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The Fourth Annual Seattle Vintage Fashion Runway Show

(And lecture. And swing dance.) Understanding history through clothes.

Posted by: Heather Fink on Nov 25, 2011 at 09:00AM 0 Comments

Seattle Vintage Fashion Show specializes in the 20s, 30s, and 40s.

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Seattle Vintage Fashion Show specializes in the 20s, 30s, and 40s.

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It Girl dresses from the 20’s.

Where: The Washington Hall in the Central District

What: Vintage stylist Lorraine O’Neal loves the American fashion era that bookends the two world wars. Her yearly fashion shows and discussions focus on the swing years when, well, if times weren’t always good, at least men wore hats and women donned gloves.

Seattle Vintage Fashion works with The Savoy Swing Club and the Killer Diller Weekend, to bring you music, dance, and fashion from times gone by.

When: Saturday, December 3 from 8 to 9. Tickets available from Brown Paper Tickets.

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Tags: Seattle Vintage, Seattle Fashion Show

Bravern Fall Fashion Fundraiser

Seattle-area moms are gaining momentum…

Posted by: Laura Cassidy on Oct 24, 2011 at 01:00PM 0 Comments

Seattle author and stylist Pia Jacobsen shares this season’s picks with guests at the Bravern. I met the former Nordstrom exec about a year or so ago, and she told me that whole Britney-Spears-flashing-her-unmentionables moment was a turning point for her; she realized she needed to share her knowledge of style and etiquette with America’s young women.

Where: The Shops at the Bravern; Suite 120, the former Artisanal space

What: A Night of Fall Fashion is a fall style event and fundraiser for MOMentum, a movement aimed at installing outdoor adult fitness equipment in parks near playgrounds.

The event’s host is Pia Jacobsen—local stylist, former Nordstrom exec, and author of pia…me a book about developing personal style. “I’m thrilled to be a part of the Fall Night of Fashion because I admire MOMentum’s mission to give moms their own place to exercise in our local parks,” says Jacobsen. “I’m looking forward to sharing tips on how women can look fabulous this holiday season.”

MOMentum cofounders Paige Green Dunn and Kelly Singer (of Sassy Fit) believe that “healthy moms raise healthy families.” Their outdoor gyms offer “low impact cardio equipment and strengthening machines that focus on the areas moms care about most: arms, abs, hips and thighs.” The well-placed gyms require no electricity—they’re powered by people.

In addition to live models wearing Jacobsen’s seasonal picks from the Bravern’s shops, Wild Ginger will serve appetizers and guests will have an opportunity to win raffle prizes from Velocity Art and Design, Calidora Skin Clinic, lululemon, and other area vendors.

When: Wednesday, October 26 from 7 to 10; tickets may be purchased for $50 through Brown Paper Tickets. A limited number of VIP tickets are available for $150, which includes a private pre-shopping party and champagne reception.

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Tags: Eastside, Seattle Fashion Show

Slideshow: Zebra Club Fashion Show at Piano Bash

What Zebra Club has to say about fall fashion.

Posted by: Allie Oosta on Oct 04, 2011 at 01:00PM 0 Comments

Photo: Carmen Daneshmandi

SLIDESHOW: The point of view for fall as presented by Zebra Club during the recent Bellevue Fashion Week. Ladies, get a bow tie.

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SLIDESHOW: The point of view for fall as presented by Zebra Club during the recent Bellevue Fashion Week. Ladies, get a bow tie.

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Zebra Club stylists were free with their references, mixing workwear with prep gear. And it’s pretty Seattle after all; we have plenty of brainy outdoorsmen around here.

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Here’s an example of earthy tribal prints taking on the club scene.

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A sassy model dances with a performer from Don’t Talk to the Cops at the end of the runway.

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Camo cool.

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Hear that? It’s a statement necklace. The pants have something to say, too, and it’s: “Mom jeans are It for fall.”

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If the club were in the woods, she’d be there.

If you were in Bellevue last Friday night (September 30), you might have felt like you had landed in a transcontinental time warp where grunge-era outerwear was in a mashup with African safari colors and ‘80s abstract designs with prep references. If you had been wondering what to wear in Seattle this fall, the Zebra Club runway show during Bellevue Fashion Week would have pointed you toward Seattle staples (plaid shirts—mix ’em with stripes!—and big cozy sweaters), animal and camo prints, oversized metallic jewelry, and bowties (we’re talking to you, ladies).

Held inside the Eastside’s piano bar, Piano Bash, the show was soundtracked by different performers, including Seattle-based hip-hop trio The Physics, which gave the evening an urban lounge vibe with moments of otherworldly nightclub madness. At one point one of the performance duos, Don’t Talk to the Cops, danced for so long on stage that the models couldn’t get on to the runway.

The slideshow here puts you next to us in the media section. Be sure to check the details: shirts buttoned all the way to the top (’80s nerd chic, for men and women), earthy textiles and ethnic prints mixed with nighttime moods and apparel, fishtail braids (7 Salon did the hair), statement-making necklaces, and lots of plaid.

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Tags: Bellevue, Seattle Fashion Show, Fall Fashion 2011

Opening Report: Nordic Fashion Biennale

Posted by: Laura Cassidy on Oct 04, 2011 at 07:30AM 0 Comments

SLIDESHOW: A preview of the Nordic Fashion Biennale at the Nordic Heritage Museum, on display through November 13. The show includes film, photography, jewelry, fashion, and, as shown here, expressive interpretations of “looking forward to find our future” (the show’s central theme and concept).

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SLIDESHOW: A preview of the Nordic Fashion Biennale at the Nordic Heritage Museum, on display through November 13. The show includes film, photography, jewelry, fashion, and, as shown here, expressive interpretations of “looking forward to find our future” (the show’s central theme and concept).

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In some cases, what you’ll see at the Nordic Fashion Biennale is indeed fashion. Not clothing mind you, but fashion.

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There’s a real sense of connecting heritage, location, and history to dress. I think that’s what I love best about the show, and the concept. What we use to cover our bodies—it’s as important as the food we bring from our soil, the products we export to the rest of the world, the music and art we produce, and the way we live and work in our environment.

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The Nordic Heritage Museum has a wing devoted to showing the history of immigration from Northern countries to America, and to Seattle and Ballard. Inside these scenarios (replicas of passage ships, old time storefronts, farmhouses, slums), there are mannequins that are usually dressed in traditional garb to further illustrate the historical perspective. For the NFB, the forms have been outfitted with fashion from the designers represented in the exhibit. It does get a little hokey at times, and it’s not as successful as other parts of the show, but it’s an interesting effort.

I tried all day Friday to walk away from what I was doing and get to the Nordic Heritage Museum to hear the symposium speakers during the opening day of the Nordic Fashion Biennale, but the best I could do was getting there in time for the opening party.

As we walked in, the Icelandic trade commissioner was toasting the relationship between the Northwest and the North, and acknowledging the role that fashion, apparel, and art can play in healthy economies. Skoal indeed.

The first familiar face I saw was Blackbird owner Nicole Miller’s; she had served as the symposium moderator that day and reported that the day’s talks on sustainability and ethical, artful practices had exceeded her expectations.

Actually, she copped to the fact that she’s a very tough critic and isn’t easily impressed, and said the discussions had been really inspiring, motivating, and challenging.

The second familiar face was Henrik Vibskov’s. My friends and I had to check our cool level a little; our instinct was to ask him to autograph our sweaters or something. The designer’s buzz factor and art/fashion cred is off the charts. It was no small deal to have him in our city, participating in our cultural event.

And then it was on to the exhibits. And the exhibit watchers.

I’m partial to multigenerational crowds at fashion events. In my mind, there is nothing more fun than people watching when the Baby Boomers and college students are both turning it out.

Women who might have been lifelong museum members but could have also been Faroe Islanders or Finnish design experts (there were a lot of visitors in the house) were dressed in long, drapey textiles and covered with architectural jewelry. They accepted passed appetizers of salmon and lamb, prepared by the Icelandic chef who was imported for the event. Twentysomethings in self-made experiments stood next to them as we all took in politically minded soft sculptures, over-the-top knits, and hypnotic black and white fashion-minded films.

The slideshow here gives a brief preview of the exhibit, which is up at the Nordic Heritage Museum through November 13. I should note that I didn’t photograph or otherwise include my favorite parts of the show. I wanted those to be a surprise and a discovery when you go to see it all for yourself.

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Tags: Seattle Fashion Show, Fashion as Art, Nordic Heritage Museum

Urban Unveiled

Save the date for one of the city’s most anticipated wedding events.

Posted by: Laura Cassidy on Sep 21, 2011 at 07:30AM 0 Comments

The Luly Yang fashion show is a big highlight at Urban Unveiled each year.

Where: Benaroya Hall

What: Dozens of vendors in categories from hair and makeup and stationary to photographers and wedding planners gather inside one of downtown’s grandest meeting places because they want to meet you. Stroll the upper tiers and tuck into side rooms to meet, talk with, and sample the talents of some of Seattle’s top wedding professionals.

And do it all in a timely manner; the Luly Yang fashion show starts at 9. Yang has debuted her collections at Urban Unveiled for the past few years; it’s a great chance to see her most recent designs in action—on the runway, that is. Which is not that different from an aisle. Correct?

Benaroya Hall becomes a top tier wedding show on Wednesday, October 12.

This year’s Urban Unveiled, and this season’s Luly Yang line, is called Diamond, so expect lots of sparkle. I previewed Yang’s newest dresses the other day, and they are just plain stunning.

When: Wednesday, October 12; doors open at 6. Tickets are available through the Urban Unveiled website.

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Tags: Seattle Fashion Show, Seattle Wedding Gown, Seattle Wedding Details, Seattle Wedding Venues, Seattle Wedding Cake, Seattle Wedding Invitations, Seattle Wedding Planning

Bellevue Fashion Week

The three events you need to know about, and how to fill in the rest of the picture.

Posted by: Seattle Met Staff on Sep 19, 2011 at 07:30AM 1 Comments

Bellevue Fashion Week at the Bellevue Collection starts on September 28 and runs through October 2.

Like fashion weeks in New York, London, Paris, Milan, Sydney, and wherever else (okay, maybe not exactly like, since those events are built around debuting collections for the next big season), Bellevue Fashion Week is a tangle of shopping events, trunk shows, styling opportunities, runway events, and more.

Here, we’re breaking out the three things you most need to know about, and leaving you to access the Bellevue Fashion Week listings to figure out what else suits your interests and availability. (Don’t miss the complementary in-store events—scroll all the way thru the previous link—if you want in on the action, but are hoping to put all your dough toward your own wardrobe. Hey, it’s understandable.)

1. Wednesday September 28; Girl Power Hour’s Fourth Anniversary
Each year during BFW, the networkers and good time gals of Girl Power Hour throw a birthday bash. And they invite the dudes. This year’s festivities include a live fashion presentation, a try-it-on beauty bar, swag bags, and lots of meeting and greeting. Ladies and gentlemen, you may get your tickets via the GPH website.

2. Thursday September 29; Nordstrom’s Fall Fashion Show
Missed Designer Preview? Don’t miss this. The BFW Nordstrom show puts fall fashion on the runway, and then in post-show boutiques for easy and immediate access. This show benefits the Detlef Schrempf Foundation; grab tickets via their site.

3. Saturday Oct. 1; the main event: Front Row Fashion presented by Vogue
The magazine you love to love brings fall trends from the shops to the runway. Get inspired and see how to style all the looks you’ve got your eyes on. Proceeds benefit the Moyer Foundation; there are two ticket price levels; “all access” or VIP comes with special offers at stores like Aritzia and Zebra Club. Go to Brown Paper tickets to purchase them.

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Slideshow: Nordic Fashion Biennale at Nordic Heritage Museum

See symposium and exhibit designers and get links to their work.

Posted by: Laura Cassidy on Aug 22, 2011 at 06:30AM 0 Comments

Photo: All images courtesy Nordic Heritage Museum and Nordic Fashion Biennale

SLIDESHOW: Nordic artists participating in the NFB at the Nordic Heritage Museum in Ballard. Here, a still from the fashion-influenced film Magma by Marianna Mørkøre and Rannvá Káradóttir.

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SLIDESHOW: Nordic artists participating in the NFB at the Nordic Heritage Museum in Ballard. Here, a still from the fashion-influenced film Magma by Marianna Mørkøre and Rannvá Káradóttir.

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Looks from Hildur Yeoman, an Icelandic designer and fashion illustrator. Her work is featured in the NFB’s main exhibit, “Looking Back to Find Our Future.”

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Cult designer Henrik Vibskov is one of the region’s most well-known contemporary designer. He’ll be speaking during the symposium on September 30 and October 1.

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Danish designer Barbara i Gongini has been heavily involved in the sustainability movement, and, despite the ultra dark, ultra goth aesthetic, collaborated in 2009’s Bright Green Fashion collection.

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A look from Icelandic designer Eyglo.

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Gudrun & Gudrun is a knitwear line made by two natives of the remote Faroe Islands, which sit between Norway and Iceland.

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Greenland’s Julie Edel Hardenberg will also speak at the 9/30 and 10/1 symposium. Much of her work seems to riff on a key piece called ‘Rigsfælleskabspause’ (“the break of the Danish Commonwealth”), in which she used flags from Greenland and Danish to construct a kind of straight jacket.

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“Recycle or die;” Aftur’s brand slogan is pretty direct about the repurposed materials used in their Iceland-based line.

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The inspiration for Jóhanna Methúsalemsdóttir’s jewelry line, Kria, is said to come from a black lava Icelandic beach on which she found a bird skeleton. That’s the kind of romantic darkness that typifies at least our expectation of Nordic artists, if not always their actual work.

If you read about the upcoming Nordic Fashion Biennale at Ballard’s Nordic Heritage Museum and are curious about the fashion-industry thinkers and makers who are bringing their thoughts on style, sustainability, culture, heritage, and the future of all of these things to Seattle at the end of September, this is the slideshow for you.

Check out images and links to designers who are either featured in the main exhibit (begins September 30 and runs through November 13) or are participating in the opening-weekend symposium.

One caveat: We didn’t get example images of the street style photos that are going to infiltrate the Nordic Heritage Museum as a way of sort of populating the show with natives, but I’m hoping pictures from Hel Looks and Face Hunter will be in attendance—those were my introductions to the genre years ago.

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Tags: Seattle Fashion Show, Art Exhibits, Fashion as Art, Nordic Heritage Museum

Fashion First

Get your tickets for Seattle’s fall fashion boutique event.

Posted by: Laura Cassidy on Aug 18, 2011 at 09:30AM 0 Comments

Photo: Fashion First

Tickets are on sale now for Fashion First on September 15 at Showbox Sodo.

It’s that time of year again.

Each fall, for eight years now, Fashion First gathers local shoppers and puts them in front of a runway decked out with newly arrived fall fashion from local boutiques and/or designers. At the same time, via ticket prices and an auction, the show raises money for worthwhile local charities. On the runway for 2011: La Ree, Baby and Co., Ragamoffyn’s, and more.

This year’s celebration is Thursday, September 15; doors open at the Showbox in SoDo at 7. Tickets start at $50 and can be purchased via the Fashion First website.

Here, three questions for Fashion First’s Joan Kelly.

WWW: What was your original goal in starting the show and how has it morphed into more or become exactly what you wanted it to be?

JK: The original goal was to create a marketing platform for independent retailers and designers. Since then it’s grown and we are able to offer the participants a ton of marketing with all the changes in the industry. Issaquah-based designer Lizzie Parker handles all the back-end. She is all over the boutique owner’s visions, making each set truly display the individual branding. She has a very sophisticated taste level and she is always pushing it to the next level. She brings a show that won’t disappoint. It is going to be the best we have ever seen in this area.

Helping make up the Fashion First crowd that Joan Kelly says is the best in Seattle and the Eastside, Sway and Cake owner Tamara Donaghy.

As the ultimate insider at FF, what’s your favorite part: Seeing things come together backstage? Watching the front row revelers? The after party?

Watching the crowd deliver. They can BRING IT. Not only their donations to Rise n’ Shine but also their outfits. The best crowd in Seattle—or the Eastside. It’s a party. As my Grandmother always said, “Eat before you drink.” Good words to live by.

Most importantly, what are you wearing?

There are so many great shops involved in Fashion First, I would have to change my outfit several times that night to showcase the best of them. So I’m still deciding. For now, just the YSL Tributes in olive brown (they rock, BTW ) and perhaps the robe I wear to water aerobics.

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Tags: Seattle Fashion Show, New for Fall, Baby and Co., Fall Fashion 2011

Nordic Fashion Biennale at the Nordic Heritage Museum

The Ballard museum’s set to host a Nordic fashion celebration with an independent design focus.

Posted by: Laura Cassidy on Jun 16, 2011 at 08:00AM 1 Comments

Photo: Shoplifter.us

Slideshow: A northern perspective on style. Here, work by Biennale curator and Iceland native Hrafnhildur Arnardottir, who you may just call Shoplifter.

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Slideshow: A northern perspective on style. Here, work by Biennale curator and Iceland native Hrafnhildur Arnardottir, who you may just call Shoplifter.

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Looking Back to Find Our Future, an exhibit of fashion and jewelry from Denmark, the Faroe Islands, Finland, Greenland, Iceland, Sweden, and Norway, is part of the Biennale celebration. In it, the work of cutting edge designers like Henrik Vibskov (familiar to fans of Blackbird in Ballard) will be presented within the context of traditional garb and folk art.

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Barbara i Gongini, a Faroese line based in Denmark, will also be part of the Looking Back exhibit.

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A menswear look from the line Moods of Norway at the 2010 Arctic Summer Nordic Fashion Show at the Nordic Heritage Museum

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A look by Marimekko from last year’s runway show in Ballard.

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From last year’s show: Kristiina Hiukka, honorary vice consul of Finland, Seattle Sounders soccer player Freddie Ljungberg (a bona fide Swede), Ole Henriksen, the Danish skin care guru. Henriksen is also set to judge the North by Northwest competition.

If I told you that one of our local museums was hosting a fashion happening that had the potential to really boost local talent and will definitely add knowledge, insight, and experience to the community, you would probably guess that it was that big, one-name joint downtown doing the to-do. Actually, it’s the Nordic Heritage Museum.

In conjunction with the Nordic House in Reykjavik, Iceland, the Ballard institute is hosting the first American iteration of the Nordic Fashion Biennale. It’s because of a successful program last year, Nordic Heritage’s 2010 Arctic Summer Fashion Show, that Ballard, and Seattle, got that honor. Reps from the Icelandic organization were here to see the 2010 show (check the slideshow here for a few images courtesy Nordic Heritage); they were impressed, and decided we should start the stateside party.

The celebration of style and global design runs from September 30 through November 13 and will consist of three elements: a street fashion photo exhibit from the Nordic capitals, contemporary fashion from the five Nordic Countries shown with traditional customs from the Museum’s archives, and a sort of all-encompassing, genre-skipping exhibit of Nordic design to be installed in various formats throughout the Museum.

And, then there’s the design competition.

Open to fashion design students who live and create in the West Coast states (WA, OR, CA, AK: that’s you! BC and the Yukon: you’re in also!), the Biennale’s fashion competition, NxNW, counts the creative director of Diane Von Furstenberg, Denmark’s leading skin care expert, and Icelandic designer Steinunn among its judges.

A two-day symposium focusing on sustainability, slow fashion, cultural heritage, and current trends in the marketplace presents another opportunity for the Northwest’s up-and-coming designers to get face time with global leaders. This aspect of the biennale is curated by New York-based Icelandic artist Hrafnhildur Arnardottir, also known as Shoplifter—also known as, let’s be honest, A Pretty Big Deal. Having collaborated with VPL, dressed Bjork, and been given page of praise in the New York Times, Shoplifter in Seattle is something to pay attention to.

The biennale, in general, is definitely something to pay attention to. You’ll be hearing more about it from us in the weeks to come; in the meantime, tell every up-and-coming dress designer and thing-maker you know to check out the guidelines and information on the Nordic Heritage Museum’s website.

Deadline for entries is July 25; winners will receive round-trip airfare from Seattle to Reykjavik, three night’s accommodations, and entry to events during the 2012 Reykjavik Fashion Week.

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Tags: Seattle Fashion Show, Seattle Designer, Blackbird, Nordic Heritage Museum

Trunk Show: Kimberly Baker, Victoria Simons, Oysters, Chops

Frank’s Oyster House in Ravenna becomes a runway of sorts on the afternoon of May 21.

Posted by: Laura Cassidy on May 10, 2011 at 07:00AM 0 Comments

SLIDESHOW: Victoria Simons’ dresses and Kimberly Baker’s jewelry, both designed and handmade in Seattle.

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SLIDESHOW: Victoria Simons’ dresses and Kimberly Baker’s jewelry, both designed and handmade in Seattle.

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Another look from Simons’ spring look book. Her pieces are currently being sold at Kimberly Baker’s Fremont shop.

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Baker’s pieces are always more than pretty, and more than tough. They manage to be feminine as well as strong. (Then again, don’t most of your favorite women manage the same?)

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Where: Frank’s Oyster House and Champagne Parlor

What: A trunk show that pairs spring pieces from Kimberly Baker’s history-hued bangles and narrative-driven necklaces with Seattle designer Victoria Simons’ ladylike-with-an-edge dresses (check the slideshow here to preview the look) but takes them out of the shop and puts them near what our reviewer calls “retro food executed with such respect (and served with such terrific bubbly and cocktails) there’s no way you can dismiss it.”

Because who says you have to have your trunk show in a boutique?

Frank’s co-owner Sarah Penn had this to say about the genesis of the idea, “Victoria will pop in and have her favorite Dover-Calais cocktail and one evening she mentioned that the circular floor plan at Frank’s would make a perfect runway and I just pictured a lovely spring afternoon event.”

So expect a runway of sorts too; styles from both designers will be on display, on models that is. Unless you decide to put your new purchases, at discounts of 20 percent, on and wear them around, too. In an email to friends and contacts last week, Baker also noted that a new raincoat line would be previewed. I didn’t have an opportunity to follow up on that, but girls in this town ought to be immediately interested.

When: Saturday, May 21 from 11:30 to 2:30. Reservations can be made by calling the restaurant (206-526-7655) and pre-purchasing a $15 ticket. Otherwise, you may purchase a ticket at the door, provided the event isn’t sold out. The entry fee includes a glass of bubbly; “small plates will be offered dim sum style for $3, $5, $7 and $9,” says Penn. “Guests will choose what they like as dishes are passed, and then tally up at the end. Bites include oysters on the half shell, mini Dungeness crab club rolls, nettle and ricotta blinis, smoked salmon lettuces cups, lamb or lentil empanadas, shiitake & Oregon shrimp potstickers, mini chocolate chili ice cream sandwiches and red velvet cupcakes. Frank’s full bar, as well as a special $6 drink list, will be available.”

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Tags: Accessories, Seattle Fashion Show, Seattle Trunk Show, Kimberly Baker, All-Weather Fashion

Tim Gunn in Bellevue

So you think you’re a model? Here’s how to make it work on May 7 at a Gunn-hosted Bellevue Square fashion show.

Posted by: Katie Ormsby on Apr 25, 2011 at 07:00AM 0 Comments

Tim Gunn hosts a fashion show at Lucky Brand Jeans in Bellevue. Not pictured: You, among the runway models.

Somehow, between mentoring on Project Runway, serving as Liz Claibornes’ chief creative officer, preparing to host a new makeover show, calling out Anna Wintour’s behavior, and fighting fashion crimes as a comic book superhero, Tim Gunn made room in his schedule to come to Bellevue, hosting a runway show for Lucky Brand Jeans in Bellevue Square’s Center Court.

You can catch it on May 7 at 1pm. The event is free and open to the public.

Or, you can walk it. Both professional models and regular folks will walk the runway. There’s an open casting call from 4 to 7 on May 4 and 5 at the Bellevue Square Lucky store. Just bring your beautiful self—sales associates will have all of the paperwork on hand.

Even if you’re not into public fashion parades, there’s an opportunity to get face time with the style guru.

Shoppers who spend at least $100 at the mall’s Lucky shop get their picture taken with Mr. Gunn and receive a signed copy of his new memoir-meets-etiquette book, Gunn’s Golden Rules: Life’s Little Lessons for Making it Work. You must shop between May 1 and 7; and bring your receipt to the show.

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Tags: Bellevue, Seattle Fashion Show, Bellevue Square

Win Tickets for FACE

Land two free tickets to Seattle’s best runway show on Tuesday, April 26.

Posted by: Laura Cassidy on Apr 22, 2011 at 06:15AM 5 Comments

Photo: Adam Sinding; Le 21eme Arrondissement

A runway image from last year’s FACE show.

The super-anticipated FACE fashion show, in which top trends from Barneys New York are paraded around Pnk Ultra Lounge while you bid on amazing local goods and services for the benefit of beautiful young minds in India, is just five days away.

Have you scored tickets yet?

No? Here’s your chance.

Use the orange email the editor link to the right of this post (underneath the image of me seemingly examining my navel) and send in your name, email, and phone number for a chance to win two free tickets for the Tuesday, April 26 event.

Your email must have the words “I heart FACE” in the subject line, and you may only submit one entry. Those who enter more than once will be disqualified and publicly disgraced.

Entries must be received by Tuesday April 26 at 3; a winner will be selected at 4, and notified via phone and email. The winner and his/her guest will claim their tickets at check-in a few hours later.

Don’t want to chance it? Ensure a seat with a visit to the Brown Paper Tickets site.

For more on FACE, please visit their website and Facebook page.

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Tags: Seattle Street Style, Seattle Fashion Show, FACE, Barneys