They came. They saw. They posed.

In a stunning victory le Dress swept the first annual “Battle of the Boutiques”, taking home both the People’s Choice and Judge’s Choice awards. This means they’ll be back next year to defend their title as Chicago’s “most stylish yet affordable” boutique. Congratualtions to le Dress!

In case you missed us for the show and dinner last Thursday at Chaise Lounge, we’ll fill you in.  Le Dress is a haute new dress-only boutique located on Division in Wicker Park created by two sisters-in-law Eva and Robyn Anderson. Their mutual love for fashion inspired them to open a boutique… but definitely not your store next door. Le Dress is a place where the perfect dress and everything that goes with it can be found. Whether it’s for the party on Friday night, the shower at the botanical garden or the wedding at the Drake, Eva & Robyn believe that dress shopping should be exciting no matter what the occasion.

Their winning fashions are shown below, but if you’re looking for more photos of the event check out the Gallery. There, you’ll find photos of all the boutiques’ looks, our guest judges, Showbiz Shelly, the PLRG team and maybe even you!

Finally, PLRG would like to thank everyone who helped to make this event a success! Thanks goes to the boutiques, Eliana Lily, vFish, Frankie’s on the Park, le Dress and Beta Boutique for putting on such a great show, Chaise Lounge for hosting, Chic Gems and Clutch for their beautiful accessories, Yelp for the goodie bags, Salon Blo for providing hair and make up and Sheffield Marketing for their continued support.

We’d also like to thank Showbiz Shelly for being such a fabulous emcee and Jes, from Rock of Love, Ben Mollin from Shear Genius and Jessica Sedgwick, from The Sun Times for judging the battle.

Last, but certainly not least, we must thank Liz Fowler of Eventology for being such a pleasure to work with and for pulling it all together!

(Lacey Brenly)