Photos: Chicago Fashion Week show is first to celebrate work from all openly LGBTQ+ designers

Source WBEZ
Original Load Date Oct. 20, 2026, 7:01 a.m.
Last Updated Oct. 20, 2026, 7:01 a.m.
Original URL https://www.wbez.org/fashion-style/2026/10/20/chicago-fashion-week-lgbtq-show-queer-couture-style

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Each year, [ Chicago Fashion Week ][17] stages creations by local designers through a series of events and runway shows. But this year brought a first: More than a hundred attendees gathered at an art gallery in Chicago’s Wicker Park neighborhood last Thursday for the sold-out [ _Queer Couture Runw...