Chicago: Fashion Focus Events Calendar 10.22 – 10.25

THURSDAY | 22
Style Stop
Chicago Tourism Center | 72 E. Randolph Street
11 am – 1 pm Lesley Tempe (Squasht By Les)
4:00 – 6:00 Elda De La Rosa
Macy’s presents the Designers of Chicago
Millennium Park – Chase Promenade North
7:30 p.m.
Stay ahead of the trends with this preview of Spring 2010 collections. Macy’s presents the next great American designer in this runway exclusive. Meet some of the names you need to know from Chicago’s design community and the 2009 Chicago Fashion Incubator Designers-in-Residence. Macy’s will carry some of their lines at Macy’s on State Street.
Invention and the Obsolete – Abigail Glaum-Lathbury Spring 2010 Collection
Prairie Production | 1314 West Randolph Street
9:00 p.m.
Enter into a world of electricity and imagination for Abigail Glaum-Lathbury’s Spring 2010 collection. In her most conceptual collection to date Abigail plays with the ideas of identity and sameness in a show that seeks to transcend the runway and shift the relationship between the audience and model. Themes of electricity and the passion behind invention weave in and out of silhouettes that range from the bizarre to the beautiful.
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FRIDAY | 23
Style Stop
Chicago Tourism Center | 72 E. Randolph Street
11 am – 1 pm Michelle Tan (Michelle Tan Designs)
4:00 – 6:00 Katrin Schnabl
Dress Code
Millennium Park – Chase Promenade North
7:30 p.m.
Catch the runway debut of the next rising stars at this showing of top students from Chicago’s fashion design schools: Columbia College Chicago, The Illinois Institute of Art – Chicago, The International Academy of Design & Technology Chicago and the School of the Art Institute Chicago.
Horacio Nieto
EnVent Studio | 344 North Ogden
Chicago, IL 60607
9:00 p.m.
VIP Reception – 7:45pm – 8:45pm
Fashion Show – 9:00pm
Post Party – 9:30pm – 11:00pm
Horacio Nieto presents Spring/Summer 2010 womenswear and menswear collections. The ready-to-wear collections revolve around the elements of tribes from different worlds. The Arlo menswear collection is inspired from outer space with futuristic fabrics, galactic colors and details. Womenswear reflects an Amazon tribe with textures, vibrant colors and modern elements.
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SATURDAY | 24
Style Stop
Chicago Tourism Center | 72 E. Randolph Street
11 am – 1 pm Julie Liu (Tzen Boutique)
4:00 – 6:00 Kahindo Mateene
Boudoir, Bourgeois and Boheme: Elise Bergman Fashion Installation
Roslyn | 2035 North Damen Avenue
2 p.m. – 4 p.m.
Fashion presentation at 3:00 p.m.
Socialize, shop for one-of-a-kind fall and holiday dresses and accessories, and place pre-orders on the new spring collection. The sale runs Thursday, October 22 through Saturday, October 24 from 11 am – 7 pm.
Michael Alan Stein Collection
Millennium Park – Chase Promenade North
2:00 p.m.
Michael Alan Stein presents Spring 2010 from his eponymous collection. Costume designer and stylist extraordinaire, Michael Alan Stein brings his design talent to women’s ready-to-wear. Inspired by Egypt and featuring clean, cool and linear elements, don’t miss this stylemaker’s runway debut during Fashion Focus Chicago.
Gen Art’s Fresh Faces in Fashion
Millennium Park – Chase Promenade North
8:00 p.m.
The must see runway show of 2009! Gen Art’s Fresh Faces is renowned for showcasing the brightest stars in the fashion industry and inaugurating the careers of many successful fashion labels such as Hollywould, Shoshanna and Zac Posen.
Le Jardin de L’Amour: Borris Powell Design Spring 2010 Collection
EnVent Chicago | 344 N. Ogden
9:00 p.m.
Borris Powell presents spring 2010 collection in the Parisian setting of “Le Jardin de L’Amour” (The Garden of Love). Attendees experience the self-taught designer’s uniquely feminine, sophisticated and modern style through his new collection. Ranging from swimwear and daywear to cocktail dresses and evening gowns, the bright colors of the season will blossom on a Parisian-park inspired garden runway. A cocktail reception will immediately follow the show, where VIP ticket holders will have the opportunity to meet the designer.
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SUNDAY | 25
Style Stop
Chicago Tourism Center | 72 E. Randolph Street
11 am – 1 pm Priscilla Lopez (Peachy Tan)
4:00 – 6:00 Pilar Audian Reed ( Kreative Soul Boutique)
Vert Couture
Chicago Cultural Center – Yates Gallery | 78 E. Washington Street
6:00 pm VIP Reception
7:00 pm Vert Couture Runway Show
8:00 pm After Party Reception
Vert Couture: “An Evening of Fall Fashion and Environmental Responsibility” is a haute couture runway show and lifestyle experience highlighting the best in Chicago eco-fashion for the Fall 2009/Winter 2010 season.