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DECADES OF DRESS

The Collection of Fashion Designer Arthur McGee, to be auctioned at Hindman on March 14, 2023, brings a selection of 45 ensembles and documents, direct from private hands to a public audience. Born in Detroit, Michigan in 1933, McGee learned the art of dressmaking from his mother. Those skills were passed down to her son,

Q IS FOR QUEST

Clients at Quest Performance Training (Quest) in Lake Bluff have no choice but to exercise mere seconds after entering the facility. But only if you believe that receiving a high five is a form of exercise. Quest owner Quone “Coach Q” Edmonds delivers the emphatic greeting to one and all. The elevated slap usually triggers

COUNTRY’S BUZZ: FEBRUARY 2023

VINTAGE GLAMOUR High-end fashion from the 1980s is having a moment. Recalling a decade of ostentatious luxury, powerfully dressed women, and extravagant style is this genuine vintage Christian Dior Sheared Beaver Coat in creamy ivory. With padded shoulders, full-length flare, and silk satin lining embroidered with the original owner’s initials, the coat’s high-set lapels and

’81 SKI-DUDE

Barrington native Mark Zito spent each summer in high school on a boat in Wisconsin. He vacationed and worked in the Badger State, with the boat doubling as his seasonal home. His late father, Jack Zito, had bought a Door County marina in 1968. “I’d return to Barrington, in time for the start of school

F&B LOVES

POSH PADDLES Are you a luxury enthusiast or connoisseur who appreciates the supreme craftsmanship that luxury brands are known for? No price is too much in the face of love, and dare we say, in the face of luxury. Over the years, the luxury industry has skyrocketed and now amounts to a staggering 281 million

THE THORN WORDS

Independent bookstores were faced with challenges in 2013, with the increased use of Kindle and at the ravenous feet of Amazon. Or so it seemed. Assyrian-American and Lake Bluff resident Eleanor Thorn— the bookkeeper at the Lake Forest Book Store for a year and a half before buying it from Sue Boucher nearly 10 years

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