Price Range
What would you pay for Piazza Sempione’s luxurious marine knot necklace?
Posted by: Laura Cassidy on Apr 22, 2010 at 08:00AM
Slideshow: Piazza Sempione’s cotton, metal, and polyester marine knot necklace ($230), shown with complementary long necklace in wood, silk, and cotton ($560)
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Slideshow: Piazza Sempione’s cotton, metal, and polyester marine knot necklace ($230), shown with complementary long necklace in wood, silk, and cotton ($560)
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Could you go down to the Ballard docks and have some old salt whip up something similar? Doubt it.
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Love how it fits in to spring/summer’s nautical trends.
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Detail of the additional piece; kind of has something of the sea in it, doesn’t it?
Not to harp on a trend, but man that whole soft science of accessorizing, huh?
In this installment of Price Range we look at Piazza Sempione’s marine knot necklace, which manages to hit the nautical trend and the soft sculpture trend while appearing not at all flash-in-the-pan but classic, modern, and just plain fresh. If you’ve got $230 earmarked for the accessories department, consider tying on the grosgrain ribbons at either end of this so-Seattle statement piece.
This season’s collection from the Milanese label, housed stateside at the Bravern, is made up of nuanced neutrals and bright corals; an exchange of textured linens (even in shoes) and painterly and graphic prints in silhouettes from slouchy to streamlined yield looks that feel organic but serious—as if your office were buoyed to your yacht.
Now doesn’t that sound nice?
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An interview with Spun’s Sara Seumae, and an enticing offer to boot.
Posted by: Caitlin King on Mar 08, 2010 at 08:15AM
New series by Chelsea Randall … what’s your price range?
Looking for a locally based organic alternative to that one store selling brightly colored layering pieces and jersey basics? Meet Mercer Island resident Sara Seumae, and Spun, her online collection of organic cotton, American-made basics.
But first, introduce yourselves to this: a 30% discount.
Wear What When readers may enter ‘seattlemet’ upon checkout and save 30% off their purchase at choosespun.com today, Monday March 8 through Sunday 3/14.
Chelsea Randall: Your collection of organic, easy basics started with the decision to make your family’s life greener. You began choosing local, organic food and non-toxic household cleaners; how is it that designing women’s apparel become the next step?
Sara Seumae: Clothing, which takes up the most real estate on my body and is in direct contact with my pores all day long, is often infested with pesticides. I started researching the apparel market and realized that my clothes damaged the earth and made farmers and factory workers really sick. My parents taught me that if I see a need for something, why not be the one to make it a reality?
CR: Spun gets that “I look nice but didn’t try too hard” thing right. It’s full of classic styles and everyday basics.
SS: Since I only use organic cotton fabrics, you don’t have to worry about dry cleaning or wrinkling. You can dress the pieces up for a night out or dress them down with jeans or yoga pants. I don’t really have a fashion background, so it’s much easier for me to design based on what my customer wants without having my ego get in the way. My favorite piece is probably our tank; it’s longer than any I’ve seen and cut in a way that flatters a woman’s body.
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What's in Store
A special Saucony sneaker makes a sneak attack in Ballard.
Posted by: Caitlin King on Feb 18, 2010 at 06:00AM
New series by Chelsea Randall … what’s your price range?
Inspired by a popular graphic novel series, these limited-run Sauconys, exclusive to the Sneakery in Ballard, put a kick in epic mythology and pre-spring hangout nights.
The Lo Pro Red Star sneakers were dreamt up to run right alongside a graphic novel series called The Red Star. The group of stories concerns Military Industrial Sorcery, but … let’s leave that discussion for someone else’s blog.
We like them because there are only 800 pairs. In the world. And the folks in Ballard are the single Northwest retailer carrying them.
While exclusivity typically carries a pretty weighty price tag, these literary, bad-guy-battling runners will only set you back $100.
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You’ve been thinking about some new running shoes, have you? Read Home Runners, in which we direct you to five shops that go the distance.
More of a shoes-for-style-not-speed kinda guy? Try Sneaker Pimps, and get outfitted in sharp, streetwise style.
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