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Cheap disposable clothing is like the ‘mystery meat’ of fashion. Now a group of designers, retailers and manufacturers are working together to create quality ‘Made in Chicago’ clothing.

CEO Mike Jeffries only wants 'thin and beautiful' people wearing his A&F clothes. Sadly, he is just one of many fat-shaming bigots lording over the fashion industry. 

 Stride on over to ‘The Walk’, the School of the Art Institute’s 70th annual student fashion show, where menswear, masks and minimalism ruled the runway. 

Niala talks with CEO Kevin Willer about the anniversary of 1871 and how it has grown in the last year. Wailin Wong and Jimmy Prude weigh in on the tech community in Chicago. Then, Alison Cuddy and Natalie Moore ask the question: What inspires your fashion style?

Art historian Joan DeJean examines how the Querelle des Anciens et des Modernes dominated cultural life in France and revolutionized not only literature, music and the fine arts, but all the decorative arts as well - from furniture and clothing to candlesticks and clocks.

If it weren’t for the cute frilly white dresses and the way everyone holds their breath when the baby gets the water splashed on the baby head, I’d say no one should be baptized until they’re 18 and have picked his or her religion.

I have a theory that in Chicago, at a certain temperature, animal fur is considered slightly more tolerable.