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Summer Market at Les Amis
By Seattle Mag June 20, 2014
!–paging_filter–pFremont boutique a href=”http://\/\/seattlemag.com.239elwb01.blackmesh.com/les-amis“Les Amis/a has major staying power, having anchored that nabe’s shopping scene for decades, mostly due to its gorgeous, on point and totally of-the-moment inventory focused on small designers with impeccable and beautiful style./p
pYou’ll always find the newest “it” brand at Les Amis, as well as tried and true lines that have evolved from “it” brand to a perennial favorite. See who’s on their radar now at the Summer Market on Friday and Saturday, June 27 and 28, featuring goods from current crushes including Cali’snbsp;a href=”http://www.ericatanov.com/” target=”_blank”Erica Tanov/a, Portland’s a href=”http://www.byboet.com/” target=”_blank”Boet/a and a href=”http://heathermarieheaton.com/” target=”_blank”Mexico City’s Heathermarie Heaton/a. Sister store a href=”http://\/\/seattlemag.com.239elwb01.blackmesh.com/essenza“Essenza/a is also participating with a trunk show from shop fave a href=”http://www.rockstella.com/” target=”_blank”Rockstella/a, whose jewelry is inspired by the dreamy coastline of Big Sur./p
pFYI: Les Amis and Essenza will both be closed the weekend of June 21 to enjoy the summer solstice away from the craziness of the a href=”http://www.fremontfair.com/” target=”_blank”Fremont Fair/a./p
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