If you're a client of Sam Kori George, expect to hear the truth.
The women's couturier on the Gold Coast will make sure his honesty doesn't sting, but make no mistake, he says he's not afraid to "shoot straight from the hip."
"Sometimes it's really hard to say to somebody who wants to wear a short skirt that they don't have good legs," George said.Buy Cheap Gucci Suits Online "You have to be honest, but I have to pick my words carefully.Discount Skirts Online that have different styles and types ranging from cotton and silk skirts to dress. It's a relationship-building situation, which is how the business grows."
That business is in George's "atelier" — French for "workshop" — at 1 E. Delaware Place in Chicago, where he has been designing women's fashions for almost 10 years. George, 47, came to Chicago from Iraq at age 9.
His strong bond with clients is a theme running through his office, from gifts stacked on his bookshelves (souvenirs from clients' vacations) to framed photos of clients' grandchildren.
"I don't take myself too seriously," George said. "My clients are easygoing. They trust me. I design women's clothing; I'm not a brain surgeon. So when people take themselves too seriously, it doesn't jell with me."
His atelier is divided into a clean, minimalist storefront (white walls, polished concrete floors, track lighting, a fitting room, a bathroom and just a few racks of clothes) and a back half with a kitchen, two employee offices, a workroom for cutting and stitching and George's work table and office.
Funk-meets-chic music pumps through the workshop. Mannequins of assorted shapes and heights wear a variety of garments.
George is rushing to meet two client deadlines, so his work table and office, where he spends most of his time, are piled high with garments and swatches.
"There's no way I can function like this," he said. "Tomorrow, everything will go back to its place. I call it a reset."
George draws inspiration from a stacked row of tomatoes at Whole Foods, which he used to pattern beads on a garment, to his 400-strong design book collection, — a tenth of which line the shelves in his office.Cheapest Suits Clothings Online His current favorites are "Seventeenth-Century Women's Dress Patterns"; "Avedon Fashion," which represents different eras of fashion; and "9 Heads."
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An articulated Japanese fashion doll, which is the "perfect" nine heads in height, sits on George's desk. He'll drape material on her to play with design ideas.
"I've always played with dolls, but I don't like Barbie," George said. "I like a woman with a figure, but I just think she's too fake."
A Shiva Lingam stone, a naturally egg-shaped stone from a river in India, sits in the middle of his desk.
"They're very high in energy. You have to pick one you're attracted to and has a marking to look like a face. It wards off all the evil spirits," he said, laughing.
George keeps stacked boxes of black, nude and white camisoles for customers to wear when trying on garments. Under those are at least two dozen boxes of Manolo Blahnik shoes in assorted sizes, styles and colors, also for client fittings.
Sitting on one bookshelf is a framed photo of Ruby, the granddaughter of one of George's clients, who is wearing a pink pea coat that matches her grandmother's.
"I promised the client that when her granddaughter was old enough, I was going to make her the matching coat," George said. "So I sent that to her as a gift."
The women's couturier on the Gold Coast will make sure his honesty doesn't sting, but make no mistake, he says he's not afraid to "shoot straight from the hip."
"Sometimes it's really hard to say to somebody who wants to wear a short skirt that they don't have good legs," George said.Buy Cheap Gucci Suits Online "You have to be honest, but I have to pick my words carefully.Discount Skirts Online that have different styles and types ranging from cotton and silk skirts to dress. It's a relationship-building situation, which is how the business grows."
That business is in George's "atelier" — French for "workshop" — at 1 E. Delaware Place in Chicago, where he has been designing women's fashions for almost 10 years. George, 47, came to Chicago from Iraq at age 9.
His strong bond with clients is a theme running through his office, from gifts stacked on his bookshelves (souvenirs from clients' vacations) to framed photos of clients' grandchildren.
"I don't take myself too seriously," George said. "My clients are easygoing. They trust me. I design women's clothing; I'm not a brain surgeon. So when people take themselves too seriously, it doesn't jell with me."
His atelier is divided into a clean, minimalist storefront (white walls, polished concrete floors, track lighting, a fitting room, a bathroom and just a few racks of clothes) and a back half with a kitchen, two employee offices, a workroom for cutting and stitching and George's work table and office.
Funk-meets-chic music pumps through the workshop. Mannequins of assorted shapes and heights wear a variety of garments.
George is rushing to meet two client deadlines, so his work table and office, where he spends most of his time, are piled high with garments and swatches.
"There's no way I can function like this," he said. "Tomorrow, everything will go back to its place. I call it a reset."
George draws inspiration from a stacked row of tomatoes at Whole Foods, which he used to pattern beads on a garment, to his 400-strong design book collection, — a tenth of which line the shelves in his office.Cheapest Suits Clothings Online His current favorites are "Seventeenth-Century Women's Dress Patterns"; "Avedon Fashion," which represents different eras of fashion; and "9 Heads."
"Nine heads long: That's the perfect (female) model,Cheapest Bracelet Jewellery Online" George said,wholesale Boss Belts for sale explaining that the height of a perfect model must be exactly nine times the length of her head.
An articulated Japanese fashion doll, which is the "perfect" nine heads in height, sits on George's desk. He'll drape material on her to play with design ideas.
"I've always played with dolls, but I don't like Barbie," George said. "I like a woman with a figure, but I just think she's too fake."
A Shiva Lingam stone, a naturally egg-shaped stone from a river in India, sits in the middle of his desk.
"They're very high in energy. You have to pick one you're attracted to and has a marking to look like a face. It wards off all the evil spirits," he said, laughing.
George keeps stacked boxes of black, nude and white camisoles for customers to wear when trying on garments. Under those are at least two dozen boxes of Manolo Blahnik shoes in assorted sizes, styles and colors, also for client fittings.
Sitting on one bookshelf is a framed photo of Ruby, the granddaughter of one of George's clients, who is wearing a pink pea coat that matches her grandmother's.
"I promised the client that when her granddaughter was old enough, I was going to make her the matching coat," George said. "So I sent that to her as a gift."
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