Michigan Avenue - Niche Media - Michigan Avenue magazine is a luxury lifestyle magazine centered around Chicago’s finest people, events, fashion, health & beauty, fine dining & more!
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photography by Joseph aaron Campbell One ChiC Street With "ChiCago Styled: FaShioning the MagniFiCent Mile," the ChiCago hiStory MuSeuM SaluteS a retail Wonderland. By Thomas Connors Most shoppers thronging North Michigan Avenue would find it hard to believe that this stellar strip of real estate was once a pretty sleepy stretch of town. Sure, it had hotels and a few art galleries, but it was hardly the lively destination it is today. The street's metamorphosis into the Magnificent Mile was fueled in a large part by fashion, as high-end retailers transformed the blocks between Tribune Tower and the Drake Hotel into one of the country's premier shopping districts. This month, the Chicago History Museum celebrates our city's most famous thorough- fare with the opening of "Chicago Styled: Fashioning The Magnificent Mile." Drawing from its extensive clothing collection, the museum chronicles the transformation of North Michigan Avenue through the prism of design with an exhibition of 26 ensembles, including such pieces An evening dress from the 1970s designed by Norman Norell, who was known for his elegant, tailored silhouettes. continued on page 58 michiganavemag.com 57 CULTURE Hottest Ticket