Gabriella

Gabriella (@gabizuffo) was photographed in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Heloísa

Heloísa (@helomile) was photographed in the iconic Avenida Paulista in São Paulo, Brazil - my native city. She makes and sells the beautiful flower crowns she's wearing - more info at @projetofloralia.

Chicago Looks IRL

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Parke and Lena

A match made in heaven

Out for a walk after a late breakfast in Bucktown, Parke Ballantine and Lena Matz found themselves coincidentally dressed in similar outfits. "We both tend to wear a lot of black, so matching is not intentional—but coordinating suits is," says Matz, who works at the managing consulting firm Point B. Ballantine, the marketing communications manager at Hyde Park Arts Center, was sporting the trench coat she received from Matz on the occasion of their third anniversary, for which leather is the traditional gift. Matz, meanwhile, strutted in stilettos, which she recently began wearing more regularly to keep up with her partner's fashion-forward sensibility. "Parke can take anything," Matz says, "and turn it into a statement piece you'll see next season."

Originally published in the Chicago Reader.

Shaina

Shaina was carrying a tote from the Chicago Women's Health Center, which she highly recommends.

Here's their mission: "Chicago Women’s Health Center facilitates the empowerment of women and trans people by providing access to health care and health education in a respectful environment where people pay what they can afford.

CWHC provides care and services that people in Chicago need, but often cannot find anywhere else. Since we opened our doors in 1975, CWHC’s programs have been shaped by our clients’ needs for accessible, high quality health care. We provide services to more than 6,000 clients through our programs annually."

They offer services such as gynecology, primary care, counseling, trans health services, alternative insemination, acupuncture, massage, and health education. More info at chicagowomenshealthcenter.org.

Heting

Becca