CHICAGO LOOKS

Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Yarmani

Yarmani was featured in the Chicago Looks Newcity column, read his interview here and find the latest issue all over downtown + other cool places such as Epic Burger, Old Town, Lula Cafe, Crossroads, John Fluevog, Myopic Books etc etc etc.

Tara was shot with my now lost iphone - fortunately I had this picture in my email. Check out Tara's cool lifestyle site, Young Girl Party.

Meg was shot with my now lost iphone - fortunately I had this picture in my email.

Check out the rest of what this Chicago Looks fave is wearing here.

More Alanna

Alanna's sublime punk princess look was beautifully illustrated by Josh Crow. See more of their collaboration in the post below and also in their site, Drawn and Cotured.

When it comes to photographing, the golden rule does not apply to me: even though I'm always bugging people for a shot, I highly dislike being on the other side of the camera. When Alanna invited me to come to an illustration session with Josh Crow I said yes right away because I love his work, but deep down I felt a bit iffy about modeling. One click lasts a second and it's already kind of a torture, let alone being observed for over half an hour.

I think the reason why I dread photos is because I almost never like the results. With Josh's illustrations it was quite the opposite: I wanted to become exactly like the fluid, elegant images he created. Plus the way he looks at you is totally disarmed and non-judgmental, which was very refreshing. And in the meantime hearing Alanna talk about her favorite designers was the perfect icing on my fashionable cake. YUM!

Josh Crow is feautured regularly on Chicago Looks, check out his first column here. See more of Alanna Zaritz and Josh Crow's fruitful collaboration in their blog, Drawn and Coutured.

Alanna Zaritz is currently one of my top fashion inspirations. Love her super modern but also romantic style. Plus she's cool to the bone. See more of her fabulous looks fabulously illustrated by Josh Crow in their blog, Drawn and Coutured. And here!

Finally! Spring has arrived and so has the most exciting fashion show in town! More info here.

Check out Linda's extrachic style on the Bleader here.

Matt (aka style guru Gaudy God) was shot after Jonah Ansell and Tavi Gevinson's Cadaver movie screening and talk promoted by the MCA Chicago.

Soft-spoken Tavi lends her voice to Lynn, the four-eyed protagonist of the short animated film, directed by her longtime bud Jonah Ansell.

Gallerist Paul Melvin Hopkin Was featured in the Chicago Looks Newcity column a couple of weeks ago. Read what he had to say about his style here and get the latest issue all over downtown.

Check out Amelia's whole look on my Bleader column here.

Magritte was selling accessories made out of traffic cones at the SAIC 12th Annual Spring Art Sale. Find her Neo/Pastoral line on Etsy.

Cory

Cory was shot at the SAIC 2013 MFA exhibit by Laura Hart Newlon's work . More info about the SAIC MFA show here - really worth checking out by the way.