This Tuesday, Shrine Haberdashers (as mentioned here) and hosts Ryan Beshel, Jared Hatch, Eric Himel and Darnell Robinson invite you to the Style Influencers event.
Stop by Shrine Haberdashers (47 E. Oak) Tuesday, October 11 from 6-8pm. for an evening of shopping and whiskey tasting. Yes, you heard that right…guests will even get to enjoy a whiskey tasting provided by Spicebox Whiskey! See you there.
With Lifeway Foods, Starfruit’s parent company, being one of the main sponsors for Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week, Starfruit Chicago is continuing the “fashion and fro yo” collaboration with a fashion design competition.
On Thursday, October 6 four designers will showcase the looks that they think best embody Chicago Fall fashion. You’re invited to choose your favorite designer by logging on to the Starfruit Facebook page, and vote by “liking” their designs. At the end of the night, Chicago’s fashion influencers–Kevin Aeh (Shopping & Style Editor of Time Out Chicago), Erica Bethe Levin (Co-Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Cheeky Chicago), Borris Powell (fashion designer and boutique owner), and Jessica Zweig (co-founder and Director of Sales and Marketing for Cheeky Chicago)– will collectively pick a favorite look from one designer and, combined with the Facebook votes, will announce a winner!
So stop by Starfruit’s Lincoln Park Location (2142 N. Halsted) next Thursday for a night of fashion and delicious frozen yogurt (which happens to be my go-to in Chicago!)
For the first time ever, I attended Chicago Gourmet yesterday at Millennium Park. How I’ve never been to this before, I’m not sure…but basically it’s a “eat and drink as much as you can in 5 hours” festival. With tastings from various chefs and restaurants all around the city to an insane amount of liquor sponsors, let’s just say it was a really fun event 🙂
The only downside is that it rained all weekend which made getting dressed for an outdoor eating event a little more difficult. But thankfully my Loeffler Randall rainboots saved me (cute, functional and affordable…I highly recommend them).
By the end of it though, I could barely move because I ate an insane amount of food. The highlights of my day included the pumpkin and chocolate mousse with spicy almond crumble from Henri/The Gage (pictured above) and the red velvet cupcakes from C-House. I’ve had my fair share of cupcakes (especially red velvet) but THESE were on another level.
To sum it up, my Chicago Gourmet experience is what really made me cross the line from foodie to fatty…and I don’t hate it.
On September 1, The Drake Hotel, The 900 North Michigan Shops and Mario Tricoci are hosting an event to celebrate more than 40 influential Chicago women as they walk the runway in fashions from Bloomingdale’s, Mark Shale, L.K.Bennett, Karen Millen, Club Monaco and more.
There will be fabulous raffles including a $250 Gift Card to the 900 North Michigan Shops, a wardrobe consultation with juliewatsonstyle ($450 value), and The Drake Hotel’s ‘Shop ‘Til You Drop’ and ‘Spa’ Packages (value exceeding $300 each).
What are you waiting for? Get your ticket now!
On Wednesday, August 24 Jessica Quirk from What I Wore will be at the 900 Shops promoting her new book appropriately titled, What I Wore. This is especially awesome to me because Jessica’s blog was the first personal style blog I ever discovered and really got me interested in fashion blogging.
So come to Julie Watson Style at 900 N. Michigan and sip cocktails, meet Jessica, and of course…shop!