To mark the opening of Midnight Noir, the Chicago Hotel Collection will host a two-day debut celebration introducing the new skydeck lounge concept. The launch events will take place April 3 and April ...

DeAnna Spoerl wearing designers with Chicago ties: a dress designed by Shernett Swaby with boots by Il Fratellino, as well as a leather tote by Borris Powell and a necklace by Nyet Jewelry. Credit: ...

CHICAGO -- Fashion Outlets of Chicago is an award-winning 530,000 square-foot, two-level indoor shopping center that is home to more than 130 designer outlets, an impressive contemporary art ...

Nominations were open to the public until Dec. 6 and a jury of six tastemakers determined the winners. The judges included Barbara Bates of Bates Designs, who created looks for the likes of Oprah ...

Kristopher Frederickson launched the Vice Lair apparel brand in his Chicago-area basement six years ago, hand-drawing a logo and designs adorning hoodies and sweats. He trademarked a tagline, “Dare Do ...

Get your pen out. There's plenty going on in the Chicago fashion scene in the next few weeks, from the Oscar Design Challenge to several events celebrating the best of Chicago's up-and-coming ...

Chicago Fashion Week returned for its second year this month with more than 60 fashion education and social events, exhibitions, in-store activations, retail markets, galas, and runway shows for ...

Chicago isn’t typically perceived as a fashion capital, despite being the city that raised Law Roach, a stylist synonymous with high-fashion (Zendaya is an anchor client); Virgil Abloh, the late ...

At 16, Matthew E. Bell became Chicago Fashion Week’s youngest headlining designer last fall, debuting two collections at the 14th Pharaoh R.A.W. runway experience at the DuSable Museum in honor of ...

The city and suburbs will have plenty of runway shows, clothing markets, fashion exhibits, design workshop. Major fashion weeks cater to the trade and to celebrities and industry professionals looking ...

The Evanston History Center has one of the largest costume collections in the state, totaling over 20,000 pieces and spanning from the early 19th century to today. Yet most of the time, these items ...

Fashion designer Stacy Igel’s new book, Embracing the Calm in the Chaos (Harper Collins Leadership), offers advice for entrepreneurs, but there are lessons for everyone given the chaos we all ...