Ricardo Tisci revealed Fashion’s newest gang on his instagram account earlier this week as he shared the upcoming Vogue Japan August 2015 cover. The highly anticipated issue entitled “Fashion Gang” has a lineup worthy of a lifetime of cover stories in itself. The bonafide A-list cast includes Riccardo Tisci, Kendall Jenner, Kanye West, Jessica Chastain, Joan Smalls, Mica Arganaraz, Jamie Bochert and Akimoto Kozue completely outfitted from head to toe (face jewels included) in Givenchy by Riccardo Tisci.
How do you get a bunch of pint-size models to halt and turn at the end of a fashion runway?
By: Norman Parish - August 12, 2015 4:12 p.m.
Larome Levy, an Austin neighborhood resident, is looking forward to college.
But first, he must pay $500 in fees he owes to Steinmetz High School.
The 18-year-old senior is now able to pay off the debt because of his new clerk job at Loretto Hospital, 645 S. Central Ave., Chicago.
By: Norman Parish - August 12, 2015 3:56 p.m.
Country Club Hills outdoor amphitheater, closed for nearly two years, could be back in business next summer with more seats, city officials said.
The Country Club Hills Council agreed Monday night to use about $1.7 million in tax increment financing (TIF) money to more than triple fixed seating at the amphitheater to about 2,100. The south suburban, Ill. venue currently has about 640 such seats.
By: Norman Parish - August 12, 2015 3:52 p.m.
A 22-year-old man was charged with punching Ald. David Moore as the Chicago official tried to disband alleged prostitutes on a South Side street, officials said.
By: Norman Parish - August 12, 2015 1:58 p.m.
On the anniversary of the death of Michael Brown, an unarmed African American teen killed in Ferguson, Mo. after a controversial run in with a white police officer, a mother of another dead teen asked Chicagoans to save their children from gun violence.
By: Norman Parish - August 12, 2015 1:53 p.m.
Cook County Commissioner, Richard Boykin, is taking steps to enter Illinois’ hotly contested U.S. Senate race.
By: Larissa M. Tyler - August 12, 2015 1:37 p.m.
Should a medical marijuana dispensary be allowed to open and operate on Chicago’s south side?
Members of the Chatham Business Association (CBA) and other concerned citizens chimed in on the controversial matter during the organization’s monthly meeting on Tuesday at the QBG Foundation/Chicago Citizen Newspaper headquarters building, 806 E. 78th St, Chicago.
A multi-product collection from MAC Cosmetics inspired by the late Latin icon Selena Quintanilla is planned for next year, the company said last Thursday.
Mariah Carey is making her directorial debut on the Hallmark Channel.
Carey will direct and co-star in "Mariah Carey's Christmas Project," the network announced last week. Production will begin in the fall. The scripted film is slated to air in December as part of its annual "Countdown to Christmas" programming.
Lawyers for Bill Cosby argue in a new court filing his admission he used quaaludes in the 1970s doesn’t mean he drugged and sexually assaulted women.
The push for a higher minimum wage gained momentum on both sides of the country last month, with New York embracing an eventual $15 an hour for the state’s 200,000 fast-food workers and the huge University of California system announcing the same raise for its employees.
By: Norman Parish - August 5, 2015 4:31 p.m.
A Chicago man, exonerated after serving 17 years in prison, was killed during an alleged “bad” drug deal, officials said.
Alprentiss Nash, 40, was fatally shot in the chest when he allegedly attempted to rob another man last week, Chicago Police said.
Nash and Paul Vukadinovic, 30, allegedly exchanged gunshots July 28th in the 400 block of South Paulina Street, police said.
Nash was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, authorities said.
The Cook County Board of Review, the highest volume assessment appeals board in the country, launched its state of the art Digital Appeals Processing System (DAPS) for the 2015 property assessment appeals session. The Digital Appeals Processing System will transform the paper-based Board appeals process into a digital workflow that will make filing appeals easier for taxpayers and will create a more transparent, efficient, and thorough process, which will save Cook County residents thousands of dollars.
By: Norman Parish - August 5, 2015 4:14 p.m.
Recognizes name on manuscript. Understands letter forms, big and small. And colors, paints and pastes.
Those were some of the benchmark tasks I completed as a 5-year-old in the first year of the Head Start program in 1965.
I was just one of millions of low income children helped by Head Start. The program celebrates its 50th anniversary this summer.
By: Norman Parish - August 5, 2015 4:02 p.m.
As a nurse at Northwestern University hospital, Desiree Smith sees her share of gunshot victims.
Four protesters supporting Dyett High School as a “green tech” school were arrested after staging a sit-in at City Hall, officials said.
By: Norman Parish - August 5, 2015 3:49 p.m.
Lori Lightfoot is a familiar face in law enforcement.
She was a federal prosecutor. She once ran Chicago Police Department’s Office of Professional Standards.
But last week, the openly-gay, African-American woman broke new ground as the first female to head the Chicago Police Board.
By: Norman Parish - August 5, 2015 1:05 p.m.
In 1983, Chicago Firefighter, Sidney Brown, thought children were inside of a burning South Side home. So, he rushed in to save them but became trapped in an attic in the house at 119th and State streets.
By: Norman Parish - July 30, 2015 12:24 p.m.
Sandra Bland’s somber funeral at DuPage African Methodist Episcopal Church attracted hundreds of supporters, who were shocked and dismayed that her death stemmed from a simple traffic stop.
