16 stories by "Isa Giallorenzo"
It was a hot, late summer Saturday, and my son and I had come to the Chicago Botanic Garden for an outdoor playdate with some friends. To our surprise and […]
The post Marching for joy app…
Modernity and tradition. Relaxation and tension. Chaos and order. Yin and yang"roughly speaking. These are complementary universal forces that can easily lose balance and therefore create tr…
Nothing like an opening at the Museum of Contemporary Art to showcase the exceptional style Chicagoans have, in all their diversity. The festivities in May celebrating artist Nick Cave's sol…
Clothing reseller Sasha Smith, 20, claims to dress like a "pink 2000s bimbo Harajuku ballerina." She's inspired by dolls, the Playboy universe, and the now-defunct Japanese street style maga…
"I kinda got it on a whim," says Alexis P. Morgan, 30, about the dazzling two-piece ensemble she purchased from Boohoo. "I normally don't get super colorful things, but I've been branching o…
"I like to go for anything that draws attention and is kinda funky and out there," says 20-year-old Joey Prette, already a senior stylist at Free People and a musical theater student at Roos…
The long-awaited School of the Art Institute of Chicago fashion show was back in May after a two-year hiatus brought on by COVID-19. In the previous pandemic years students presented their w…
At the end of April, The Curio and the Chicago Fashion Coalition joined forces to promote a networking event for the local fashion crowd at Chop Shop in Wicker Park. The turnout was truly im…
Walking down North Avenue with his bulky Home Depot purchases in tow, George Blakemore sparkled in a glistening metallic-toned ensemble he painted himself. "I think that we all are artists,"…
Nigerian-born, London-based fashion designer Duro Olowu curates one of the MCA's largest shows ever filled with local treasures.
Museums can often feel like a co…
Clean style, full heart, can't lose
"No matter if you're stunting, tumbling, jumping, or sitting on the sidelines, you always need to look clean, tight, and con…
This south side children's boutique satisfies your thirst for denim.
"I want all the kids to be super cool!" says Aisha Burris, owner of Kool Kidz 2144 in Bever…
A rapper's style starts with his shoes.
"I call my style 'SlightFlex,' which means doing the most and nothing at all simultaneously," says Corey Henderson, 29, …
A poet uses fashion like an open mike.
"I always think of this coat and vest combination as being almost 'ninja' in feeling," says Jenene Ravesloot, who was pho…
Farm-to-table isn't just for restaurants anymore.
Field & florist, which opened in 2017 in a charming basement in Wicker Park on Division just east of Damen,…
How one visual artist's look channels the power of nonhuman companions
"Faux fur, snake skin, hooflike heels, and other abstract signifiers of animality have pl…
