
by Rachel Yeomans
Photos by: Abigal Harenberg
Chicago has been faced with a profound conundrum. The Marshall Field flagship store on State Street was officially taken over in September 2006, and is now known as Macy’s on State Street. Chicago is a stubborn city, and does not take to change well. As a Chicagoan myself, I admittedly still call the flagship Marshall Field’s, just as I replace U.S. Cellular Field with Comiskey Park, and most recently Willis Tower with its rightful namesake: Sears Tower.
However as stubborn as Chicagoans may be, fault was incredibly difficult to find during the Macy’s runway show to [...]

I’ve mentioned on twitter that I want to move to Chicago… just for the fashion.! The talent developing in Chicago lately is so impressive that and I knew that LDB had to be there to uncover these names…even if I couldn’t be. *sigh*
So I am thrilled to introduce Rachel Yeomans, our new Chicago Contributor. Rachel will be joining the LDB team as our eyes and ears in the Chicago area. Rachel’s extensive writing experience, strong business sense and eye for style is what makes her a great addition to our team. In addition to LDB, Rachel also juggles two other [...]