No man is an island except Coney
Les Coney is a social superhero: He typically leaps through a half-dozen parties in a single night.
Designs on excellence and elegance
Richard Driehaus meticulously manages a $2 billion mutual fund and is equally precise at giving away pieces of his vast fortune: Each year, he hands out $4 million through his own foundation.
Author helps you de-clutter your clothing storage
Susanna Homan: It is a shameful thing, having an overstuffed closet. When I confess that I can't even walk into my own walk-in closet anymore, Shop Your Closet author Melanie Charlton Fascitelli frowns. "You're a pack rat," she says disapprovingly. "There's a psychology to this. Ask yourself: Why are you holding onto all this stuff?" I could go on about my sentimentality or my thrifty side. But there's really no excuse.
Susanna Homan: It is a shameful thing, having an overstuffed closet. When I confess that I can't even walk into my own walk-in closet anymore, Shop Your Closet author Melanie Charlton Fascitelli frowns. "You're a pack rat," she says disapprovingly. "There's a psychology to this. Ask yourself: Why are you holding onto all this stuff?" I could go on about my sentimentality or my thrifty side. But there's really no excuse.
Court jesters keep fund-raiser lively
Hyde Park's Court Theatre is often lauded for its stripped-down performances of classic shows.
Embrace spring beauty
Susanna Homan: With warmer days ahead, it's time to toss aside your turtlenecks for the season. And while you're at it, take a look inside your makeup bag. It may be due for a spring cleaning. You already may have noticed that some of your favorite beauty products seem just plain wrong right now. Here's why: To go along with darker, heavier clothes in the winter, we tend to wear deeper makeup colors. Those are out of step with the candy colors popular in spring fashion.
Susanna Homan: With warmer days ahead, it's time to toss aside your turtlenecks for the season. And while you're at it, take a look inside your makeup bag. It may be due for a spring cleaning. You already may have noticed that some of your favorite beauty products seem just plain wrong right now. Here's why: To go along with darker, heavier clothes in the winter, we tend to wear deeper makeup colors. Those are out of step with the candy colors popular in spring fashion.
Rainbow of dazzling Chicagoans at Prism
There are a billion reasons why the Prism Ball benefitting the Erikson Institute Saturday night was a winner. For one, the placards at each table setting read like entries from the Forbes list of the 400 richest Americans: JB Pritzker, Jim Crown, Leslie Bluhm.
Popular designer the Zac of all trades
Susanna Homan: Ever since he burst onto the New York fashion scene in 2001 as the debonair young winner of Gen Art's Fresh Faces in Fashion competition, Zac Posen has made a name for himself with his gorgeous red-carpet clothes and the celebrity pals who wear them, such as Claire Danes and Natalie Portman. From 1 until 3 p.m. today the 27-year-old designer will be making a personal appearance at Saks Fifth Avenue, 700 N. Michigan.
Susanna Homan: Ever since he burst onto the New York fashion scene in 2001 as the debonair young winner of Gen Art's Fresh Faces in Fashion competition, Zac Posen has made a name for himself with his gorgeous red-carpet clothes and the celebrity pals who wear them, such as Claire Danes and Natalie Portman. From 1 until 3 p.m. today the 27-year-old designer will be making a personal appearance at Saks Fifth Avenue, 700 N. Michigan.
