"We just got back from Paris, and I loved shopping at
Maliparmi," says Emily Sachs Wong, wearing orange-striped
trousers purchased at the Italian boutique. "My very favorite
style is late-60s Beatles-esque," adds the @Properties broker,
who shops at Neapolitan and Barneys New York for favorite
labels Dries Van Noten and Marni.
Emily's husband of 13 years, Thad, describes her style as
"modern-day hippie." He classifies his look as "uniquely
preppy," and he has plenty of Chicago sources to help him
achieve it. "I go to Chuck at Barneys, Allen at Ralph Lauren,
Edmund at George Greene, and Pape at Saks," says the
@Properties cofounder, a self-described value shopper who
has also found himself buying suits and sport coats online: "I
like the best of the best; with Ralph Lauren, I will only buy the
Purple Label, but I will buy it at the end of the season." While
Emily doesn't share Thad's penchant for online shopping
("He's tried to get me to go that route," she says, "but with
women's clothing, the nuances and fit are so different"), both
appreciate attention to detail. "I want clothes either notice-
able for me, or noticeable to somebody else," says Thad,
"[but] I want my personality to be at the forefront." Adds
Emily, "We're that couple who buys the [luxurious] white
T-shirt that nobody else on the planet would know the differ-
ence—instead of going to Target."
t h e C o n n o i s s e u r s
for @properties' thad and
emily sachs
wong, a well-curated
wardrobe is an
investment that always pays off.
