Jennifer McCullum
Rainy Day Style Essentials
These stylish pieces ensure you’ll be suited up for any kind of April shower
Clockwise from top right: Stay dry with the City Pocket jacket ($470), made from traditional British waxed cotton fabric, part of the debut line of Queen Anne–based outerwear brand Feller (feller.clothing). Lightweight cashmere leggings ($298) from Queen Anne’s Mere Basics can stand on their own or slip seamlessly under jeans for an extra layer during chilly…
Pigeon Toe Ceramics Partners Up With Midnight Collective Scents
Candles that smell good and can be repourposed
“I’m an eternal dabbler,” says Lisa Jones, creator of Portland ceramic studio Pigeon Toe Ceramics. “I’m always willing to take on a process I don’t know.” Jones dabbled in a new medium this past year with the launch of the studio’s first candle line. Porcelain clay bowls house soy wax candles with scents by Oregon-based…
Five Ply Design’s First-Ever Lighting Collection
Chinatown/International District-based designer Peter Benarcik’s new lighting collection is construc
Designer Peter Benarcik says he never considered himself a wood guy, but admits that growing up around a lumberyard (his father owned a home improvement store) influenced his interest in natural materials. “I love taking something traditionally perceived as flat and creating an entirely new shape,” Benarcik says. Such unique shapes are evident in Benarcik’s…
A Lovely Living Room Makeover
A Bothell home redesign offers serious inspiration for spring cleaning
“We are stuff people,” says Becky Fann of the collection of artwork and objects she and her husband, Mike, have in their Bothell home. But you wouldn’t know it stepping into their carefully curated living room, part of a massive redesign created by Ballard-based interior designer Keri Petersen for the family last year. “Becky knows…
Digital Stylist Brenna Lyden on Street Style Staples and More
Digital stylist Brenna Lyden breaks down dress code via skype
Major Declared Brenna Lyden started her fashion blog, Chic Street Style (chicstreetstyle.me), as a college freshman snapping selfies in her dorm room. Now 22 years old and less than a year out of school, Lyden, whose signature aesthetic pairs polished staples with popular trends (think tweed blazers with boyfriend jeans), gets 100,000 views on her site…
Give the One You Love a Special Valentine This Year
Show a little love this Valentine’s Day with cards created by local printers
Valentine’s Day cards shown from left to right: 1. Valentine’s Day cards, from left: Seattle-based BDR-studio’s letterpress “Ampersand” card ($5.50), available at Velouria (Pioneer Square, 145 S King St.; 206.788.0330; shopvelouria.com). // 2. “Tea for Two” card ($4.50), hand-drawn in sumi ink, from Honeyberry Studios in Columbia City (honeyberrystudios.com). // 3. BDR-studio’s letterpress-printed “Love You”…
Headlight Mobile App Shines Light on Urban Planning Dilemmas
A bright idea out of UW is changing the construction of Seattle’s infrastructure
As Seattleites breathe a collective groan over Bertha’s continually delayed drilling beneath the city, Westlake-based Pavia Systems (paviasystems.com) broke new ground in urban planning with the launch of HeadLight last year. Created by a team led by University of Washington alums Si Katara and George White, HeadLight is a mobile project-inspection platform offering technological solutions…
Technology is Paving the Way for More Efficient Urban Planning
A bright idea out of UW is changing the construction of Seattle’s infrastructure
As Seattleites breathe a collective groan over Bertha’s continually delayed drilling beneath the city, Westlake-based Pavia Systems (paviasystems.com) broke new ground in urban planning with the launch of HeadLight last year. Created by a team led by University of Washington alums Si Katara and George White, HeadLight is a mobile project-inspection platform offering technological solutions…
New Blanket Line By Louie Gong Makes a Statement
Artist Louie Gong represents authentic Native American art with wool blankets
Raised in a Nooksack community outside of Bellingham, artist Louie Gong grew up with Native American art as an authentic reflection of his culture’s experiences. These deliberate symbols and stories, Gong says, are now misrepresented in mainstream, native-inspired retail. “It’s like taking the letters of a word and rearranging them so they make sense to…
A Peek Inside Interior Designer Brian Paquette’s Hip Capitol Hill Home
Brian Paquette invites us into his design studio (aka his Capitol Hill apartment)
Clients who come to designer Brian Paquette’s E Pike Street office for help in creating their dream home may not realize that the genesis for his boldly patterned, brightly colored interiors actually starts at a different address with a very different look. Paquette’s 1,000-square-foot apartment, a mere 15-minute walk from his now 7-year-old firm, is…
New Filson Flagship Mixes Wilderness and Art
The new space houses the brand's production center as well as a retail shopping area
While Filson is celebrated for its outdoor heritage, the outfitter’s new flagship store on First Avenue is inviting Seattle shoppers to explore the great indoors. Opened this past November, the 6,500-square-foot store highlights the history of the retailer’s iconic, outward-bound clothing, gear and accessories with windows into the brand’s production center on the first floor,…
The Best Men’s Winter Fashion Looks
We've rounded up our favorite holiday looks, from black-tie to casual Sunday
With menswear’s retail growth outpacing women’s, we keep hearing it for the boys. From black-tie trimmings to casual Sunday, we’ve rounded up the top looks for any mister to master this holiday season. : Yellow 108 “Luke” vintage wool felt fedora in “EJ grey,” $90, and Form Function Form button-stud chronograph watch, $129, Hammer + Awl (Madrona, 1137 34th Ave.;…
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