Dressing to the sevens has nothing to do with shape or size - it's all about finding the right fit and Tim Gunn will show you how.

Fashion Focus Chicago is here again. Now in its fourth year, the event puts the spotlight on Chicago's thriving fashion industry. At Good for Party, we're friends of fashion, and we want Chicago's designers and boutiques to get ahead. One of the best things about the events of Fashion Focus Chicago is that the city and other generous entities bring out some of the best designers and fashion industry experts in the world to grace us with their knowledge and experience...for free! Here are the highlights of this week's events.

For a full listing of the Fashion Focus Chicago events, please go to the Chicago Fashion Resource website.

From Seattle PI:

• Ron Mueck (born 1958) is an Australian hyperrealist sculptor working in Great Britain.
• Mueck's early career was as a model maker and puppeteer for the film Labyrinth.
• Mueck's sculptures faithfully reproduce the minute detail of the human body, but play with scale to produce disconcertingly jarring visual images.
• In 1999 Mueck was appointed as Associate Artist at the National Gallery, London.
• In 2002 his sculpture Pregnant Woman was purchased by the National Gallery of Australia for AU$800,000.

Bhangratheque & Electro Bollywood presents...

DIWALI - Celebrating the Indian festival of lights!

MUSIC BY

DJ Tony Talwar (T.S. Sounds)
DJ Jimmy Singh (Bhangratheque)

WHAT IS DIWALI?

From DiwaliFestival.org:

The history of Diwali is replete with legends and these legends are moored to the stories of Hindu religious scriptures, mostly the Puranas. Though the central theme of all legends point out to the classic truth of the victory of the good over the evils, the mode of their presentation and the characters differ. Diwali, being the festival of lights, lighting the lamp of knowledge within us means to understand and reflect upon the significant purpose of each of the five days of festivities and to bring those thoughts in to the day to day lives. The first day of Diwali is called Dhanvantari Triodasi or Dhanwantari Triodasi also called Dhan Theras. The second day of Diwali is called Narak Chaturdasi. It is the fourteenth lunar day (thithi) of the dark forthnight of the month of Kartik and the eve of Diwali. On this day Lord Krishna destroyed the demon Narakasur and made the world free from fear. The third day of Diwali is the actual Diwali. This is the day when worship for Mother Lakshmi is performed. On the fourth day of Diwali, Goverdhan Pooja is performed. The fifth day of the diwali is called Bhratri Dooj. It is a day dedicated to sisters.

Ahh yes, bumper sticker politics and T-shirt shout-outs. This little video is cool in the sense that it depicts the plethora of political "sloganwear" generated from this year's presidential elections. One nation. Lots to say. See you at the debates, b*tches. LET'S GET IT ON!

VIdeo from cafepressvideo.

If you haven't seen Mad Men on AMC yet, you are missing out on one of the best television shows to hit the airwaves since Lost. Mad Men is a delicately rendered but brutally honest recreation of the American corporate world 50 years ago.

The ad world of yesteryear was greatly influenced by classic Playboy style. In homage to that tradition, Playboy teamed up with the people of Mad Men to produce a retro-classic-post-modern Playboy photo shoot.

Showcasing styles from classic designers like Dunhill, Robert Talbot, and Florsheim, this is truly a match made in heaven. Well, maybe not heaven...

Playboy's retro fashion photo shoot

Because we're living in terrible times of economic crisis, I thought I'd bring back Deals on Wheels-- cause hey, saving a buck or TEN these days is really NECESSARY. WARNING: IF YOU'RE A LABEL WHORE (I mean this in the nicest way possible), DON'T READ ANY FURTHER. WHILE I'LL DO MY BEST TO OFFER THE HIGHEST QUALITY GOODS AT THE BEST PRICES, SOMETIMES A KNOCK-OF OR HOMAGE WILL HAVE TO DO. OTHERWISE... ENJOY THE SAVINGS.

Imagine my surprise when I googled 'Fall Boots' and the Newport News site came up. I know, I know: CHEAP ALERT! But they've got some really cute, as my mother would put it, disposable styles! "Disposable" meaning if they get worn or torn quickly, it's really no bother because the item didn't cost you a fortune. But I literally gasped when I saw their attempt at a Giuseppe Zanotti-esque style (left inset photo). For what it's worth ($34!!!), they did a good job; a great rounded-toe, ankle boot with a blazing red-hot stiletto heel- all patent leather look. Hey, you can look the part...

The boot I'm showing you is simply a must-have. The two-tone toe & cuff on boot lends an oxford, bootie-like look under jeans and when paired with rust-colored, opaque tights, a bubble mini and fall trench; you've a look that'll transcend trends for at least a couple seasons. AND it's nearly 50% off at Nordstrom.com (was $228.95, now $136.90- a steal by BCBGirls).

And finally, for those of you with more fashion sense than you know what do with, you probably love the bootie(s) shown here. I definitely think the Burgundy color of the shoe is the more subdued style but for those of you who really like to push the fashion envelope (myself included), go for the black and white (ivory, really), tuxedo penny-loafer version of the bootie. Personally, I see them incorporated into an outfit that looks something like this: stretch-twill, dark heather grey, pencil skirt; a flouncy, sheer burgundy top with some kind of tie (attached or not) and detailed stockings (something like laced or textured but definitely black OR dark grey). Go for the glory! And since they're on sale at $69.90 (orig. $119.95; Enzo Angiolini at Nordstrom.com) -- I don't even think I need to wish you luck!

From Gawker:

Che is a Belgian men's magazine. So it's not too concerned about pleasing women, or what women think, or not royally pissing off women in general. Here's the only thing Che wants from women: their ass! Amirite bro? Gimme some! (Some of the ads show) gals strolling around with tags on their ass that say "Please Squeeze Here." Ha, yes ma'am! High five! Whatever the Belgian equivalent of the National Organization for Women is is really asleep at the wheel. Below, three more spots from Che's meat-themed ad campaign, proving once again that Belgian sex advertising is truly a world unto itself:

"Sleep!"

I remember seeing a hypnotist on a talk show who could hypnotize people into a deep sleep just by shouting the word "sleep". Yeah right. But wouldn't it be cool if sleep were that easy to come by? Some of the things that makes sleeping difficult are bad dreams and nightmares. Luck for us insomniacs, there is hope in aromatherapy. A new study by a team of German scientists presented in Chicago states that the smell of roses can improve the emotional experience of dreaming.

From BBCNews.com: