Year: 2014
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Ray Civello – Civello Chicago NYE Giveaway
Civello Salons have set up three Chicago locations in the former Michael Anthony salons on North Avenue, Belmont and State Street. To celebrate we are giving away 5 New Years Eve Blow outs (that’s right FIVE!) to some lucky ladies. All you have to do is leave a comment on this post (with a way
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Recipe – Beet and Sweet Potato Chips
I’m on Jessica Murnane’s One Part Plant podcast this week talking about life, work and food of course! Part of the deal was that Jessica asked me to share a favorite plant based recipe. So I whipped up a batch of beet and sweet potato chips. See how to make this nutritious, yummy treat below.
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AZEEZA for the Holidays!
I got to hang out with the lovely AZEEZA on an unseasonably warm and rainy December day here in Chicago. She previewed her AZEEZAxWOOLRICH dress that comes out next season and gave me major face. The great news is that for all you procrastinators there are so many beautiful gifts that are $100 and under
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Corri McFadden and Zelda
Someone just got woken up from their nap and it wasn’t Corri 🙂 The Holiday installment of Dose Market was the perfect way to cap of a weekend full of festivities, and running into Mama McFadden and her baby girl Zelda as we were leaving was the icing on the cake. Loving Corri’s solid gold
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PASSONI by Francesca Passoni
My co-worker at Leo Burnett, Francesca Passoni launched a rad fashion kickstarter for her company PASSONI. They make bespoke tailored shirts for the “sophisticated tomboy” all hand made in Italy. I caught up with her on the street last week sporting one of her unique designs. There are tons of lovely rewards for backing at
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The Très Awesome 2014 Holiday Gift Guide
It’s Cyber Monday today! The perfect time to get all your holiday shopping done, save a ton of money and never leave your couch. I’ve collected all sorts of cool stuff from around the internetz and almost all of the sellers have a special deal going on today. So without further a do I give
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Fullosophie Workshops
I had the pleasure of attending a day of creative learning last Saturday thanks to Fullosophie – a company dedicated to allowing regular folks like you and me a chance to get to know craft makers through intimate, hands-on workshops. In the morning we sipped mimosas and learned all about counters, ascenders and nibs with Jenna
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Advanced Style Documentary Premiere Party
This past friday No Small Plans Productions hosted the opening night and premiere of the Advanced Style documentary at Gene Siskel Film Center. The event drew fashionable folks of all ages including some women who have been featured on the Advanced Style blog and quite a few of mother daughter duos, including April Francis and
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Wide Legged Jeans on Leandra Medine
The title of this post rhymes, in case you didn’t notice. Also wide legged jeans are back as proven by The Man Repeller herself. Don’t go throwing out your skinnies yet, but there are now officially options 🙂
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Ready, Set, Target Style Event Recap
Last Thursday I got a real taste of what it’s like to be on a show like Project Runway. I, along with bloggers Yanira Garza and Dana Weiss of the Possesionista were issued style challenges around the classic white button down shirt using the Target Fall Style collection. We didn’t know what the challenges were before