With the summer solstice approaching next week, Qlix Magazine couldn’t keep these emerging designers a secret any longer. At the end of May our friends at Laundry Magazine hosted a fashion show at the Garfield Park Conservatory in Chicago. With designers and flowers in full bloom, the crowd helped support Flashes of Hope, [...]
Gotta LOVE London and the creativity that comes from this city. The land were creativity is not only challenged, but appreciated. Case and point, the Pierre Garroudi flash mob fashion show, and can you fault Pierre Garroudi for thinking definitely outside the box.
Thursday, April 21, 2011 was definitely a day where [...]
After walking up three flights of stairs in high heels at the LaSalle Power Company before realizing that there was an elevator directly to the right of the entrance, I found my way inside Factor Women and Chosen Management’s fashion show on Thursday, April 21st showcasing their new models, aptly called A New Generation of [...]
First the Royal Wedding, now TOPSHOP, lately we’ve just been inundated with all things British and we can’t help ourselves but to fall in love. On Wednesday, May 4th Qlix Magazine attended the TOPSHOP/TOPMAN Collection Preview for Autumn/Winter 2011 at The Wit Hotel. As a city dweller I knew it was going to [...]
On Thursday, March 3rd Qlix Magazine attended the Chicago Fashion Foundation’s Fourth Annual Scholarship Award Benefit. Hosted at the Chicago History Museum guests traipsed through the black and white promenade while sipping on cocktails and bidding for the silent auction. Eight aspiring designer students—from Columbia College, the Illinois Institute of Art, and [...]
Frank Tell began with eerie music accompanied by a short film strewn across several monitors on high. “It’s like creepy andro-chic,” exclaimed a woman behind me. She was right. In the film a model slowly jaunted in shredded knits and a painted white face through snowy woods for a few minutes. Then, the film [...]
Innovative in technique and design, the IANNECI jewelry collection is a distinct combination of two sisters. Chicago natives Jennifer Gennace, the creative mastermind, and Kimberly Gennace, the business mastermind, founded the brand in 2005. Together the sisters have established a unique jewelry line that combines feminine elements with a modern approach. IANNECI’s [...]
On Friday evening StyleChicago.com hosted the concluding runway show of Fashion Focus week. The finale event, the Art of Fashion, highlighted the collections of: Borris Powell, Elda de la Rosa, Kirk James, Lara Miller, Lauren Lein, and Paul Sisti. The show also featured the work of three emerging designers: Fraley Le, Hector-Javier MonArrez, [...]
Wednesday evening smartwater and Chicago Magazine collaborated to present a headlining runway show befittingly titled Wave of Fashion, featuring five designers: Calvin Tran, Zamrie, Jermikko, Dorsia, and Red Doll. The show also served as the conclusion to the annual Mario, Make Me a Model contest, which highlighted five model hopefuls, but only one [...]
The Poetry Foundation and Poetry magazine are pleased to co-produce Printers’ Ball 2010 with Columbia College Chicago’s Center for Book & Paper Arts and the college’s Student Affairs Office. The sixth annual event, which this year takes as its theme “Print Loves Digital,” takes place Friday, July 30, in the city’s vibrant South Loop neighborhood. [...]
