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PENNY FOR YOUR THOUGHTS

Well-heeled women everywhere don’t consider themselves so without a pair of Loeffler Randall’s Penny Pleated Bow Heels in their closet. Loeffler Randall—the lifestyle brand behind this iconic shoe—has taken the world by storm, outfitting fashion lovers everywhere with their beautiful shoes, accessories, and ready-to-wear collections. Jessie Randall and Brian Murphy launched Loeffler Randall in 2004

GETTING WELL IN STYLE

When we take a fall, or suffer a stroke, a trip to the hospital is just the first stop. Therapeutic follow-up often comes next. And between the physical demands of rehab and the emotional strain of being a patient longer than we’d like, keeping committed to our care can be challenge. Especially when that entails

SEAMLESS

For all the audacity of The Met Gala, for all the glitz and glamor of the red carpet, to a fashion fan with a taste for history, there’s something almost magical about the days when “House of ” telegraphed a kind of gravitas, and a salon was a sanctum where women of means, more than

CHICAGO: PREEMINENTLY PICASSO

A one hundred and thirty years since Pablo Picasso’s career as a painter is considered to have begun with his entry into Barcelona’s Escola Provincial de Belles Arts, the artist’s legacy remains a universal force. The late Richard Gray, legendary Chicago collector and one of this country’s foremost art dealers once wrote, “No one involved

MENDEL’S NEW HOUSE OF FASHION

It was the wedding dress that clinched it. When world-famous fashion designer Gilles Mendel and his daughter Chloé got together to design the gown for Chloé’s wedding to rock star Billy Corgan, the experience was so enjoyable that they decided to keep the collaboration going. House of Gilles, their new atelier in New York City,

A BRIDGE TO CONSERVATION

When Roger Deromedi semi-retired in 2006, he turned his sights to the ravine on his property in Lake Forest “Our portion of the Mayflower Ravine had been scoured down four-tofive feet in the last 100 years,” explains Roger, a Lake Forest resident for more than 30 years. “The sides were collapsing. The trees were falling

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