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Robin Richman Swap and Shop - June 24th

A Really Haute Swap
Cut the Fat & Get Something Fresh

'Swap & Shop'   June 24^th    5 - 7 PM    2108 North Damen

Plan on being at Robin Richman June 24th from 5 - 7 for a reprise of last year's well received 'Swap and Shop.'

Come in with tagged, already priced items you no longer wear, a few precious pieces that don't suit you anymore, and get ready to swap for something you'll love. It's the best kind of recycling you can do.

Sell your items (cash only) - or better yet, swap with the fashionable ladies that will be setting up beside you. Robin requests all bring "gently used designer clothes, shoes [and] jewelry from the Robin Richman store and the like to sell and swap."

A party after our own heart - and at a store we truly love - come in with something to Robin-like share ready to crush a cup of wine with the hostess herself. 

RSVP to the store appreciated but not required: 773.278.6150

Major News!

Get Glam for a Cause
And . . . PARTY, PARTY, PARTY !!!

So Daphne Guinness, the patron saint of The Haute Closet, is being an angel again, having scooped up the entire estate of the late Isabella Blow, the inimitable fashion luminary, daring hat-wearer and discoverer of the dearly departed Alexander McQueen. You can read about the major fashion acquisition here. Major love and thanks to Daphne for saving the treasure.

And! In other news, The Haute Closet is proudly hosting the event at the GUESS Michigan Avenue flagship tomorrow. 500 fashion lovers, cocktails, GUESS and Lucky Mag there to support the Boys & Girls Clubs of Chicago, a mission possible organization very near and dear to our hearts. An organization that, you never know, is probably helping out a future fashion designer right now. So come out, make a purchase, donate and feel good about some fun summer accessories or swishy dresses - and, of course, GUESS denim - to wear around town, on a hot date, or at our favorite Chicago event: Lollapalooza.

What, you haven't already planned your Lolla wardrobe? You better: We'll be seeking style-setters on the festival grounds, photographing and interviewing those whose style we love for Lucky Mag and Lucky Online.

Come to GUESS tomorrow 7- 9 and get some style advice from The Haute Closet, a mini-makeover and a photograph of you in your favorite GUESS look. You can rock it. Just wait 'til you see our outfit.

♥ April

GUESS, Lucky & THC - June 17th!

Get a clue with GUESS, Lucky and The Haute Closet about what to wear this summer!

On Thursday, June 17th from 7-9 we invite you to join us for personal styling and serious cocktailing at the GUESS flagship on Michigan Avenue. After party info to follow!

Day of shopping you'll get 20% off your purchase with a donation of $5 or more to benefit the Boys & Girls Clubs of Chicago and also walk away with a fab GUESS gift bag! Please don't miss - Click to RSVP!

Oh, and GUESS has some AMAZING shoes and accessories that aren't going to break the bank. Trust us, you'll walk away with something you'll wear for a long while! XX - April

 

The Haute Closet In Your Head Vol. 10

The Haute Closet In Your Head
Vol. 10: Where Have You Been ... Lately?

Coming in at twenty favorites, old and new threads, this is a piece of everything that's been happening, where we've been, how we've been, lots of ladies singing on this disc with some rough riding dudes chiming in. All in, terminally chill. And a little sentimental, as per usual.

The last one in the official THCIYH series but no worries, we never don't turn it up to 11. Click the list, download and listen!

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Your closet can be your worst enemy or your best friend.

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TNYStyleIssueMarch292010

THE NEW YORKER: The Style Issue
March 29, 2010: In An Ideal Cashmere World . . .

Cover by Ana Juan, 'Homage'

To Alexander McQueen.

Nena Ivon: Retail Icon

NENA IVON: RETAIL ICON

If someone were to play her in a movie, she would be Meryl Streep.

She teaches at Columbia. She’s a big supporter of Chicago theater. Red wine is her drink. And she is Saks Fifth Avenue’s most storied employee. 53 years of folding sweaters, trips to Paris and staging fashion shows.

We ask her a few questions over drinks and eel terrine at Boka:

If she wasn’t a retail legend: “I would have been an Egyptologist.”

On a good wardrobe stylist: “It’s like being a decorator. If I would have a decorator doing my home I would want them to say, ok, your apartment is you, how can we make this more you? I want it to be mine.”

On her apartment: “My apartment looks like a gypsy caravan – king of the gypsies as you understand – very layered, very eclectic, layer upon layer upon layer – literally. It doesn't interest me if no one else likes it.”

On customer service: “It’s clicking – that’s the hard part – getting the trust level.”

On retirement: “I walk by the store and think shouldn’t I be upset? Shouldn’t I have some kind of pain? But not in the least. It was time to leave.”

On style: “Style is of the moment. Something at a certain time, in a certain place, with a certain person and how they handle that. Confidence, elegance, and assuredness is what makes a person memorable. Style is fleeting. Fashion is very definitely fleeting.”

A Nenaism: “When one loses one’s femininity, one loses everything.”

On all of the attention following her exit: “I didn’t ask for any of this. And if I had, I wouldn’t have gotten any of it.”

You would be a great guest judge on Project Runway.

“I want a pop-up book.”

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Send us  a photo of yourself, another of your closet and a reason why you need us and be entered to win a free Closet Edit. It is Spring: after all, what's better than a good cleaning? Hurry, all applications must be submitted by May 31, 2010.

Otherwise, we'll meet you anywhere you keep your clothing - and if you're in or around Chicago - you're really in luck. Real Simple says we're a time-saving service. DailyCandy says we'll "change the way you look shop and think". You bet we do.

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