Thursday, November 5, 2009
Fashion This Weekend's Fashion Events
Posted by Heather Kenny on Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 11:20 AM
Pop-up shops, vintage clothes, the millinery arts, and more:
- Millinery Arts Alliance
- Chicago Revealed host Katie Kijowski in a Loreta Corsetti cloche at last year's event
Also tonight, from 6 to 8, Sofia Vintage celebrates the launch of its permanent pop-up shop inside Jake's Rush Street location. There'll be champagne and nibbles.
On Friday the Chicago Fashion Incubator holds an open house for local designers interested in applying to the program. Stop in any time from 10 AM to 8 PM; at noon there'll be a Q&A with Melissa Gamble, the city's fashion director; incubator director and designer Lara Miller; and Elise Moran, coordinator of the Stitches Fashion Program. The incubator is on the 11th floor of Macy's State Street store.
Also Friday, Gamma Player starts a sale that runs through Sunday; brands such as Julius and Jean-Pierre Braganza are 30-50 percent off.
Saturday the Wicker Park boutique Le Dress opens a pop-up shop in the West Loop with discounts of 20-30 percent on fall dresses and other items. It's from 10 to 3 Saturday and Sunday at CA/23, on the second floor at 23 N. Aberdeen, 773-697-9899.
On Saturday and Sunday Beta Boutique holds an off-site sample sale in the former Ciao Bella space on Southport. Expect discounts of 40-90 percent on local and national designers.
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