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Tom Kolovos is an image consultant, pop culture critic, television commentator, & founder and editor-in-chief of aControlledSubstance.com. He studied economics and political philosophy at the University of Chicago before starting his career in fashion. He brought fashion into the political arena as the stylist for Michelle Obama on her first magazine cover, and he was the voice of style and presidential politics during the 2008 campaign. Tom is the expert on Chicago's unique fashion scene. He has served as fashion editor for Today's Chicago Woman and as "resident fashion and style expert" for NBC 5. He became a consultant to people around the country through interviews with USA Today and "Oprah Make Over My Man" with Carson Kresley. As the founder & editor-in-chief of aControlledSubstance.com, Tom makes explicit the connections between the whims of fashion, style and popular culture to the larger social, economic and political landscape.