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Today I’m featuring CoChic Cool Chick Karianne Wardell, founder of Lofti, a strategy company for small to mid-sized businesses. Karianne has the best enthusiasm and energy; you can tell she is truly doing what she’s meant to do when you’re speaking with her (and reading her interview below!). Karianne recently made the (sometimes scary) leap […]

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CoChic Cool Chick {Inspiring Woman Entrepreneur}: Karianne Wardell of Lofti

Karianne Wardell, owner of Lofti

Hi, friends! I hope you had a great weekend and are excited to get the new week started! In case you need a little inspiration (and who doesn’t?!), I interviewed an awesome woman entrepreneur for today’s CoChic Cool Chick feature. Sarah Deeke is the owner of Cheers! Chicago, a Chicago-based wedding and event planning business. […]

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Meet CoChic Cool Chick Sarah Deeke, Owner of Cheers! Chicago

Chicago Event Planner Sarah Deeke

Happy Thursday! Today’s CoChic Cool Chick is a new friend of mine, Jennifer James, owner and lead designer at Jennifer James Interiors. As I’ve said before, interior design is my second love, and fashion and interiors have so much in common! Which is why I love connecting with interior designers to pick their brains about […]

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CoChic Cool Chick: Jennifer James of Jennifer James Interiors

Jennifer James

I’m collaborating with Claire Staszak, an interior designer and owner of Centered by Design, to bring you a monthly “room to outfit” series, where I style an outfit based on an interior that Claire has designed. If you missed the first Room to Outfit post last month, go check it out! Last month’s look was all […]

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Room to Outfit Inspiration with Centered by Design: Look 2

Room to Outfit Inspiration

With Valentine’s Day coming up, I thought it would be appropriate to feature someone in THE romantic industry – weddings, of course! Today’s CoChic Cool Chick is Shannon Gail, owner of Shannon Gail Wedding & Events. Shannon runs a successful event planning company, with the help of her background in Finance, as well as a […]

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CoChic Cool Chick: Shannon Gail, Owner of Shannon Gail Weddings & Events

Shannon Gail

Today’s CoChic Cool Chick is Krista Goral, the owner of Measuremake, a custom clothing company. Krista started her business because she was frustrated with the way clothing fit her as a tall woman. She saw this as an opportunity to help people with the same frustration, as off- the-rack clothing, or clothing purchased from a […]

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CoChic Cool Chick: Krista Goral, owner of Measuremake

Krista Goral, owner of Measuremake

I’ve had the pleasure of meeting and becoming friends with a lot of photographers since starting CoChic Styling, and I have come to realize how different each and every photographer’s approach to his or her craft can be. I love hearing their stories about how they started, why they love what they do, and how they’re different from […]

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CoChic Cool Chick: Rebecca Ickes, owner of Rebecca Marie Photography

Rebecca Marie Photography

Today’s CoChic Cool Chick is the warm, energetic, and funny owner of Gratitude Yoga Chicago, Lisa Scurlock. I’ve been taking classes at Gratitude for about a year and it’s one of my absolute favorite yoga studios. Lisa has taken her love of yoga and teaching to the next level, by providing a fun, energetic experience. […]

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CoChic Cool Chick: Lisa Scurlock, Owner of Gratitude Yoga Chicago

Lisa Scurlock, owner of Gratitude Yoga

Today’s CoChic Cool Chick is the warm, energetic, and funny owner of Gratitude Yoga Chicago, Lisa Scurlock. I’ve been taking classes at Gratitude for about a year and it’s one of my absolute favorite yoga studios. Lisa has taken her love of yoga and teaching to the next level, by providing a fun, energetic experience. […]

CoChic Cool Chicks

CoChic Cool Chick: Lisa Scurlock, Owner of Gratitude Yoga Chicago

Lisa Scurlock, owner of Gratitude Yoga

I’m excited to introduce today’s CoChic Cool Chick Olivia Carlson, owner of Olivia’s Chicago Real Estate! Olivia is one of the most hard-working, intelligent business-person I know. I learn something new from her every time I see her (and after reading her awesome interview below)! Her extremely passionate and no BS personality make her the perfect […]

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CoChic Cool Chick: Olivia Carlson of Olivia’s Chicago Real Estate

Olivia Carlson of Olivia's Chicago Real Estate