Local designers
It’s Raining: Cat Donuts and Dog Shirts
Seattleites create crafty products for animal lovers
Cats… Seattleite Skye Saylor has been crafting plush toys for friends since her college days, but it wasn’t until after a life-changing 1,000-mile walk from Seattle to San Francisco that Saylor and her partner, Thomas Marnin, decided to make a business of it. In 2013, the couple launched MarninSaylor and started selling their quirky soft…
5 Designed-in-Seattle Jewelry Pieces to Wear Now
Locally designed accessories that sparkle and shine
CLOCKWISE FROM TOP: No two pieces of Madeleine Pope’s jewelry, including this asymmetrical brass necklace, $160, are alike. Each item from the designer’s Cosmic Twin jewelry company is handmade at the Pratt Fine Arts Center in the Central District. cosmictwin.com Lisa Bridge’s new lifestyle collection features bold designs built on the heritage of her fine…
Get Kate Middleton’s Look
If you swoon over the new Duchess of Cambridge’s (insanely great) wardrobe, it’s time to memorize th
Schooled by Vivienne Westwood designers at American InterContinential University in London (trivia interlude: One of her fellow students was none other than Project Runway season-four winner Christian Siriano), the 2011 Seamless in Seattle finalist Gina Moorhead is bringing a taste of British style back across the pond with her prim and polished Gina Marie women’s…
2011 Seamless in Seattle Winners
Meet the winners of our fourth annual local fashion designer challenge
Each year, Seattle magazine combs the city for emerging designers hungry to change the local fashion landscape. In this year’s fourth annual smackdown, we saw a wild array of fresh designs that go well beyond day-to-day attire, from fanciful lingerie and sweet maternity clothes to collections made for the active Seattleite—hip dance wear, sportswear and…
Designers to Watch: 2011 Edition
Two Seattle designers are reaching new heights in their careers with modern structural wear for wome
Jean Bhang-Glover (pictured above)8telier Say you knew her when: Seattle native Jean Bhang-Glover returns home to call the shots for a women’s wear line set to rival the design giants. To call the designer an up-and-comer is a bit ironic, given her 15-year history of designing for major firms on the East Coast, where she…
Clothing: New Boutiques and Vintage
Sweet new boutiques are flinging open doors to reveal shelves brimming with locally made designs and
Spun Sustainable Collective (photo above)(Capitol Hill) BEST BET FOR: Casual, affordable and chic clothing proudly made in Washington There may not be a bigger cheerleader for Seattle fashion design than petite and personable Sara Seumae, owner of Spun Sustainable Collective. After having trouble finding local retailers willing to take a risk on emerging talent, the…
Curtis Steiner Returns, a Chalky Piggy Bank and an Edgy New Menswear Line
Six months after closing Souvenir, Curtis Steiner is back on Ballard Avenue with a new gift shop; pl
Design DuetCraig Glover and Jean Bhang-Glover may be the local fashion personifications of the term “power couple.” At the helm of not one, but three burgeoning fashion lines (AT Collins, Applied Theory, 8telier), the married duo has returned to their Northwest roots (after a 15-year sojourn in New York City) to work on their joint…