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Blogs, Bleader, Sep 28, 2012
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This week's movies, and the rest of this week's movies

New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue
- by J.R. Jones
- Tags: Film, Can movie, Gene Siskel Film Center, Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel, Vogue, Music Box, Head Games, Steve James, Hoop Dreams, Stevie movie, At the Death House Door, Hotel Transylvania, Adam Sandler, Steve Buscemi, Cee-Lo Green, House at the End of the Street, Elisabeth Shue, Jennifer Lawrence, How I Ended This Summer, Gold Hugo, Chicago International Film Festival, Looper, Rian Johnson, Brick movie, The Brothers Bloom, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Bruce Willis, Lou Harrison: A World of Music, Love Likes Coincidences, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Stephen Chbosky, Emma Watson, Ezra Miller, Logan Lerman, Pitch Perfect, Anna Kendrick, Elizabeth Banks, Rebel Wilson, Snowman's Land, Harold Pinter, The Dumb Waiter, Vulgaria, Bernardo Bertolucci, Before the Revolution, Block Museum of Art, John Carpenter, Dark Star, University of Chicago Doc Films, Michel Gondry, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Facets Cinematheque, James W. Anderson, Northwestern University, Howard Hawks, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Fred Camper, Robert Bresson, Pickpocket, Jack Conway, Red-Headed Woman, Chicago Horror Film Festival, Audre Lord's Cultural Legacy, Audre Lord: The Berlin Years 1984-1992, The Edge of Each Other's Battles: The Vision of Audre Lord, movies, Video

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Blogs, Bleader, May 4, 2012
Attend the Met's Costume Institute Benefit from your couch

The event will be live-streamed for the first time
- by Heather Kenny
- Tags: Style, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Costume Institute Benefit, Vogue, Miuccia Prada, Prada, Elsa Schiaparelli, Anna Wintour

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Blogs, Bleader, Aug 31, 2011
Creatures of the Wind continues to turn heads

Nominated for one of the fashion industry's most prestigious awards, the local line is helping to burnish Chicago's image.
- by Heather Kenny
- Tags: Style, Creatures of the Wind, Vogue, CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund, Chicago fashion designers

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Performing Arts, Performing Arts Feature, Aug 18, 2011
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Grit & Glitter

To be young, black, gay, and glamorous in Chicago's ball scene
- by Elly Fishman
- Tags: Performing Arts Feature, gay, vogue, dancing, ballroom, pride, transgender, Slideshow

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News & Features, Feature, Apr 29, 2011
What's Happening With Sulzer Library's VHS Tapes?

(Not to mention the chairs and tables)
- by Sarah Louise Klose
- Tags: Feature, Chicago Public Library, Sulzer Regional Library, VHS, The Kiss, Greta Garbo, The Mystery of the Wax Museum, Humphrey Bogart, The Paris Express, Claude Rains, Jean Pioret, The Elegant Criminal, The Saint, Roger Moore, Nancy Drew Mysteries, Pamela Sue Martin, Time, Newsweek, Life, Look, National Geographic, Ladies' Home Journal, Saturday Evening Post, Vogue, House Beautiful, Historic Illinois, Theatre Arts Monthly, Architectural Digest, Museum of Science and Industry, Thomas Beeby, Woodworking Corporation

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Blogs, Bleader, Feb 4, 2011
Ikram Goldman to Be Honored by SAIC

The owner of local boutique Ikram becomes a legend—for reals.
- by Heather Kenny
- Tags: Style, Ikram Goldman, Ikram, School of the Art Institute, Sally Singer, Vogue, T: The New York Times Style Magazine, Legend of Fashion award, Michelle Obama

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Blogs, Bleader, Jan 14, 2011
Dress Tips for Men From 1924

Back then, some guys needed a chart to get dressed.
- by Heather Kenny
- Tags: Style, Vogue, etiquette, Buzzfeed, men's fashion, vintage fashion

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Blogs, Bleader, Aug 24, 2010
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SAIC Fashion Chair Nick Cave in Vogue

SAIC's Nick Cave sees his Soundsuits turn heads in the fashion world.
- by Heather Kenny
- Tags: Style, Nick Cave, School of the Art Institute, Soundsuits, Vogue, Video

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Blogs, Bleader, Aug 3, 2010
A Bikini for a More Innocent Era

A vintage-inspired gingham bikini brings dignity back to the two-piece.
- by Heather Kenny
- Tags: Style, Marion Cotillard, bathing suits, swimsuits, swimwear, bikinis, Vogue, Pret-a-Surf

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Blogs, Bleader, Jun 30, 2010
The Other Fashion Movie

The fashion in "I Am Love" is the antithesis of Sex and the City style.
- by Heather Kenny
- Tags: Style, Film, I Am Love, Luca Guadagnino, Tilda Swinton, Marisa Berenson, Jil Sander, Raf Simons, Birkin bag, Sex and the City, Vogue

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Reader, Matches blog, May 6, 2010
Before You Brainwash My Mind

Creatures preying on the human race and they walk among us.
- by Heartbroker
- Tags: Mismatched: Bad Dates, Great Stories, leeches, planet, vampires, annelids, creature, being, non-earthling, inhabitants, downer, Joey Greco, Maury Povich, Lifetime Television, conversion, douche bag, Chicago, basket case, Jakal and Hyde, transformed, el train, living dead, domicile, downer, general populous, species, unhappiness, married, Armani, envy, jealousy, Yale, femme, erection, love, New York, Vogue, Alaia, Prada, New York Times, erection, couples counseling

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Blogs, Bleader, Mar 22, 2010
Polyvore: Paper Dolls for Grown-Ups

The New Yorker takes a look at style and fashion Web site Polyvore.
- by Heather Kenny
- Tags: Style, Polyvore, New Yorker, Alexandra Jacobs, Vogue, Bazaar, InStyle, Lucky, fashion writing

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Blogs, Bleader, Feb 24, 2010
Tweeting the Timeless Prose of Vogue

Vogue's purple prose, now on Twitter.
- by Heather Kenny
- Tags: Fashion, Vogue, Twitter, Diana Vreeland

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Blogs, Bleader, May 6, 2009
Musings on models

"The Model as Muse," an exhibit of photography exploring the relationship between models, designers, and photographers, opens today at the Met in New York.
- by Heather Kenny
- Tags: Vogue, Cathy Horyn, Metropolitan Museum, Costume Institute, models, RIchard Avedon, Azzedine Alaia, Bruce Weber, Kate Moss, The Model as Muse, fashion photography

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Blogs, Bleader, Mar 19, 2009
CNN profiles the influential editor of French Vogue

Behind the scenes with Carine Roitfeld.
- by Heather Kenny
- Tags: Vogue, Carine Roitfeld, French Vogue, CNN, Vogue Paris, Anna Wintour

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New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue

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The event will be live-streamed for the first time

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Nominated for one of the fashion industry's most prestigious awards, the local line is helping to burnish Chicago's image.

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To be young, black, gay, and glamorous in Chicago's ball scene

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(Not to mention the chairs and tables)

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The owner of local boutique Ikram becomes a legend—for reals.

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Back then, some guys needed a chart to get dressed.

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SAIC's Nick Cave sees his Soundsuits turn heads in the fashion world.

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A vintage-inspired gingham bikini brings dignity back to the two-piece.

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The fashion in "I Am Love" is the antithesis of Sex and the City style.

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Creatures preying on the human race and they walk among us.

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The New Yorker takes a look at style and fashion Web site Polyvore.

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Vogue's purple prose, now on Twitter.

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The Vogue editrix has Jack Bauer in her crosshairs.

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"The Model as Muse," an exhibit of photography exploring the relationship between models, designers, and photographers, opens today at the Met in New York.

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Behind the scenes with Carine Roitfeld.