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Monday, March 25, 2013

New Trier Students' Designs On Display At Old Orchard Mall

New Trier High School students created two dresses to help raise awareness for the Glass Slipper Project, which funds prom dresses for girls who otherwise couldn't afford them.

Students in the New Trier Fashion Club are getting their fifteen minutes of fame with two dresses made out of recycled materials. Now on display at the Westfield Old Orchard Mall, the dresses were created as part of a promotion to raise awareness for the Glass Slipper Project, a charity that provides prom gowns to girls that can't afford to purchase a dress. Dresses designed by students from Niles North and Niles West are also on display. Patrons can vote on the winning design on Old Orchard's Facebook page. 

Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Cops: Employee Set Up Peep Cam in Fitting Room

A 21-year-old sales associate was charged with illegally filming customers at Old Orchard Mall in Skokie on Jan. 14.

After admitting to officers that he was secretly video tapping customers undress in fitting rooms, Sergio Corona said it was because he heard other workers talking about thefts within the store, police said. Corona, 21, of Chicago and a former sales associate at Zara in Old Orchard Mall, was charged with illegally filming customers on Jan. 14. Corona set up his peep cam by attaching a small camera to an article of clothing left inside a fitting room, according to police. He admitted to using the camera about seven to 10 times over an 11-day span, police said. The suspect told officers he acted alone and at first, his efforts were for security reasons, or to catch customers stealing clothing. His motives would later change from security to …

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