!–paging_filter–pWhile Seattle has some great fashion shows, both for designers and retailers, Seattle Fashion Week has fallen by the wayside. Portland, however, has two fashion weeks, a href=”http://www.fashionxt.net/” target=”_blank”FashioNXT/a and a href=”http://portlandfashionweek.net/” target=”_blank”Portland Fashion Week/a. (FashioNXT was Portland Fashion Week until this year and FashioNXT’s executive producer Tito Chowdhury has led the charge for years….

!–paging_filter–pOne year ago this week, Seattleitenbsp;Katlin Jackson launched a href=”http://local.seattlemag.com/article/helping-haitian-families-one-blanket…“Haiti Babi/a, a Haitian-based organization that teaches the women there a skill (knitting and crocheting) and offers them a chance to use that skill to provide for themselves and their children by making cotton baby blankets that are then sold a href=”http://www.haitibabi.org/” target=”_blank”online/a and in retail…

!–paging_filter–pa href=”http://www.starwoodhotels.com/whotels/index.html” target=”_blank”W Hotels/a have three passion points: music, design and my personal fave, fashion. Starting in August, the a href=”http://www.wseattle.com/” target=”_blank”W Seattle/a is launching a new monthly event aptly called Wear Wednesdays (WW)./ppI’m thrilled to report that emSeattle/em mag is a part of the inaugural WW on Wednesday, August 21 where our Seamless in…

!–paging_filter–pIn a continuation of our a href=”http://\/\/seattlemag.com.239elwb01.blackmesh.com/nautical-nature“nautical-themed summer/a, check out these tote bags by Seattle-based a href=”http://www.chokeshirtco.com/products/extinct-tote” target=”_blank”Choke Shirt Company/a. Made out of durable cotton canvas, with sturdy webbed handles and a contrasting lining and adorned with three of the company’s most popular designs (an anchor, a dodo bird listening to a Walkman and an…

!–paging_filter–pI don’t need glasses, but with today’s (August 6) release of the new fall collection from local eyewear brand and online boutique Rivet Sway, I might have to inquire about fake lenses./ppSix of the 10 frames in its line have been unveiled (expect the rest in October), and each style has quite the cheeky name:…

!–paging_filter–pFremont’s scent super-store, a href=”http://\/\/seattlemag.com.239elwb01.blackmesh.com/essenza“Essenza/a, is hosting a launch event on August 8 from 4 to 8 p.m. for a href=”http://www.achtungseattle.com/” target=”_blank”Achtung/a, a collab between local perfumer a href=”http://www.matriarch.biz/” target=”_blank”House of Matriarch/a, artist Rick Barchenger and emerging designer Aronhix who has created textiles based on Barchenger’s black and white mandala-style drawings./ppHouse of Matriarch perfumer Christi…

!–paging_filter–pThe Westlake Center a href=”http://www.lush.com/” target=”_blank”Lush/a is one of nine US stores receiving a visit from a href=”http://www.gorillaperfume.com/” target=”_blank”Gorilla Perfumes/a Album 2, nine new unisex scents from British father and son team Mark and Simon Constantine. From August 10 through 31 Seattle fragrance lovers will get the chance to sniff the supremely weird scent combos…

Personal Style: Leschi’s Erika Dalya Massaquoi is a fashion chameleon, absorbing and reflecting the many moods and styles of her influences, which are as diverse and far reaching as the Miami of her childhood and her parents’ interest in civil rights and modernism. “I’m all about the high/low mix,” Massaquoi says. “You see me in…

Chinatown–International District-based Jessica Park, the designer of the ultrachic Ampersand As Apostrophe line of bags (and one cool necklace), is really into the concept of transformation. “Almost all of my bags can be transformed for multiple ways to wear,” she says. Her most popular bag, the Buffalo Parcel ($795), for example, has at least seven…

!–paging_filter–pa href=”http://www.kiehls.com/” target=”_blank”Kiehl’s/a fourth annual a href=”http://www.kiehls.com/LifeRide/liferide,default,pg.html” target=”_blank”LifeRide/a for a href=”http://www.amfar.org/” target=”_blank”amFAR/a, a nine-day motorcycle race to raise funds for HIV/AIDS research, is kicking off this year at the a href=”http://www.uvillage.com/” target=”_blank”University Village/a store on Wednesday, July 31. Celeb riders, including dreamboats John Corbett and Gilles Marini, will be on hand for photo opportunities and…

!–paging_filter–pJewelry designer a href=”http://kimberlybaker.com/” target=”_blank”Kimberly Baker/a has moved her shop a few times, from Fremont to a href=”http://\/\/seattlemag.com.239elwb01.blackmesh.com/welcome-back-kimberly“Green Lake/a, and has now landed (or moored, as the case may be) in Phinney Ridge. Her new shop, Ship Song (hence the moored reference) is taking full advantage of the prime corner shop recently vacated by a…

!–paging_filter–pMagnolia-based, New York transplant designer Khadjiah Fulton has just launched a href=”http://www.whitespacejewelry.bigcartel.com/” target=”_blank”White Space/a, a pretty, pretty jewelry line consisting of sweet, minimalistic, slightly rough-hewn pieces with a chic and modern sensibility./ppI’m in love. This gal’s work is fantastic./ppAnd it should come as no surprise. Fulton has a BFA from Parsons and has designed for…

!–paging_filter–pa href=”http://\/\/seattlemag.com/article/designer-watch-moorea-seal“Moorea Seal/a, emSeattle/em magazine’s Designer to Watch for jewelry in 2012, has opened a super-cool online shop (with a huge a href=”http://www.mooreaseal.com/pages/about-us” target=”_blank”team/a of helpers), called, appropriately, a href=”http://www.mooreaseal.com/” target=”_blank”mooreaseal.com/a. The site is focused on beautiful artisan-made items by US-based designers, including a href=”http://www.mooreaseal.com/collections/moorea-seal” target=”_blank”Seal’s jewelry line/a, a href=”http://www.mooreaseal.com/collections/balue-co” target=”_blank”Balue/Co/a (another emSeattle/em mag a…