Jennifer Lopez, Shopkeeper
Bring on the extra-hold hairspray--Jennifer Lopez is headed for the Windy City.
The multihyphenate diva has selected Chicago as the home city to her first stateside JLo boutique, after opening the doors to her pioneer store in Moscow last year.
Lopez will hawk her namesake line, including clothing, accessories, cosmetics and fragrances from within a Marshall Field's store on State Street.
Shoppers browsing at the store within a store might expect to find some of Lopez's preferred items from her ready-to-wear line, which include a white velour pants-and-jacket combo, hot pink cargo knit pants and a turquoise mesh ruffle tank top, according to the "Jennifer's Favorites" section of her ShopJLo.com Website.
Planning for the boutique began in March, according to Andy Hilfiger, president and cofounder of JLo parent company Sweetface Fashion and brother of designer Tommy Hilfiger.
"We kind of approached each other," he told the Chicago Tribune of forging the deal with Field's.
Eventually, Hilfiger hopes to open JLo outposts in markets such as New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Las Vegas and Miami.
"Our long-term plan is to open concept shops in many stores, but Chicago is such a brilliant start," he told the Tribune.
Marc Anthony's missus is expected to be in attendance at the Sept. 22 opening of her new boutique, which will be followed by fashion shows for both JLo and her higher-end Sweetface line, which Field's plans to carry in its designer section. Proceeds from the catwalk events will benefit Chicago's Children's Memorial Hospital.
The "Jenny From the Block" singer is also on the verge of launching Live by JLo, her fourth fragrance in the line which includes Glow by JLo, Still Jennifer Lopez and Miami Glow by JLo. Due in October, the scent reportedly blends red currant, peony and violet with subtle notes of caramel, vanilla and sandalwood and claims to "reveal the core of [Lopez's] inner being."
In addition to her fashion-related pursuits, Lopez is keeping her day job as a very busy A-lister.
She has three new movies in the works and will next be seen Sept. 9 in the drama An Unfinished Life, opposite Robert Redford.
Lopez also stars in Bordertown opposite Antonio Banderas and will shake a leg opposite Nicole Kidman in American Darlings





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