Lisa Cregan

"I THINK IT IS ENTIRELY POSSIBLE TO FALL IN LOVE WITH A DRESS!" SAYS CHICAGOAN GIOIA DILIBERTO, SUMMING UP THE PLOT OF HER NEW NOVEL, "THE COLLECTION" (SEE EXCERPT ON...

OK, yes, they are identical twins (insert your own Patty Duke/"Parent Trap" reference here), but there's no "tomboy verses girly-girl" angle to this story. Danielle Rego and Nicole Rego-Shockley, who...

London fashion designer Alice Temperley looks entirely too glamorous for a chilly, damp Chicago afternoon. Startlingly pretty, she sits down to talk at Neiman Marcus Michigan Avenue in a cream...

The 'One Tree Hill' star who plays the deliciously out-of-control mom, Deb Scott, revisits her hometown and favorite Chicago rituals. "I have worked all over the world," says this former...

1. ALL LINED UP The reissued Series B champagne cup was conceived in 1912 by Austrian design guru Josef Hoffmann. Its linear pattern, hand-painted on crystal, is done in brownish-black...

"I don't fit the stereotype of a decorator." Frank Fontana's life reads like the script of "Rocky." Or it would if Rocky Balboa had been pulling fabric swatches instead of...

Red #17 "is a classic red and it is strong enough to look good in a room right on the lake. It is equal to the bright light off the...

Many women worship fashion, but few actually build a temple to it. Denise Antonucci and Jerry Sanfilippo of Chicago's ASI Interiors had a North Shore client intent on both. The...

1. GROWING FOR THE GREEN Succulents are the new geraniums. They require less light and less watering than their houseplant peers, and their subtle, bluish-green color goes with everything. A...

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