Marketplace - Nov. 14, 2009
Find kitsch, fun and fashion at Trash boutique
To know that veteran Milwaukee stylist (and musician) Liv Mueller named her Shorewood salon, Divine, after John Waters' famous drag queen from the '70s and '80s, is to understand a very important part of the business-owner's personality. Wait until you check out her new boutique.
Tags: trash boutique, salon divine, liv mueller, fashion, boutique, hair salon, vintage

Living - Aug. 17, 2009
Yes, haters, fashion is important
It's funny how sometimes it's the small things that will make you re-evaluate your life.
Tags: fashion, couture, style

Marketplace - Aug. 16, 2009
Designer is right at home in Park East boutique
It's been a popular trend on both coasts, and recently the Park East Enterprise Lofts have made live / work apartments an attractive choice for Milwaukee-based entrepreneurs. LaRhonda Bennett-Lewis and her husband Gary are two residents and business owners who are taking advantage of the opportunity to convert part of their living space into a storefront.
Tags: madame, fashion, boutique, park east, park east enterprise lofts, live work apartments

Milwaukee Buzz - Aug. 11, 2009
Milwaukee's Top Model is Marteisha Dunson
Saturday's competition was fierce, but Marteisha Dunson emerged as the winner of Milwaukee's Top Model Search, presented by OnMilwaukee.com and Milwaukee Magazine. The 23-year-old Milwaukee native out-walked nine other finalists for the grand prize package.
Tags: milwaukee's top model, marteisha dunson, modeling, fashion

Arts & Entertainment - July 14, 2009
Saucy for a good cause
It might not have been quite as colorful as the likes of San Francisco's Barbary Coast or The Tenderloin in Manhattan, but there was a time when Milwaukee had its own pleasure quarter, and "Spectacular! Spectacular! A Burlesque Bash" is doing its damnedest to recreate those late-19th century days.
Tags: spectacular spectacular, burlesque bash, burlesque, fashion, brew city bombshells, elements of style, red light district, crohn's & colitis foundation of america

Living - July 13, 2009
The quest for Milwaukee's Top Model is on
The quest for Milwaukee's Top Model is on. And it's online, too, thanks to a new partnership between the city's two premier magazines, OnMilwaukee.com and Milwaukee Magazine.
Tags: MilwaukeesTopModel.com, fashion, top model, project runway, erik of norway, milwaukee magazine

Marketplace - May 29, 2009
Aala Reed goes back to just men's wear
Brady Street boutique Aala Reed is back to its old ways again.
Tags: aala reed, fashion, boutique, laura lutter cole

Marketplace - May 27, 2009
Rain Tree Gear is as green as apparel gets
The prominence of the green movement has already affected many of the mainstream sectors of our lives. Many of the everyday decisions we make -- the food we eat, the cars we drive (or don't drive) -- are in some way impacted by a growing concern for our environment. A new Milwaukee apparel company is now doing its part to help people make smarter choices about the clothes they buy.
Tags: rain tree gear, green, fashion, organic cotton, eco, t-shirt, sweeney todd salon

Marketplace - May 13, 2009
Shopping in Tosa's quaint downtown village
Downtown Wauwatosa has always been a charming pocket of the city, and long-standing locally owned businesses like The Little Read Book and restaurants like Ristorante Bartolotta have helped pave the way for what it's become in recent years.
Tags: wauwatosa, boutique, fashion, village, le reve, bartolotta, urban laundry, flower lady, juxt, salamander, blue lapin, vino 100, magnolia & co

Marketplace - May 12, 2009
Sparrow picks up where Fasten left off
The start of the month found Fasten Collective closing its boutique and the end of it marks the final day of Faythe Levine and Kim Kisiolek's Paper Boat Boutique and Gallery. But, there is some good news. The new Sparrow Collective Gallery is picking up where both Bay View boutiques left off and promised to fill the void -- and then some -- left by their absence.
Tags: sparrow collective gallery, fasten collective, paper boat boutique, fashion, diy, craft, boutique, independent designers

Living - May 5, 2009
The best dress
Why is it that we feel so safe in black? It's flattering, of course. But what does it say about you? It doesn't take Anna Wintour to toss on a black dress, pearls and heels. You can do better than that.
Tags: elements of style, fashion, spring fashion, dresses

Marketplace - April 29, 2009
Fashion runs in the family for stylish sister stores
Lady Pink opened mid-April in the former Anomaly Design Shop at 816 E. Brady St., but you certainly don't need this article to know that it has arrived. The façade is freshly painted in fuchsia and rose, and inside, the clothing collection squeals with flirty femininity.
Tags: lady pink, enigma's closet, brady street, fashion, boutique, fashion show

Marketplace - April 19, 2009
It's Hammer time for fashion on Brady Street
Last year was an especially tough period for Milwaukee fashion, and the city took some pretty hard blows with the loss of a few prominent boutiques. Thankfully, state-of-the-scene reporting is beginning to shift and the second quarter is starting to show some promise in the independent retail sector.
Tags: hamm's universal fashion, boutique, fashion, brady street, will hammer, linda hammer

Living - April 11, 2009
When to wear white
Fashionistas, I ask you: yay or nay on white jeans in April? The "rule" that white clothing shouldn't be worn until after Memorial Day keeps rolling around in my brain.
Tags: fashion, memorial day, wearing white

Marketplace - April 6, 2009
Goodwill's Retique opening in Third Ward
While boutiques and entrepreneurs have made Milwaukee's Historic Third Ward the premier shopping destination near Downtown, non-profit Goodwill Industries is ready to also call the neighborhood home. Retique will open in May.
Tags: Goodwill, Retique, amazing goodwill, thrift, boutiques, Lela, Anthropologie, shoo, Broadway, second hand, recessionista, fashion