Still in Vogue. Employees at Vogue Fabrics search through racks of colorful thread for just the right spool at the store’s new Evanston location. The company sold its landmark store on Main Street last year and moved to 618 Hartrey Ave. in October. The new retail space is more efficiently organized, says co-owner Rogie Sussman Faber. “Everybody uses fabrics: home sewers, costumers, funeral homes, body waxers, schools, churches, even scout groups.” (Photo by Richard Cahan)

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