Strike a pose: the mannequins at right sport couture garments for the Chicago History Museum exhibit Chic Chicago. Costume-collections manager Meghan Smith, AB’03, worked with curator Tim Long to choose the show’s 61 dresses, all worn by the city’s elite during the past 150 years. “Fashion, they believed, was the most dramatic way to prove Chicago’s beauty and sophistication,” the exhibit’s Web site explains. For more on Smith and Chic Chicago, see “High fashion.”
Open Mike
