From affordable treats to luxe baubles, here is our essential roundup of unique, thoughtful and chic gifts for everyone on your list. Luxury Gifts   1. The everything bag: Bevée’s Trifold Sidekick is a convertible wallet and purse with removable chain (not shown). $215, available at beveebags.com.   2. Inspired by chainmail armor, Elizabeth Roberts’…

After breaking his foot for the second time, Pacific Northwest Ballet dancer Jordan Pacitti hung up his pointe shoes in 2010 to follow a different dream. Inspired by his love of fragrances—and with help from PNB’s Second Stage program, which financially assists dancers in pursuing new careers—he earned his aesthetician license from Gary Manuel Aveda…

Trunk shows, holiday shopping parties, Black Friday specials, one benevolent book drive– there are beaucoup opportunities for you to spend your hard-earned cash over the next few days. (And who doesn’t love doing that?) Thus, I’ve curated a doable list of shopping events to make your life a bit easier. After all, Friday shall be…

There is so much to tell you about in the shopping sphere–pop-ins, pop-ups, sneaker collabs. And it’s all happening soon. Let’s get to it: Pop-In@Nordstrom: Gift & GoWhen: Launches Friday, November 21Where: Nordstrom’s downtown Seattle flagship and Bellevue Square storeWhat: Gifts, gifts and more gifts are packed into this pop-in shop, which is part of…

1. Designed in Australia and sold at Totara in Madrona (1130 34th Ave.; 206.765.7581; totarakids.com), this supersoft, gray lumberjack onesie by Doodlebug ($27) starts a hipster baby off on a stylish foot. 2. Our small world just got smaller with Hindi character blocks from Uncle Goose ($41.95), available at Top Ten Toys (Greenwood, 120 N…

Since opening in 2003, SkinSpirit has become one of the top destinations for aesthetic skin and body care, with multiple locations in California and Washington. On November 6 Seattle magazine and SkinSpirit Skincare Clinic & Spas partnered on a Beauty Insider event at the newly opened location in University Village. 100 VIPs attended to enjoy…

Of course we should currently be on the lookout for gifts for others. (This little wonder notes there are a mere 41 days and 10 hours left until Christmas. Oy vey.) But I see no problem with slipping a sable or two for moi in with my handpicked gifts for friends and family. I do…

Seattle-based fashion designer Jean Glover, whose career in clothing design has spanned more than 15 years, has recently opened a store at Pacific Place for her line 8telier. This is the first brick-and-mortar space for the clothing line, which since 2008, has been wholly online. Located next to jewelry boutique Twist on the first floor…

Now that it’s dark at 5 p.m., there is no reason left not to shop: You have finally packed away your sundresses and swimsuits, and it’s time to remember that added layers mean added opportunities for looking fabulous. Brighten your look and your outlook at these shopping events around the Seattle area this week. 1….

1. King Street Supply Co. (666 S King St.; 206.650.2367; plankandgrain.com) acts as the bricks-and-mortar showroom for owners Erick and Apryl Waldman’s thriving furniture brand, Plank & Grain. In addition to rustic tables crafted with old-growth Douglas fir reclaimed from warehouses and buildings (starting at $1,300), the shop, which opened last April, also offers the…

Somewhere deep within an anonymous Lynnwood office park is Wardrobe Ltd., an appointment-only fashion lover’s paradise, with more than 3,000 pieces of the most highly coveted consigned couture and premier designer clothing, handbags and shoes. Owned, operated and obsessively curated by 22-year-old sartorial wunderkind Austin Deppa—who started the company when he was 16—Wardrobe Ltd. is…

As I get older and my concern for what people think of what I wear softens and my sartorial daring ramps up, I often think of these lines from Jenny Joseph’s poem “When I am an Old Woman I Shall Wear Purple”: When I am an old woman I shall wear purpleWith a red hat…

WOMEN’S CLOTHING[Designer] Suk Chai[Label] SchaiTwenty years of experience in fashion (14 as a Nordstrom designer and a product director), provided Bellevue-based Suk Chai with a wealth of knowledge about the business of clothing production—as well as valuable access to the highest-quality fabric manufacturers in the world. For her fall 2014 debut collection Chai worked with…