Alice Berry has worked exclusively as an independent clothing designer for thirty years, earning her degree in fine art in 1980 from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. After school, Alice spent four years working in Paris for private clients, creating collections for small boutiques, showing textiles and clothing art in galleries, learning the business -developing a style of her own.
In 1984 Alice returned to Chicago an opened her first studio where she designed and manufactured one of a kind clothing, which was sold privately and at boutiques such as "City" in Chicago. From 1984 to 1998 Alice worked with fabrics from designers and companies such as Junichi Arai, Japan; Memphis Design Group, Italy; La Soie de Paris, France; and Fisac, Italy furthering her style and craft.
In 1984 Alice returned to Chicago an opened her first studio where she designed and manufactured one of a kind clothing, which was sold privately and at boutiques such as "City" in Chicago. From 1984 to 1998 Alice worked with fabrics from designers and companies such as Junichi Arai, Japan; Memphis Design Group, Italy; La Soie de Paris, France; and Fisac, Italy furthering her style and craft.
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Batya H.
Mar 27, 2010
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I found Alice Berry Studio on the internet through a website called Chicago Fashion Resource and immediately fell in love with her scarves. I signed up for her mailing list and attended her open studio this afternoon thinking I would only like the scarves. Well, well, well, I fell in love with her pieces and in particular a wonderful skirt that has corners that button upward so it looks floweresque. You can also unbutton the corners to have a longer flowy skirt that can be found here: http://aliceberry.com/pages/collections/spring-2010-shawls-clothing/, except I liked the violet/grayish one. I
