{{Trends}} Slip Ons Are The New Sneaker Wedge. Pass It On…

GIVENCHY | Leather-trimmed eel sneakers, $720 Vans® | Classic Slip-Ons, $47 RIVIERAS | Neon canvas slip-ons, $85 Rocco P. | Woven Washed Leather Slip On Sneakers, $254 BucketFeet | Pineappleade Shoe, $30 Marc by Marc Jacobs | Leather/Lace Slip-Ons in Black/White, $270

{{Shopping}} 6 Fall Fashion Pieces From Barbour Chicago We Have Our Eye On…

In the US the first thing that comes to mind when you hear the word “Barbour” is an old guy with a pair of clippers and a straight razor. Ask anyone from the…

7 Things I Learned My First Week Living In New York…

Last August I turned 30. It was that day I had my second quarter life crisis. The first was when I was 24.5. Over the last six years I accomplished more than I had…

Cirque du Soleil + Sheryl Crow Have Some Fun at Glamorama 2013

Cirque du Soleil, Sheryl Crow, break dancers, today’s top fashion brands and a little bit of Magic Mike? Sounds like my Friday night at Macy’s Glamorama 2013: Fashion In A New Light. Chairman,…

Lollapalooza 2013: Festival Diary – Flower Crowns, Butt Cheeks + Tweens on Molly

Chicago Street Style: Pitchfork Music Festival 2013

Click through to see Chicago street style photos taken at the 2013 Pitchfork Music Festival. Photos: Brian Kravets

Tell Us Your Fave R. Kelly Song and WIN A Pair of Passes to Pitchfork 2013

Festival season is in full effect. With Coachella and SXSW over, we can’t help but look forward to the Chicago-based music giants there will be here in no time. First up(and our personal…

Handbags: the 3 styles you need for summer

As the Great British Summer seems to have finally arrived (despite the odd chilly day here and there), we can officially welcome the warmer weather – and the trends that come with it….

If You Like Michael Kors Resort 2012, You’ll Love This Neon Scuba Swimsuit

Michael Kors’ Resort 2012 collection was inspired by the surf lifestyle down under. He wove scuba details and pops of neon into classic American silhouettes. Take this trend to the beach with a…

The Bulls(and I) Have A Few #RUDE Thoughts on the 2013 Met Ball (and a Couple of Nice Ones)

Last night was the 2013 Met Ball, a gathering of models, a-list actors, goddess Anna Wintour, fashion designers, and anybody who’s anybody. And, Psy. Attendees traditionally come dressed is their most gorgeous yet…

Trendspotting: The Coach Spring Shoe Collection is Unbe-weave-able

    Woven details have a way of saying, “I’m relaxed.” without ever having to utter the words. Beach hats. Ethnic decor. Picnic baskets. All just chillin’. Even the most structured of handbags feel less…

Get Drunk: We Found Your Summer Drink – The Tart and Tasty Hemingway Daiquiri

The first thought that always came to mind when I saw the word daiquiri on a drink menu was of a leather-skinned granny sitting poolside with one of the sugary concoctions in one…

5 Must Haves Under $100 from Madewell’s New Gold Coast Store

I could’t have been sadder when my favorite Starbucks on Rush Street in the Gold Coast closed down. My frown was quickly turned upside down when I found out it was replaced by…

Days #3 – 5: 30 Days of Being 30 – The Juice Is Loose: How to Survive the BluePrint Cleanse

Days 3, 4, and 5 of being 30 were spent on the Blueprint Cleanse, a 3-day juice fast comprised of 6 drinks per day. I had done this in 2009 but was not…

Day #1: 30 Days of Being 30 – Reality Check

When I was little girl I couldn’t wait to be 30. 27, actually. That was my magic number. Regardless, I wanted to grow up as fast as I could. In my naive, little…

Bear Down! Victoria’s Secret PINK Helps Make Game Day Girly

“How can I look cute AND talk sports…without wearing a baggy jersey?!”…that’s a question I find myself asking every time someone invites me to watch a Bears game. Sure, that’s not often but…

Movies: Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel

For the next week, blackout a couple of hours in your schedule to check out the new Diana Vreeland film at the Music Box. The flick is about OG fashionista and her fifty…

Chicago Street Style: Dr. Marten x Pendelton Boots in the Gold Coast

BUY: Pendleton for Dr. Martens Boot, $184.95

NYFW | Beauty Mark: 5 Trends to Try From Spring ’13 Fashion Week

If keeping up with what’s going on with NYFW is making your head spin – don’t worry! We’ve been keeping tabs on all the amazing new SS’13 fashion week beauty that you have…

NYFW | Tour Up: Wild Belle’s Natalie Bergman Takes on NYC

This past week, Chicago-based band on the verge, Wild Belle took a roadtrip East to play a couple of shows for the NYFW crowd. If you don’t know them yet, we promise you…

Push Play: Tame Impala’s “Elephant” Remix Gives Us A Kick in the Aus’

Decades of classic rock construct the bones, while a futuristic sonic arcade creates the flesh that is Aussie band, Tame Impala’s musical body, “Elephant,” which was released earlier this summer as the first…

NYFW | Creatures of the Wind, Spring 2013

Kicking off NYFW with a bang, was Chicago’s own, Creatures of the Wind. The Cubs, go-figure, have been losing lately, so this was just the news we needed to restore our Chi-town pride….

Babes | A$AP Rocky + Diplo + Penn Badgley’s Man Bun x Alexander Wang. Boner City in Video Form.

Presented without comment. Except, 8=======D~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~. But, I think that’s implied. [via Style.com]

4 Style Steps to Keeping Up with KimYe (or What to Wear to a 2Chainz Concert)

Yeah, we luve dem strippers, but we don’t need to look like them, so in lieu of 2Chainz’ performance at the Metro this Friday tickets we urge you to channel your inner Kimye. We promise,…

Chicago Street Style | Prada Leather Oxford in the Gold Coast

Cool Story, Brogues! Awesome Chicago Street Style snap of Prada Leather Oxford in the Gold Coast. BUY:Prada Wing-Tip Platform Espadrille Oxfords, $950

Nail File | Ciaté Velvet Manicure

This fall, several designers caught George Costanza’s fever for velvet. Think Gucci’s Fall 2012 collection or Comme des Garçons to-die-for velvet blouses. Then, for Ruffian’s fall 2012 show, Keri Blair for MAC created custom velvet…

Hennessy VS x Futura Chicago Launch

Last Wednesday afternoon we went on hand’s down the best excursion of 2012. The eight hour venture, sponsored by Hennessy,was in celebration of their newest bottle collaboration with famed street artist, Futura. A…

Ever Wonder What Internet Memes Look Like IRL? Well, You Don’t Have To Anymore…

Thanks to a new Vitaminwater commercial starring the splendors of the internet, you can see your your viral obsessions come to life. The 30 second spot is chock full of all the memes…

5 Tips To Wearing Boyfriend Jeans(…Even If You Have Big Hips)

In 2008 when “boyfriend jeans” started to trend, we secretly wished we could pull them off. Even though celeb poster girl, Katie Holmes wasn’t doing a very good job selling them, street style…

5 Steps to Living Like…Zelda Fitzgerald

Modern woman owe a lot to OG party girl, Zelda Fitzgerald, wife of F. Scott, and mega-muse for “The Great Gatsby”. Breaking through the mold in the 20′s, when ladies were still all…

What Street Style Looked Like in the 90s…

While perusing my old Sassy mags on the snow day last week, I stumbled upon some original street style. The pics were taken in January 1993 in Copenhagen, Denmark. That’s some serious OG…