Inner City Impact

Whitney and its team members are involved in many charities and organizations, such as Junior Achievement of Chicago, City of Hope, the Greater Chicago Food Depository, and Onward House. Continuing with our efforts to give back to the community, we've teamed up with Inner City Impact to help them with their new facility.

Inner City Impact is a non-for-profit organization dedicated to helping get children off the streets. It has served the inner city of Chicago since 1972. Committed staff reach kids ages 5 to 18 in some of Chicago's toughest neighborhoods- Humboldt Park, Logan Square, and Cicero. Through Inner City Impact's core programs, dedicated full-time missionaries and volunteers work with children in Bible studies, one-on-one discipleship, and in a variety of other Christ-centered, wholesome, and fun activities.

Their new facility will be built in Cicero and will offer children and teens a place in which to retreat. It will include private tutoring rooms, an arts and crafts center, lounge, worship center, classrooms, sports facility, and game room. This project is being made possible only through the help of others in the community. Despite the current economic hardship, many of the building materials and construction services have been donated.

If you would like to donate to this great organization or for more information, please visit Inner City Impact

searching for inspiration

As designers, we're constantly looking for ways to inspire ourselves. It can be in fashion, art, architecture, history, movies, or for some of us at Whitney, the latest issue of Azure Magazine. Design is always evolving and its nice to see people who 'think outside the box'. Take a look at some design we're inspired by. (Soft Citizen's office in Toronto & Rainbow Cleaners)

STITCH 2010

Congrats to Whitney & the STITCH committee on taking home the Clutch Award for Best Concept to Creation!! Special thanks to our sponsors Steelcase, DesignTex, & Coalesse. The theme of this year's event was 'Through the Decades'. We chose to draw our inspiration from the 1770's. Here is the description of our winning garment:

The inspiration for this gown came from France's most famous teenage queen, Marie Antoinette. Like all the teenagers she obsessed over hairstyle and clothing fads. Excessive was the name of the game during this Rococco style period. Glitzy dress? Make it bolder. Tall hair? Make it taller. Too boring? Add a birdcage with birds.

Of course, ruling the royal court becomes a simple task when you have rich, luxurious fabrics by DesignTex. And what better way to boost your derriere than by incorporating a frame made from the very thing it sits on: an outdoor chair from the Emu collection by Coalesse. To finish it off, accessories by Steelcase are sure to bring any reign of terror to an end.

The embellished fan was more than a stylish accessory. It was used for communication to send a message across a crowded ballroom. In the language of the fan it was essential that you knew your left from your right.

Touching the right cheek meant "yes"

Touching the left cheek meant "no"

Drawing across the cheek said "I love you"

This period ensemble will start up a revolution, and is sure to make any young lady look.... be-heading.