Here is round 2 of my festival coverage from LouFest in St. Louis and Pilgrimage Festival in Franklin, Tennessee.  This is Halfstack Magazine’s annual Giving Issue where I also contributed articles on two businesses that have created a successful model of giving on top of creating innovative product.  Happy reading!

Latino Fashion Week is looking for models for its international designers set for runway exhibition the week of 9/28-30th!! Potential models must register at LatinoFashionWK.com/Model and will host their model call on August 26th, 2017. Ladies are asked to wear heels, men in dress shoes. Good luck to our Chicago beauties!

The Prince Estate, alongside Pantone Color Institute™, the global color authority, announced today the creation of a standardized custom color to represent and honor international icon, Prince. The (naturally) purple hue, represented by his “Love Symbol #2” was inspired by his custom-made Yamaha purple piano, which was originally scheduled to go on tour with the […]

We’ve reached the spring equinox!  This means we are at this “almost summer” point to get our lifestyle change on!  Are you a little behind on the resolution bandwagon? Or are you basically at pro-athlete status now? Maybe its just time to freshen up your workout gear to motivate you to keep it going.  Now, […]

East coast born and Chicago raised choreographer Leila Henry premiered her “Sincerely” series last month in front of a packed crowd in the South Loop. She has long been highly regarded throughout the Chicago dance community even with a reputation of shyness; you would not know that to be a small culpability from her recent […]

The students at the Illinois Institute of Art-Schaumburg are hosting their annual fashion show to benefit a local charity.  The show’s title for 2017 is A.R.T (Ascend, Rise, Transcend) which is meant to reflect the current socio-political climate as well as this generations reinvention and progression in fashion. As part of its fashion curriculum, students […]

I am always one of those people determined to sparkle as much as I possibly can going into the holidays.  There is plenty of inspiration out there that positively reflects that mood.  We are talking about the fresh powdery snow covering festive lights, sparkly tinsel, and shiny ornaments.  If you’re looking to outshine everyone at […]

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