Chicago, "The Windy City", is known for the Sears Tower, Chicago Cubs, and uhh...it's fashion? Well, this is what Chicago's mayor, Richard Daley, is hoping for as he just hired the city's first "fashion director". Her name is Melissa Turner, a former lawyer, who is being commissioned to revive Chicago's fashion community and keep the fashion designers from heading to L.A. or New York.
Curious as to what exactly the fashion community of Chicago has to offer, I came across a couple sites:
Chicago Fashion Foundation: membership-based organization that supports individuals in the Chicago fashion industry
IADT Chicago - International Academy of Design & Technology - offers training in disciplines such as fashion design, fashion merchandising and retail merchandising
Chicago Fashion Magazine - fashion articles along with listings of fashion events and designers in Chicago
Chicago Fashion Week - 2nd annual event this fall, October 15-21, 2006
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