Posts Tagged ‘Chicago Fashion News’

Fashion Advisory Council Head Resigns

Wednesday, May 26th, 2010

Gen Art Fresh Faces runway show during Fashion Focus Chicago 2009, an initative led by Melissa Gamble

Chicago Fashion Week can’t catch a break. Gen Art’s recent closure meant the end of the not-to-be-missed Fresh Faces runway show, and now Melissa Gamble, the head of Mayor Richard M. Daley’s Fashion Advisory Council, has resigned. Maybe better known as Chicago’s “fashion czar,” she has been with the organization since its inception in 2006 and has spearheaded the Chicago Fashion Incubator and the city’s fashion week, Fashion Focus Chicago. According to Crain’s Chicago Business, the organization will continue despite this upset. The Chicago Office of Tourism, the leading entity behind the FAC, released the following statement about Melissa’s departure and new role as a fashion business professor at Columbia College Chicago:

“Melissa Gamble has had an impressive impact on Chicago’s fashion industry and will be a great asset to Columbia College. Her five years of devotion to increasing the visibility and resources for local fashion talent has been instrumental in Mayor Richard M. Daley’s mission to elevate and educate emerging designers and independent retailers in Chicago. We’ve learned a lot over the past five years and we are currently looking at the next steps to address the growth of the fashion industry.”

The uncertainty of Melissa’s absence isn’t particularly good news for the Chicago fashion industry, but we hope the organization finds a new head who will command this post with fervor, innovation, and the utmost of dedication. We need someone who will lead our fair city’s industry in creative, dynamic ways that demonstrate our already proven fashion potential. Maybe a new face will give our fashion industry a fresh face.

By Meghan Turner

Photography by Billy Rood Photography

Tags: CFI, Chicago Fashion Incubator, Chicago Fashion News, Chicago Fashion Week, Chicago Office of Tourism, Chicago Runway Shows, Crain's Chicago Business, Fashion Advisory Council, Fashion Focus Chicago, Gen Art, Gen Art Fresh Faces, Mayor Richard M. Daley’s Fashion Advisory Council, Melissa Gamble
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Marc Jacobs to Open

Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010

A rendering of the new Marc Jacobs store

After much delay and anticipation, the Marc Jacobs Collection store is finally set to open its doors this Thursday, February 25. Located in the new luxury Elysian Hotel, the opening completes Chicago’s Marc Jacobs shopping experience, which first started in 2008 with the opening of the Marc by Marc Jacobs boutique in Wicker Park (1714 N Damen Avenue). While the collection line is obviously more costly than the Marc by Marc Jacobs diffusion line, the Walton and Rush Street location (near the Oak Street shopping district) is an appropriate one for a store of the MJ caliber. Though the clothes and accessories are the main attraction, the space in which the collection now calls home impeccably marries Marc’s forward-thinking, individuality-trumps-all aesthetic with pristine, contemporary architecture that heightens the shopping experience.

Marc Jacobs in located at 11 E Walton Street

By Meghan Turner

Tags: Chicago Fashion News, Chicago Shopping, Elysian Hotel, Marc by Marc Jacobs, Marc Jacobs, Marc Jacobs Chicago, Oak Street Shopping District, Wicker Park Shopping
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