Black Friday Recap; Tom Ford Takes Over French Vogue; More

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Tom Ford wants you to giddyup! Image via The Huffington Post

Local
Savvy shoppers snap up Black Friday bargains [Chicago Tribune]
Chilly weather can't stop Black Friday shoppers [Chicago Sun-Times]
Chicago window shopping and holiday scenes: photo gallery [Time Out Chicago]
Interview: Calvin Tran [Chicago Pride]

Everywhere Else
Inside Tom Ford's French Vogue [The Huffington Post]
The making of fashion’s latest ‘It’ girl Alexa Chung [NYT]
Shopping chaos around the country: photo gallery [The Feast]
Consumers putting the jingle back into holiday spending [UPI]