If you’re a fan of Bravo TV or any of the Real Housewives of (insert city here), you already know about Andy Cohen hitting the windy city yesterday. Cohen, mediator and referee of the Real Housewives franchise and host of Watch What Happens Live, was in Chicago at the Macy’s State Street location to sign copies of his best-selling book. [...]

College fashion students from around Chicago gathered for the Chicago Fashion Foundation‘s 6th Annual Future of Chicago Fashion design competition. Held at the Hard Rock Hotel on Thursday, March 21, guests snacked on delicious hors d’oeurvs and drinks before the student runway show. The contest featured 15 students from Dominican University, Columbia College, Harper College, School of the Art Institute [...]

President and creative director of the stylish international handbag brand Nancy Gonzalez, Santiago Gonzalez stopped by Neiman Marcus on Wednesday, March 20th. The head of the famed accessories brand focuses on the editorial direction all around the world. The brand started when Nancy Gonzalez, as a single mother to two young boys, began creating luxury handbags. Using only the most [...]

Christian Louboutin’s first free-standing boutique in Chicago has opened at 58 E. Oak Street. Housed in the historic Esquire Theater, the 1,700 square foot space presents customers with two unique shopping experiences. The two story boutique offers a wide a selection of Louboutin’s signature red sole shoes as well as handbags for women on the ground floor, while the brand’s [...]

To celebrate the launch of the Sophie Theallet for The Limited collection, none other than Ms. Theallet herself showed up to answer questions for the crowd and grace us with her amazing presence! Lines gathered outside of The Limited in Water Tower Place almost an hour before her scheduled appearance. Theallet chatted with Second City Style about the new collection [...]

Monday night, you might have noticed there was a slight chill in the air in Chicago. It wasn’t from the sudden temperature drop in the weather (brrr!), it was from the icy glares of the bloggers at the Blogger Beauty Battle! Three Chicagoland beauty bloggers, Sandra Witten of Pink Memo, Aramide “Deedee” Esubi of The Sassy Peach and yours truly [...]

Not many know the name but soon enough, anyone who wants quality make-up with flawless coverage will grow to love the Berlin based brand Kryolan fairly quickly. On Tuesday night, many gathered to see the new happenings at the Halsted store. With the unveiling of it’s new slogan “Make-up is a science”, the brand has revamped their whole look including [...]

Avril Graham, Harper’s BAZAAR Executive Fashion & Beauty Editor was at Saks Fifth Avenue Chicago on Tuesday evening. Avril was in town to officially relaunch Saks Chicago’s WEAR NOW floor. As soon as she spoke I recognized her from the Today Show. Attendees enjoyed refreshments and a fashion presentation of looks from the WEAR NOW floor, which includes collections from [...]

What do you get when you mix fashion with athleticwear (or fashion with fashion)? You get DEKA Chicago and when you see this sneak peak you will not only want to to walk, but run right over there! Chicago is lucky to have the second DEKA Store. The first was DEKA Atlanta opened by retail veteran Jim Whitlaw in 2007. [...]

Chicago House, the first Midwest provider of AIDS housing and support services, hosted its kick-off reception at Macy’s last Thursday. The goal of the event was to pre-sale tickets to its 4th Annual Speaker Series Luncheon and get individuals more acquainted with Chicago House and what they do for the community. Drinks and light hors d’oeuvres were served and Stan [...]