Ikram Goldman's keen eye
and passion for design
have made her a fashion
powerhouse in Chicago.
POWER
DRESSER
AS SHE LOOKS AHEAD TO A NEW
FASHION SEASON, QUEEN OF CHIC
I r am Goldman REFLECTS ON
LIFE, FAMILY, AND CHICAGO STYLE.
BY J.P. ANDERSON PHOTOGRAPHY BY DAVID ANTHONY
"I love this city," says Ikram Goldman, sipping tea
in the café on the upper level of her eponymous
River North boutique. On this Tuesday morning
she is looking fresh and utterly of-the-moment in a
white Suno top, Rick Owens pants, and an oversize
necklace by local designer Carolyn Rosenberg,
and the 40-something fashion maven is talking up
Windy City style. "The women in Chicago are
brilliantly dressed," she enthuses. "It's insane.
Chicago girls always look fabulous."
Goldman should know. That's because for
more than 13 years, she has been dressing
Chicago's great ladies at Ikram, first on Rush
Street and, since 2011, at her gleaming red
f lagship boutique and café on Huron Street.
The space is a 16,500-square-foot ode to the high
priests and priestesses of fashion—Alaïa and
Comme des Garçons, Chanel and Alexander
McQueen—and it is the city's undisputed
epicenter of chic.
This fall and every season, the tie that runs
through it all—every one-of-a-kind bauble or five-
figure evening gown—is Goldman's impeccable
eye. "I'm the buyer for every
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