meet our team
ali (aka alice) - owner
Hometown:
Naperville, IL
Happy Hour beverage of choice:
Mezcal Margarita, always!
Style Icon:
Hailey Bieber & influencer Jacey Duprie
Favorite Sweet Home Chicago item:
Our OG Sweet Home Chicago
shirt. After designing it, I remember walking through the shop with a pile of shirts ready to be put out and girls grabbing them out of my hands. I knew we’d made something special and it’s helped us build such an incredible Chicago community ever since.
emily - market manager
Hometown:
Morris, IL
Favorite work snack:
Flaming Hot Cheetos 4ever
Style Icon:
Selena Gomez in “Only Murders in the Building”
Favorite A&W moment/memory:
Starting an A&W book club!
jess - manager, webster
Hometown:
North Aurora, IL
What song gets you on the dance floor:
Nice For What – Drake
Style Icon:
Blair Waldorf
Favorite A&W moment/memory:
Black Friday/Small Biz Sat 2020 - We had to close the shop for a few days to work on online orders, and I remember bonding with everyone and getting close to my A&W girlies!
mary kate - manager, southport
Hometown:
Spring Grove, IL
What song gets you on the dance floor:
Believe by Cher
Style Icon:
Influencer Talia Hubble (Instagram @talliia)
Favorite A&W moment/memory:
Helene’s Libby Lu Themed Birthday Party
katie - digital manager
Hometown:
Irvine, CA
First Concert:
Gwen Stefani Wind It Up Tour
Style Icon:
Kate Moss, Jerry Hall & Bianca Jagger
Favorite A&W moment/memory:
Hands down our Mad Hatter Fall Shoot 2021
kate - creative manager
Hometown:
Sycamore, IL
Favorite work snack:
Cheez-Its
Style Icon:
Matilda Djerf & Olympia Gayot
Favorite A&W moment/memory:
Launching an in-house collection and seeing all the love pour in, so rewarding!
elisa - digital associate
Hometown:
St. Paul, MN
First Concert:
Macklemore and Ryan Lewis
Style Icon:
Literally all the NYC iconic streetwear
Favorite A&W moment/memory:
Accidentally running into Ali and the rest of our team at Cabra maybe 2 months into the job and being too afraid to say hello cause I’m a scaredy cat…
