8pm last night at Chicago’s Thread Lounge, people mixed and mingled while noshing on nibbles, sipping white wine, and shopping for fun work wear at the official event, Thread Lounge & TheWorkingWardrobe Present: Having Fun With Work Wear! I arrived early with my lovely PR Manager, [...]
We have a special treat for you this week! Colleen Schmidt – the woman behind the fantastic Thread Lounge boutique – was gracious enough to Skype in for an interview! The inspiration to interview Colleen came from the event I am co-hosting with Thread Lounge on December 20th. And I’m so glad she agreed to [...]
Happy Friday! We hope that your week is wrapping up well, and you’re gearing up for a fantastic weekend. Here is our weekly wrap-up and recap of what we’ve been reading on business and business fashion throughout the interwebs. This week we’ve been talking about another timely topic: business events spanning from work wardrobe to [...]
Throughout my musings on TheWorkingWardrobe, you may have come to realize that I truly value creativity in clothing, and shopping local. In preparation for an event I am hosting with Thread Lounge (a fantastic boutique in Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood) on December 20th that combines both, I wanted to share what Thread Lounge is all [...]
By Kate Jacobsen Can anything get better than cupcakes, wine and shopping all in one event? I am convinced not. I was in pure ‘bliss’ a few weeks back when I attended the Cake Plate Boutique Trunk Show at Sugar Bliss Cake Boutique in River North. Cake Plate Boutique co-owners Linsday Kroll and Paige Smith [...]
By Kate Jacobsen All I can say is that Shrine Haberdashers know how to throw one stylish party. I feel honored to have been among the city’s most dapper men (and women) at the one-year anniversary party thrown for the luxury men’s accessory boutique. Guests gathered in the grand ballroom of the James Hotel to [...]
Last night was probably one of the most fun nights I have had covering a fashion event. The reason? Probably because I was at the amazing Shrine Haberdashers boutique with one of my dear friends and podcast partners, Ryan M. Beshel of The Bowtie Memoirs. Shrine was hosting a party to celebrate its recent earning of [...]
Last week my good friend and fellow publisher, Tenisha Anderson of Qlix magazine and Ten Style Media, Inc., was visiting from New York! We took advantage of her visit by attending the What I Wore event (the very popular blog published by Jessica Quirk) and book signing! Held in the 900 N. Michigan shopping center, [...]
The second #ChiStyle tweetup kicked off a huge heat wave this sizzling July! And it was even during a Cubs game no less to usher in that true feeling of summertime. On July 14th, the wonderful people at Leahey & Ladue offered up their vintage store space to host this month’s #ChiStyle tweetup! About 30 [...]
Your holiday party may be miles from the office or just next to your cubicle, either way, remember that you are still with the office crew – and even the best dressed can be an eyesore
