Dinell Williams | In Fashion Chicago

This past week has been buzzing with music related news from Beyonce’s alleged “pregnancy” to last night’s Billboard Music Awards. But, let’s focus on my favorite Chicago native, Kanye West. A few days ago Kanye debuted his new video entitled “New Slaves” in 66 locations across the world. The video premiered in Millennium Park on the 17th sometime in the evening. …

This spring designers and retailers are pushing men’s suits with wider lapels. The trend that has been popular for the last few seasons has been a more skinny lapel, so designers , like Giorgio Armani and Tom Ford, are trying to change it up. Statistics say that the average man only has at least two suits in his closet and …

Esquire.com did a little piece on who they thought were the best and worst dressed of the NFL draft. Sticking solely to the best dressed, I gathered a few photos that can be used as inspiration for any formal event this season. College graduations are happening, Mother’s Day is coming up, or whatever event that pops unto your calendar that …

Wiz Kalifa is one of those artists that seems fun to be around. Maybe it’s his party music or the fact that he’s usually always seen with a smile? Whatever it is, Wiz Kalifa is a hot commodity right now and very stylish too. He is an eccentric dresser and seems to like to push the envelope to the point …

Last week I talked about color, this week it’s prints. Prints are a very good trend to utilize to make your outfit pop. I wouldn’t recommend head to toe print, but using it as an accent to your wardrobe. General Idea’s spring 2013 collection gives a good example on how to use prints. The collection features a lot of camouflage and …

Pastels aren’t just for women this spring. Men can wear the soft colors just as well and menswear designer Miguel Vieira proves it. His spring 2013 collection is full of men’s suits and casual wear in colorful pastel pinks, blues, oranges, and greens. There are a few ways to wear pastels. It’s safe to wear white with pastels or to …

Ali walks past photographer Zoe Spawton’s Berlin home everyday. Ali is an older gentleman with impeccable taste and style. Spawton decides to start a style blog entitled, What Ali Wore, to showcase the style of an older man. Ali is a retired doctor and currently works as a tailor, where he owns an estimated of 80 suits. Spawton catches Ali …

To pop or not pop your collar? That is the question. And according to the Wall Street Journal and Esquire magazine it really depends on the time, place, and person. The popped collar is a trend that originated in sports, like tennis or sailing to help athletes shield their necks from the sun in the 1920′s. In the 1950′s actors …

Chanel’s head designer, Karl Lagerfeld, has announced that Keira Knightley will play Coco Chanel in a short movie directed by him. This year marks the 100th anniversary of when Coco opened her first shop Deauville, France. The movie will be filled with Chanel campaign regulars, like Stella Tennant, Clotilde Hesme, and Tallulah Harlech. The movie premieres in May during Chanel’s …

Rapper Tyga has decided to enter into the world of the celebrity designer with his new line, Last Kings. Tyga has been wearing Last Kings designs for a while, but decided to create his own line when bootleg versions began to pop up. The collection premiered at Project MVMNT, which is a Las Vegas trade show centered on street fashion. …