Don't laugh. Mayor Daley is trying to make the Windy City a center of design on a par with New York or L.A.

From Time Magazine June 20, 2006
By KRISTIN KLOBERDANZ/CHICAGO

The city of Chicago is famous for many things — frigid windy winters, fine architecture, the hapless Cubs, to name a few — but high fashion is not one of them. For most people, what usually comes to mind when thinking of fashion in the City of Big Shoulders is baseball caps and khakis. But Mayor Richard M. Daley thinks he can change all that. Daley recently announced the creation of a Fashion Advisory Council, a city-backed coalition of local designers and industry champions who will promote fashion growth. By nurturing designers, the city hopes to bolster its retail economy, gain tourism dollars and heighten its image as a world-class city.

To help realize that dream, Daley has created the position of director of fashion arts and events in his...

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By Staci Demierre

The new James Hotel was the perfect setting for the Chicago Fashion Foundation’s “Wine with a Fashion Editor” event on May 3, 2006 . Members and non-members were invited to not only hear from the style editor of Chicago Magazine, Stacy Wallace-Albert, but also relax with a glass of wine while a member from The Primehouse informed everyone about Old and New World wines.

Stacy Wallace-Albert, a freelance style and shopping editor, took the stage to discuss her experience in the fashion industry. Wallace-Albert is the Style & Shopping editor for Chicago Magazine, and also the founder of TheFashionEditor.com, an international style resource.

Wallace-Albert’s credentials include performing as an editor for CBS TV, a morning newscast on channel 11 in Chicago , and operating as the editor and publisher of The Source and The A List magazines...

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