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Fashion Focus Chicago

Chicago has become known internationally for its fashion designers. Experience why from October 9 through 14 with Fashion Focus Chicago. With five runway shows in Millennium Park, World Fashion Chicago presented by Sister Cities International, neighborhood shopping tours, Shop CHICago and more, you can go from fashion disaster to fashion plate in less than a week.

Runway Events
Shopping Tours
Shopping, Designing, and Competitions

Runway Events

Gen Art’s Fresh Faces in Fashion

• Showcases emerging designers
• Date: Tuesday, October 9
• Time:
  6:30pm, Pre-show Reception
  8:30pm, Runway Show
• Location: Millennium Park Chase Promenade North
  Randolph Street, between Michigan Avenue and Columbus Drive
• Contact: (312)229-1701, GenArt.org
• Admission:
  VIP $75 - $125/person, includes better seating, giftbag, after-party VIP lounge access
  General $50 - $60

Sister Cities International Presents World Fashion Chicago

• International fashions by Chicago-based designers representing all 27 Chicago sister cities
• Date: Wednesday, October 10
• Time:
  6pm, Pre-show Reception
  7:30pm, Runway Show
• Location: Millennium Park Chase Promenade North
  Randolph Street, between Michigan Avenue and Columbus Drive
• Contact: (312)744-2400, FashionFocusChicago.com - reservations required
• Admission:
  VIP $100/person, includes pre-show reception
  General Free

The Apparel Industry Board’s Chicago Is … Red Hot!!!

• Preview collections of nearly 50 Chicago apparel and accessory designers. Cocktails, runway show, fashion photographer Victor Skrebneski is Creative Chair
• Date: Thursday, October11
• Time:
  6pm, Pre-show Reception, Harris Theater
  8:30pm, Runway Show,Millennium Park Chase Promenade North
• Contact: (312)836-1041, reservations required
• Admission: $300 per patron; $175 per supporter; $50 per person includes standing room only

Designers of Chicago Show Presented By Macy’s On State Street

• Fall 2007 and Spring 2008 fashions
• Date: Friday, October12
• Time: 7:30pm, Runway Show
• Location: Millennium Park Chase Promenade North
  Randolph Street, between Michigan Avenue and Columbus Drive
• Contact: (312)781-5454, FashionFocusChicago.com, reservations required

The Allure of Couture

• Chicago’s fashion forward designers
• Date: Sunday, October 14
• Time:
  6pm, Pre-show Reception
  6:45pm, Auction
  7:30pm, Runway Show
• Location: Millennium Park Chase Promenade North
  Randolph Street, between Michigan Avenue and Columbus Drive
• Contact: (312)744-2400, FashionFocusChicago.com, reservations required
• Admission:
  VIP $125/person, includes VIP Pre-show reception and Runway Show
  $75/person includes Runway Show-only seating
  Standing room only, free

Shopping Tours

Happy Hour Especial

• Tour neighborhood boutiques and get deals, refreshments, see in-store stylists and trunk shows
• Contact: (312)533-1256, UrbanShopGuide.com reservations required
• Admission: $20/person
• Time: 3 to 5:30pm
• Oct 9, Gold Coast/Oak Street
  Oct 10, Southport Corridor
  Oct 11, Lincoln Park
  Oct 12, Bucktown/Wicker Park
  Oct 13, Division Street

Neighborhood All-Star Tour

• Tour six neighborhoods and their boutiques in a luxury vehicle. Special discounts and offers, designers, trunk shows, fashion and designer histories, refreshments, cocktails and deluxe treats
• Contact: (312)533-1256, UrbanShopGuide.com reservations required
• Admission: $125/person, includes gratuities for guide and driver
• Location: Tour departs from Chicago Cultural Center, 77 E Randolph St
• Time: Noon to 5pm
• Oct 12 and Oct 14

SeeMore Shopping Tours

• SeeMore Shopping shuttles you to their favorite shopping destinations, and drops you off at Water Tower Place, Chicago Cultural Center, Ogilvie or Union Station. Tour includes guidebooks and maps. Goodie bags contain water and snacks.
• Contact: (312)902-2135 SeeMoreShopping.com reservations required
• Admission: $45/person per tour
• Location: Tour departs from Chicago Cultural Center, 77 E Randolph St
• Time: 11am to 4pm
• Oct 13, Uncharted Treasures (Pilsen)
• Oct 14, Hidden Treasures

Tour Chic Boutiques with Style Expert Heather Kenny

• Tour neighborhood boutiques with North Shore magazine’s fashion columnist
• Contact: HeatherKenny.com reservations required
• Admission: $45/person per tour
• Location: Tour departs from Chicago Cultural Center, 77 E Randolph St
• Time: Oct 9 & 11, 1 to 5pm; Oct 14 Noon to 4pm
• Oct 9, Urban Girly-Girl Tour
• Oct 11, Avant-Garde Tour
• Oct 14, Eurostyle Tour

Shopping, Designing and Competitions

Macy’s Distinction In Design Competition

• Present sketches and samples in this competition.
• Contact: (312)781-5454
• Location: Macy’s On State Street, 111 N State
• Date: Oct 9
• Time: 10am to 2pm

Aloft: Fearless Fashion

• Experimental fashions
• Contact: Luminaire.com/Ankeloh.net
• Location: Luminaire, 301 W Superior St
• Date: Oct 10
• Time: 5 to 7pm

Fashion Illustration Demonstration

• Learn fashion illustration
• Contact: (312)344-7557
• Location: Columbia College Hokin Annex, 623 S Wabash Ave
• Date: Oct 11
• Time: 1:30 to 5pm

Scarf Savvy

• Decorate a scarf to keep, using stamps and help from International Academy of Design & Technology students
• Contact: (312)980-9534
• Location: Blick Art Materials, 42 S State St
• Date: Oct 12
• Time: 11:30am to 2:30pm

Encounter Fashion In The Park

• Live models display designs from School of the Art Institute of Chicago students
• Contact: (312)629-6189
• Location: From SAIC AIADO 12th Fl Lobby Gallery, 33 S State St to Millennium Park Chase Promenade North
• Date: Oct 12
• Time: 5 to 7pm

Gen Art’s Shop CHICago

• Shop accessories and clothing with emerging designers and boutiques. Spa treatments and gift bag
• Contact: (312)229-1701 GenArt.org VIP reservations required
• Location: Millennium Park Chase Promenade North, Randolph Street between Michigan Ave and Columbus Dr
• Date: Oct 13
• Time: Reception 1 to 2pm, Shopping 2 to 6pm
• Admission:
  VIP $40/person, includes VIP lounge access, the VIP Shopping Hour
  General: Free

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