Laura Layfer Treitman

Art Instinct

You wouldn’t go out and buy a wardrobe of clothes in one year and assume that’s it forever, and I approach art and design the same way,” says Alan Koppel. The proprietor and founder of Alan Koppel Gallery, opened in downtown Chicago in the 1990s and has recently expanded to a second space on the

Best Dressed

Amy Fine Collins didn’t intend to become a muse to fashion designers, nor a journalist. Studying at Swarthmore College and Columbia University, she planned a career in formal art history teaching and academia. When a writing offer sidetracked her, Collins’ prose and poise quickly transitioned her to an authority and author on style. She held

Skin Deep

Bobbi Brown began her beauty business by revealing what others more traditionally sought to conceal. Her first namesake makeup empire introduced color palettes and products to enhance faces through light touch techniques of highlighting and correcting rather than complete allover coverage. That foundation, or her preference for a lack thereof, brought a coveted natural look

La Vielle Maison

In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby, the irresistible and irreverent character of Daisy Buchanan was known to be inspired by Ginevra King, an American socialite from Lake Forest. She and the author had shared a young romance, and his visits to King’s childhood family home recounted mostly for the stern reception Fitzgerald was

Portraits, Plants, And Peace

Scholarship, style, and solace are some of the many apt descriptions for Dr. Carrie Rebora Barratt. Until just the past few years, she had made a life-long career exclusively at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, starting as a graduate student intern, rising to Curator of American Paintings and Sculpture, and ultimately Deputy Director of Collections.

Down To Earth

Nearly two decades ago, Wendy Abrams founded a nonprofit called Cool Globes: Hot Ideas for a Cooler Planet. Highland Park has always been home base for Abrams, the place where she both grew up and raised her own family. Her environmental work, however, has expanded its reach to national and even international platforms. She has

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