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Your Guide to the Best of Fashion’s Night Out
Oh my, how Fashion’s Night Out has spread across the Puget Sound: Now in its fourth year, the Vogue-led celebration of fall shopping has installments all over our fair city and the Eastside, so much so in fact, it’s nigh impossible to hit everything in an evening. But if you are primed for the challenge,…
If You Eat One More Ice Cream Cone This Summer, Eat This One
So, Labor Day happened. I guess that means summer is unofficially over, but I’m not buying it yet. And according to a pretty inspiring weather forecast for the rest of this week, neither is the sun. For those of you who aren’t quite satisfied with the amount of summer you got over the last three…
Roads Scholar: First Look at Seattle’s Gigantic Boring Machine
Just purusing WSDOT’s Flikr stream, as I’m wont to do on a sunny holiday-weekend Friday (!), when I came across this cool photo of Seattle’s tunnel-boring machine, currently under construction in Japan. When it’s finished, it will be the world’s biggest, and will be used to dig the SR 99 tunnel beneath downtown Seattle. Expect…
Seattle a Serious Fashion Town? Here’s Proof!
Seattle mag editors recap on the Seamless in Seattle 2012 fashion show.
Sick of Seattle’s rep of being a backwards fashion town (move on from grunge, America! we did!)? Don’t stand for it anymore. For five years, Seattle mag’s fashion and lifestyle editor Kate Calamusa has been shining a beacon-like spotlight on emerging local fashion designers, and the talent pool has been getting bigger and better every…
Leslie Kelly Discovers the Perfect Wine Pairing for Ribs
A friend wanted to take her out-of-town significant other out for barbecue in Seattle and asked me to make a rib recommendation. Sorry, no can do. Oh, I’ve tried to find some good bones to gnaw on, but have so far come up empty. Yes, I realize that makes me sound like a smoked meat…
Unforgettable Geometric Jewelry
Northwest jewelry artists are doing the math, creating modern style with shapes and angles.
Top row, left to right: “Fremont Bridge” brass-etched and oxidized cuff with triangle design, by Portland-based Betsy & Iya ($72, available at Retail Therapy on Capitol Hill or betsyandiya.myshopify.com). “Exquisite Palpitation” earrings in 18k gold vermeil with detachable sections (can be worn with one or all three triangular pieces), by Tia Kramer of Northlake-based Tia…
The New Statement Shoe
Artistic strokes—fur tassels, golden studs and bold prints—accent fall footwear’s Technicolor canvas
Clockwise from top: Luly Yang bright chartreuse green silk satin and lambskin suede T-strap sandals with detachable fur pouf shoe clip (available separately for $150), $650 at Luly Yang Couture downtown. Miz Mooz “Silas” purple leather wedges, $159.95 on Amazon Fashion. Report “Watson” navy patent leather flats with burnt orange tassels, $70 at Report Shoes…
Casual Handbags in Playful Patterns
New, locally made totes arrive in a kaleidoscope of prints and patterns.
Clockwise from top left: Coral “Bombshell” zigzag chevron-print clutch with detachable turquoise felt-flower pin, nickel frame, ball clasp and contrasting polka dot-print lining, by Angela Huse of Edmonds-based Angela Kay Designs ($48, available at angelakaydesigns.etsy.com). Black and gray stripe knit shoulder bag with synthetic leather strap, by Lower Queen Anne-based Poverty Flats by Rian ($88,…
Designer to Watch: Lina Zeineddine
This Lebanon-born shoe designer hopes to inspire women to take bold steps forward.
During her years working alongside designer Luly Yang, Lina Zeineddine, then 19, kept a personal sketchbook, doodling design ideas during spare moments. In 2011, after fashion classes at the Art Institute, business school, and two and a half years at the downtown couture house (which she left in 2009), the Lebanon-born designer rediscovered that sketchbook…
Designer to Watch: Michael Cepress
Well-known for his dapper and tailored men’s wear designs, this talent is now doing women's wear.
Michael Cepress wears many artistic hats: The Capitol Hill-based, 30-something designer is well-known for his dapper and tailored men’s wear designs, a sublime talent he juggles with costume design, teaching fashion courses at the University of Washington and curating fashion exhibitions. Now he’s adding women’s wear designer to his résumé. After a two-year design hiatus,…
Designer to Watch: Moorea Seal
Tangletown-based jewelry artist Moorea Seal first viewed art on a grand scale as an artist’s assistant to Seattle sculptor John Grade, helping to craft his large-scale installations. But in 2010, the Seattle Pacific University graduate began packing big, geometric sculptures into a petite form: jewelry. Combining her artistic background and influences from her rural England…
Sneak Peek: Favorite Finds from the September Issue
Okay fine: Clocking in at a whopping 916 pages, Vogue may have us beat on page count this month. But after a four-month-long bop about town to “research” and compile our own September issue on the best neighborhood shops in the city, I can say this: Vogue ain’t got nothin’ on these local fall finds….
Madrona: Home to Superior Gift and Vintage Shopping
Even if it's out of the way, this peaceful east Seattle enclave is worthy of an afternoon jaunt.
Timeless looks you can wear to the office or on weekend outings are the stuff of (1) Juniper, a classy boutique tucked into a storefront across from the Madrona Playground on E Spring Street. Check out the cotton denim pieces from Raleigh Denim ($200), luxurious hand-loomed knits from Souchi ($250–$550) and other ethically crafted garments…
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