Last Tuesday (August 10), I attended the Islands of the World Fashion Tour, produced by Factio Magazine, and hosted by a plethora of some of Chicago’s top fashion influentials (Saira Mohan, Melissa Maynard, Trevian Kutti, Corri Mcfadden, Candace Jordan, Ashley Drapes, Barbara Samuels and Kristen Fredricksen Skordilis). The event took place at the uber chic [...]
In non-fashion related news, however still just as relevant…a week or so ago (July 30th to be exact), I attended the Printer’s Ball at Columbia College. It was an exciting night of celebrating the world of print…specifically in Chicago. Independent magazines and books were scattered throughout three floors of the building, free for anyone to [...]
A week or so ago, I visited the 11th floor of Macy’s to see the six new designers of the Chicago Fashion Incubator (CFI). If you are not familiar with CFI, they provide six emerging Chicago-based designers with the resources, including workspace, education about the business of fashion and mentoring, to launch their careers in [...]
Recently, I am across the designs of SARD. Being a fairly new brand with only two collections so far, they have received great press, including Italian Vogue. With the focus on sustainability, the collections feature timeless, sophisticated pieces constructed with high quality fabrics. Catalina Sard, the brains behind the operation, worked at Burberry for six [...]
I’ve only been interning at Qlix for about two weeks now and I already feel like I’ve gotten to do so much. I’m learning something new everyday and that’s what an internship should be all about. So here’s the Cliff’s Notes version of what I’ve been up to:
Last week, I got to see Chicago designer, [...]
Words: Jena Gambaccini
There are so many blogs out there right now with people writing about anything that comes to mind. Fashion blogs, especially, have become a huge hit within the past couple years. Now it’s not just magazine editors sitting in the front row at Fashion Week….
With that said, StyleLikeU is by far my favorite [...]
words by Jena Gambaccini
Hello Qlix readers! I am Jena, the new intern at Qlix. Each week I will be blogging about what’s on my mind, sharing my fashion insight with you. Very recently, I returned from a 3-week excursion in Australia. I traveled to 5 different cities and got to experience some incredible things. While [...]
