!–paging_filter–pDesigner Suk Chai has taken Seattle by storm with Salt, the fall/winter debut collection from her line a href=”http://schaischai.com/” target=”_blank”Schai/a, and the inaugural Wear Wednesday, March 19, at a href=”http://www.wseattle.com/” target=”_blank”W Seattle/a is your chance to check it out./ppInspired by salt and its myriad chemical reactions, as well as “Earth’s most salient shades” of color,…

!–paging_filter–pIf you’re not a math person, the mere idea of math camp probably strikes terror in your heart. But if you’re a little girl, just beginning to understand math, it could mean a fun week engineering a dollhouse out of cardboard (complete with a carport and a spiral staircase), or exploring where math and art…

!–paging_filter–pStarting today, Friday March 7 and running through the end of the month, West Seattle’s a href=”http://\/\/seattlemag.com.239elwb01.blackmesh.com/clementine“Clementine/a is hosting a pop-up consignment shoe shop-within-a-shop. Featuring gently and barely worn shoes from the closets of Seattle’s most stylish women, including Clem owner Linda Walsh, designer a href=”http://\/\/seattlemag.com.239elwb01.blackmesh.com/gallery/mia-fioravanti“Mia Fioravanti/a, a href=”http://\/\/seattlemag.com.239elwb01.blackmesh.com/sandylew“Sandylew’s/a namesake Sandy Lew and a href=”http://www.carmilias.com/”…

!–paging_filter–pKirkland’s a href=”http://bluelunafashion.com/” target=”_blank”Blue Luna/a is hosting local plus size fashion line a href=”http://www.poppyandbloom.com/” target=”_blank”Poppy Bloom/a on Saturday, March 8 from noon to 6 p.m. for a spring trunk show. Brand founders, including head designer Olga Szwed, will be on site to show off their lovely line, which includes Mad Men-inspired dresses ranging in price…

!–paging_filter–pSave the date because on March 21 through 23, a href=”http://www.uvillage.com/” target=”_blank”U Village/a will be the place to shop hard for a great cause. For the last 10 years, U Village merchants have teamed up with a href=”http://www.fhcrc.org/en.html” target=”_blank”Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research/a to support women’s cancer treatment research by offering screaming deals to shoppers over…

!–paging_filter–pIn celebration of its first anniversary, hip Ballard home décor shop, a href=”https://www.digsshowroom.com/furniture-5/” target=”_blank”Digs/a, is celebrating with a cool collab with Portland-based shoe shop a href=”http://www.solestruck.com/” target=”_blank”Solestruck/a and Seattle’s own a href=”https://www.facebook.com/GreyCityShoes” target=”_blank”Grey City Shoes/a./pp style=”text-align: center;”img src=”/sites/default/files/newfiles/brock_flying.jpg” alt=”digs” width=”500″ height=”500″/ppCome check out the shoes (for both men and women) and celebrate with the Digs/Grey…

!–paging_filter–pTextile designer Lindsey Bender uses a world of natural dyes when hand-painting the whisper-soft, light wool scarves for her line, Coulee. Onion skin imparts a yellow hue; cochineal—an insect that feeds on nopal cactus in Mexico and other arid climates—gives the fabric a fuchsia tone, much like the color of the fruit of that plant;…

!–paging_filter–pSome people make a href=”http://\/\/seattlemag.com/article/personalized-pillows-pillowmob“pillows/a out of them, and other people, a href=”http://\/\/seattlemag.com/article/modern-quilts-your-home“quilts/a—but north Queen Anne landscape architect and artist Ashley Thorner uses beloved and perfectly worn-in vintage T-shirts as source material for Ershware (a href=”http://www.etsy.com/shop/ershware” target=”_blank”etsy.com/shop/ershware/a), a kids’ hat company she launched last fall. “I hated to just get rid of my favorite ‘golden…

!–paging_filter–pGenius marketer, savvy clothing designer (a href=”http://\/\/seattlemag.com.239elwb01.blackmesh.com/article/april-prides-one-s…“The Dress/a) and “it” girl, a href=”http://aprilpride.com/” target=”_blank”April Pride/a, is opening a pop-up shop at the a href=”http://www.fourseasons.com/seattle/” target=”_blank”Four Seasons/a on Saturday that runs through April./ppShe’s calling it Floor 2, because, well, it’s on the second floor of the hotel, and filling it with exclusive collaborations between uber-now local…

!–paging_filter–pSpring officially hits on March 20, which means we’re mere moments away from balmier weather. Get your winter self into shape for the skimpier season with this promotion from three local body-beautiful businesses./ppStarting March 1 (which is Saturday, BTW, how did that happen?) and running through the end of the month, book a Facisliscious facial…

!–paging_filter–pOn March 7, Seattle’s a href=”http://www.ugm.org/” target=”_blank”Union Gospel Mission/a is releasingnbsp;a href=”http://others-like-us.myshopify.com/” target=”_blank”Others Like Us/a (OLU), the charitable organization’s first-ever apparel collection intended to bring a more human face to the issue of homelessness in our city./ppThe inaugural OLU collection includes t-shirts, a hoodie and hats, ranging in prince form $14 to $35. Designs include…

!–paging_filter–pstrongOrigins of style:/strong “I can remember in the early 1980s when I was in sixth or seventh grade asking for a pink sweater and subscriptions to emVogue/em, emInterview/em and emGQ/em for Christmas,” says 41-year-old Nordstrom personal stylist Brent Martin—requests that made him quite an original in small-town Colorado, where he grew up. Today, Martin, who…

!–paging_filter–pa href=”http://www.sweetpetula.com/” target=”_blank”Sweet Petula/a bodycare creator,nbsp;a href=”http://\/\/seattlemag.com/article/formulary-55-small-batch-bath-and-body-bou…“Formulary 55/a owner and longtime fixture in the Seattle-area retail scene, Cordelia Smith, announced yesterday that she’s moving herself and the biz down to Pueblo, Colorado (for the affordable living and high quality of life). Starting today, Smith will not be open her normal business hours, but does plan…