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Fall Trends with Stylist Heidy Best

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Here’s my Q&A w/ the lovely Amelia Eaton, Co-Founder of The CHICago Life Blog:

Heidy Best is the woman behind one of the top fashion consulting companies in Chicago, BECLOTHESMINDED.  Not only has Heidy specialized in women’s wear for over 12 years,  she also has an extensive personal styling portfolio including Kelly Clarkson, Leann Rimes, Tim Gunn, Jonathan Adler, and Dr. Oz to name a few.  Heidy’s passion has always been helping make women look and feel special at every age, size, and lifestyle. Her ability to mix and match pieces to create  entire different looks gives her clients full range of their closets.   Heidy’s love and expertise is demonstrated by dressing women for special events and galas. Her specialties include: organizing client’s closets, wardrobe styling, and personal shopping. She also offers services to brides, expecting women and moms on the go.  In addition to starting her own business, Heidy had a successful career in personal styling at Neiman Marcus, where she developed a client base and even traveled to New York and assisted in the buying department for eight years.  Most recently, Heidy was with Armani.  Naturally, we couldn’t wait to get Heidy’s thoughts on what women will be wearing this fall, so we met the stylist at one of our favorite boutiques, Edith Hart, to browse the racks, talk trends, and get Heidy’s take on fall fashion…

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Getting Ready for Fall

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As much as I will miss the warm Summer months and all the fun excursions that Summer entails; along with many Chicagoans I am looking forward to my favorite season – Fall.  I would like to think that Fall is the beginning of the calendar season in a way.  Once the leaves start to change and those Pumpkin Spice lattes make their way back to the local coffee house I know it is time to put away the sandals and shorts.  It is time to plan some tailgating days with friends and unpack my favorite sweaters and leather jackets.  But wait, what am I forgetting in September that really gets me excited? New York Fashion Week!! I love seeing the trends for the next season, in this case Spring/Summer 2014.  It can be confusing to think about the next season when we have barely entered the first month of Autumn.  We live in a society of “what’s next?” so when you really think about it Fashion is just staying consistent with that mentality.  Based on the looks that are well received during the shows or back in the designers’ showrooms it will take months of reworking and actual production so Resort collections and SS14 (Spring/Summer) get delivered on time for when clients start going on vacations or migrate to second homes, etc.  The following is a list of some of my favorite designers and when they will be showing their collection at Mercedes-Benz FashionWeek which you can watch live streamed on http://newyork.mbfashionweek.com/live or on http://www.style.com once they have happened:

Sep 5

10am BCBGMAXAZRIA

Sep 6

11am Carmen Marc Valvo

3pm Rebecca Minkoff

Sep 7

3pm Herve Leger

Sep 8

3:30pm Trina Turk

4pm Diane Von Furstenberg

7pm Zac Posen

Sep 9

10am Carolina Herrera

Sep 10

9am Tory Burch

11am Vera Wang

1pm Jenny Packham

3pm Sass & Bide

Sep 11

10am Michael Kors

11am Nanette Lepore

2pm J. Mendel

3pm Milly

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
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