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32 results
City Life
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Street View
Nov 29, 2020
Bird's eye view
Artist Jenny Kendler keeps both style and the environment in sight.
By Isa Giallorenzo
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Street View
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Jenny Kendler
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Birds Watching
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the 606
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sustainable fashion
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upcycle
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Buffalo Exchange
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Etsy
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street view
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street style
,
Chicago fashion
City Life
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Street View
Oct 27, 2020
Out of the box
Defying boundaries, two entrepreneurs mix business, community, and prints.
By Isa Giallorenzo
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Street View
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Street View
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Maria LyVonne
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Ashley Bassett-Parkins
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Garfield Park Conservatory
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LYV-ON
City Life
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Street View
Sep 24, 2020
Dressed to chill
No matter where they are, these friends are clad for their best life.
By Isa Giallorenzo
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Street View
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Street View
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Etiti Ayeni
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Ambrose Horton
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ELUKE
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Museum of Contemporary Art
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"Seeing Chicago"
City Life
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Street View
Aug 11, 2020
Make it different
Customization is key in this student’s wardrobe.
By Isa Giallorenzo
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Street View
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Street View
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Allison Roa
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thrift
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Harajuku
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mask fashion
City Life
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Street View
Jul 10, 2020
You do you
Authenticity comes first for artist Muhammad Naqee.
By Isa Giallorenzo
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Street View
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Street View
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Muhammad Naqee
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fashion
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Kanye West
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Yeezys
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Chanel
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Gucci
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Burberry
City Life
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Street View
Aug 14, 2019
The maximalist
"The more color the better" says artist/Google user experience designer Adrianne Hawthorne.
By Isa Giallorenzo
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Street View
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Street View
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Adrianne Hawthorne
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Ponnopozz
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Nooworks
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Lee Lee Z Leather
City Life
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Street View
May 2, 2019
For the win
Clean style, full heart, can’t lose
By Isa Giallorenzo
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Street View
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Street View
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Cheerleading
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sports
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spring
City Life
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Street View
Apr 4, 2019
Kickin’ it
A rapper’s style starts with his shoes.
By Isa Giallorenzo
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Street View
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Fashion
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Street view
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rap
,
shoes
City Life
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Street View
Mar 23, 2019
Rhyme scheme
A poet uses fashion like an open mike.
By Isa Giallorenzo
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Street View
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Street view
,
poetry
City Life
,
Street View
Mar 12, 2019
'Bird of paradise meets Marchesa Luisa Casati'
How one visual artist's look channels the power of nonhuman companions
By Isa Giallorenzo
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Street View
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Street View
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Garfield Park Conservatory
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street fashion
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Marchesa Luisa Casati
City Life
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Street View
Mar 5, 2019
Walk like a Pokémon trainer
Egypt and anime come together in one woman’s style.
By Isa Giallorenzo
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Street View
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Fashion
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Street View
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city life
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pokemon
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egypt
City Life
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Street View
Feb 12, 2019
Digging out gems from the city’s dumpsters
One man’s treasure . . .
By Isa Giallorenzo
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Street View
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Street view
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fashion
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environment
City Life
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Street View
Jan 15, 2019
Shatara Powell celebrates her birthday in style and with her squad
Dinner, a movie, and matching outfits.
By Isa Giallorenzo
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Street View
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Shatara Powell
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style
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squad goals
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Nobody's Fool
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Street View
Blogs
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Bleader
Dec 18, 2018
A teenager sports high fashion on a low budget
The high school senior is an avid thrifter developing her style through trial and error.
By Isa Giallorenzo
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Style
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Chicago street style
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fashion
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Street View
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layers
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thrift store
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colors
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Beth Jones
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B. Jones Style
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Tara Chandra
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Titi Alli
Blogs
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Bleader
Dec 4, 2018
Marvell Wesley and his mini-me stroll in style on 95th Street
Crisp but comfortable is key.
By Isa Giallorenzo
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Style
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Chicago street style
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fashion
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Street View
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comfort
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chill
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Jay-Z
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Common
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Kanye West
Columns & Opinion
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Staff notes
Nov 30, 2018
A note from the editor
By Anne Elizabeth Moore
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refugees
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city life
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public service announcement
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Karen Hawkins
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Isa Giallorenzo
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Street View
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New Trash
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Book Swap
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Aimee Levitt
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Sarah Hollenbeck
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Women & Children First Bookstore
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In Rotation
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Gossip Wolf
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Comics journalism
,
Olivier Kugler
Blogs
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Bleader
Jul 23, 2018
Street style at Pitchfork: Ms. Lauryn Hill sets the tone for some serious eclecticism [PHOTOS]
By Isa Giallorenzo
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Music
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Pitchfork Day Three
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Style
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Arts
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Isa Giallorenzo
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Chicago Looks
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Pitchfork 2018
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Ms. Lauryn Hill
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street style
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Street View
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fashion
Blogs
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Bleader
Mar 27, 2018
Her style? ‘A little weird, a little masculine, a little trendy, and a lot of streetwear’
"I really try to teeter the line between extremes," says design manager Katrina Wolf in this week's Street View.
By Isa Giallorenzo
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Style
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Katrina Wolf
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Bria Salvador-French
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Smith & Davis Salon
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Lincoln Park
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fashion
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street style
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Street View
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Depop
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& Other Stories
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Megan Ellaby
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Emmeline Smooths
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Doc Martens
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pattern clash
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Andrea Smith
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Planned Parenthood
Blogs
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Bleader
Mar 13, 2018
A ‘dress-and-sneakers type of gal’ inspired by Coco Chanel
Casual chic is the MO of Tamara Capel-Wilson, brand manager and entrepreneur behind the online girls' clothing boutique Blu Mitten.
By Isa Giallorenzo
Tags:
Style
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Tamara Capel-Wilson
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street style
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Street View
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Blu Mitten
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Coco Chanel
,
less is more
,
luxury
Blogs
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Bleader
Feb 21, 2018
Why wear basic black when there's such a thing as faux fur?
Fashion maximalist Heather Thorgaard considers rainbows and sparkles neutrals.
By Isa Giallorenzo
Tags:
Style
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Street View
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street style
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Chico's
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Wal-Mart
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vintage stores
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jewelry
,
flea market finds
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Ottumwa
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Bob's Jewelry
Blogs
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Bleader
Aug 17, 2017
Vintage and DIY outfits this musician can perform and sleep in
Ryan Koenig mixes country and punk to perform with Pokey LaFarge at Wicker Park Fest.
By Isa Giallorenzo
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Ryan Koenig
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country and western
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punk
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Pokey LaFarge
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Wicker Park Fest
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Nudie suits
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Nudie Cohn
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Kellie Everett
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Two Different Worlds
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street style
,
Street View
Blogs
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Bleader
Jul 11, 2017
Walgreens lighting can’t hide the beauty of a strutting animal-care technician
Find out what a "Farrah-Fawcett-meets-washed-up-40s-diva" look is like.
By Isa Giallorenzo
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Arts
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Style
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fashion
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Chicago street style
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Street View
Blogs
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Bleader
Jul 5, 2017
Wear orange to Pitchfork to join in the fight against gun violence
Pitchfork Music Festival joins Mothers Against Senseless Killings and Everytown for Gun Safety in its community outreach this year.
By Isa Giallorenzo
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Arts
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Style
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fashion
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Chicago street style
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gun violence
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Beats Over Bullets
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Beats > Bullets
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Wear Orange campaign
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#WearOrange
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Pitchfork Music Festival
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Street View
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Hadiya Pendleton
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Everytown for Gun Safety
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National Gun Violence Awareness Day
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Ne-Hi
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Jeff Tweedy
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Ohmme
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Street View
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Pinterest
,
Mothers Against Senseless Killings
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MASK
Blogs
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Bleader
Jan 3, 2017
Bathsheba Nemerovski’s style reflects the spirit of the times
The Logan Square hairstylist and keyboardist made an appearance at a screening of a documentary about Rick Owens, along with a few other fashionable attendees.
By Isa Giallorenzo
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Arts
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Style
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Bathsheba Nemerovski
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Sparrow
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Street View
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I Kong Kult
Blogs
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Bleader
Oct 19, 2016
A schoolgirl look, spotted in Wicker Park
A back-to-school look in this week's Street View
By Isa Giallorenzo
Tags:
Arts
,
Style
,
Street View
,
Wicker Park
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