Meet the Team
BIO
The quintessential shopping addict, Suzanne fell head over heels into the world of fashion after earning degrees in both business and law. Rather than practicing law, she pursued her passion and has since founded two stylish brands: Boujie Baby Couture, a line of luxury handbags for mothers; and Garmental.com. With experience in accessories design and production, she’s turned into the creative side as well as the consumer end, and brings a wealth of knowledge from both vantage points. Represented by FORD Artists, the world’s most prestigious agency, Suzanne’s professional styling resume reads with project credits from The Oprah Show, Beyonce, Tim Gunn, The Elysian Hotel, and more. Suzanne appears regularly as a shopping and style expert on NBC5 Chicago, ABC7 Chicago, WGN and was featured on MSNBC’s The Big Idea. Suzanne spends most lunch breaks and weekends hunting new boutiques and brands to add to her retail repertoire. She resides in Chicago, spending most of her time at the airport jetting to and from New York City and Los Angeles.
Tweet Suzanne: @SLKStyle
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Sarah is passionate about great design – whether it be print, technology, fashion, or architecture. She began her career as a graphic designer in 2004 and co-founded Brick Studios, a design studio focused on online marketing and branding, just a few years later. For the past 5 years, she's been building brands and creating an online presence for mid-size companies, nonprofits, and significant brands in the Chicago area including The Second City, Lions Clubs International, and Harley-Davidson. She spent the beginning of her career freelancing for a healthcare marketing agency, closerlook, where she built great relationships with the talented team there and worked with healthcare brands such as Novo Nordisk and Takeda. Sarah also co-founded a website focused on eco-minded, healthy living in Chicago, Little Bits of Green, which features tidbits of local green info, products, restaurants and events. She continues to grow Garmental's brand while fitting in time to enjoy yoga, traveling, and shopping of course!
Tweet Sarah: @sarahjura
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Always looking for the best possible user experience, Jeff’s career has been focused on finding the perfect blend between design, technology and usability. With a background in interactive design, he’s worked with worldwide agencies Leo Burnett and Tribal DDB in Chicago. Later, he co-founded Brick Studios, a design studio focused on online marketing, branding and technology. The past seven years has led him to create an influence with such brands as Kellogg’s, Capital One, Harley Davidson, State Farm, American Family Insurance, The Second City, The Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and a variety of local and national start-ups and brands including Garmental.com.
Tweet Jeff: @brickstudios
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Margo’s passion for capturing rare moments on film began at a young as did her love for fashion. The joy of seizing those treasured snapshots left an enduring impression on her, turning a hobby into a future career, creating Photography by Margo. Behind the lens of her camera, she is continually inspired by the warmth and intimacy of people, as well as fearless fashion moments she has captured while working with amazing companies such as the American Diabetes Association, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, The Lincoln Foundation, Merry Richards Jewelers, United Hellenic American Congress, Hellenic Museum, and Greek Circle Magazine. Not to mention television networks like Bravo, Comcast, VH1 for Save the Music, the Weather Channel, and many more. Margo has had the honor of meeting and photographing public persons and celebrities such as U.S. Deputy Secretary of State John D. Negroponte, Bill Gates, former Chicago mayor Richard M. Daley, Jeff Daniels, and Hank Azaria.
