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Milu–the fashion design team of Miriam Kaufman and Luisa Gasiewski–have been wowing ’em in New York with their elegant peasant-influenced creations. “As cool, calm, and collected as fashion gets,” adjudged the New York Times. The pair are being feted from 11 to 7 today at Toshiro, a clothing store at 3309 N. Clark, where you can check out their full fall line and munch on Great Harvest Bakery bread and jam. It’s free. Call 248-1487.
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Chicago’s love affair with George Bernard Shaw goes back decades: a few of his plays had their American premieres here, and a society formed by Cultural Affairs czar Lois Weisberg actively promoted his works in the 1950s. Shaw Chicago, a new project of her department, is attempting to revive interest in the playwright with a free staged reading of The Apple Cart, a 1929 farce in which England’s economy depends entirely on the production of chocolate cream. The reading, staged by director Andrew Callis, features a lineup of Equity and non-Equity actors. Performances are at 3 this afternoon, 7 PM tomorrow, 3 PM next Sunday, September 25, and 7 PM next Monday, September 26, in the Studio Theater of the Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington. Reservations are recommended. Call 744-7648.
A documentary called Unzipped follows the development of Isaac Mizrahi’s 1994 fall line and comes complete with cameos by fashion notables. As part of a Marshall Field’s fund-raiser for the AIDS Foundation of Chicago, the film will be shown at 6 tonight at the Esquire Theater, 58 E. Oak; after that, guests trundle over to the Water Tower Marshall Field’s for a reception that includes music from Koko Taylor. The event costs $45. Call 642-5454 for more.
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