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Melissa spoke of her self-chosen “mantra.” This, she explained, was to “Identify, advise, and assist.” Her objectives in this new role include identifying the needs of various members of the fashion community in Chicago , bringing designers and business students together, and building a Chicago fashion website. This website will bring together people from different aspects of fashion to work together for individual needs, including information on how to finance a business.

As Chicago becomes analogous to New York , though for younger, private designers, I predict that groups such as the Chicago Fashion Foundation will be the must-have-membership for the fashion elite of the Chicago area. Chicago ’s fashion community may expand exponentially over the years, but the direction that it is going to serve a niche market of fashion designers who have “unique designs” that are created on a much smaller scale.” As Ms. Turner puts it, “ Chicago is not New York or Los Angeles , it is entrepreneurs.”

 

 


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David Anthony, International Fashion Photographer

David Anthony’s introduction to fashion and fashion photography began while a Creative Director for some of the leading hairdressing academies in the beauty industry. A self-taught photographer, David eventually moved into photography full time beginning his career in the fall of 1991 in Los Angeles . David’s work gained the attention of several leading denim companies and magazines where he worked in Los Angeles for a few years, before moving to Europe where he worked in the Paris and Madrid markets. Currently, David Anthony resides in Chicago while primarily working in the New York , European, Asia , and Miami markets. David’s editorial work includes Harpers Bazaar (Intl. Editions); Marie Claire( Intl. Editions); Elle Canada; Rolling stone Magazine; Conde Nast Publications; Joy Magazine; Zink Magazine; Today’s Bride, Canada; Chicago Magazine; CS Magazine and Scene Magazine; among numerous others. He has also shot advertising campaigns for Pepsi U.K. (with Britney Spears), the Von Dutch Originals U.S. and European Campaigns for 2006, the Von Dutch 2005 European Campaign, the Michelob Fashion Campaign 2003/2004 for the U.S., England and China, the Bakers Shoes 2006 National Campaign, the Bakers Shoes 2005 National Campaign, Alberto-Culver, U.S. and Canada, and Samsung DigitAll.”