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RANDOM WALK: EVEN THE APOCALYPSE IS NO EXCUSE TO SLUM IT.
Crain's Chicago Business, October, 1999 by LITTMAN, MARGARET
To doomsday types, ``Y2K chic'' means survival-style gear. Call it camouflage couture: fatigues, knit caps and Army pants with plenty of pockets, accessorized with a flashlight, a Swiss army knife and a trusty generator. But many Chicagoans are thinking a bit more high-end, aiming to look their best just in case Commonwealth Edison Co.
does manage to keep the lights on come midnight on New Year's Eve. For these millennium-minded folks, looking good from head to toe on the big night won't come cheap. In October, shoe designer Stuart Weitzman, who operates a North Michigan Avenue boutique, created a ``millennium collection'' of shoes and handbags at the request of Nordstrom Inc. department stores. One of the seven city-themed designs is a Chicago...
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