Virtual Reality: Out of Line
SLIDESHOW: Beki Wilson’s Out of Line collection on Etsy. Here, the designer’s favorite look: the Key Influence Dress. "I wear mine all the time," she says. "I love fitted pieces, of course, but it feels fresh and new to put on something roomy, and slightly oversized."
She made her first design pattern at age 13. "My first piece was a pair of pants—kind of like knickers or a capri—made from an awesome red and yellow calico print." Since then she’s taken small business classes and studied fashion design and garment construction at the New York Fashion Academy in Ballard.
Wilson calls a space close to the Seattle waterfront her studio. She loves that she’s near other small businesses and entrepreneurs, has plenty of space, and lots of natural light. But she hasn’t always had such ideal digs. She recalls, "I’ve previously had ‘studios’ in a kitchen, two garages, a living room, a dining room, an attic—where I had to run extension cords through the walls—and a basement."
"I love black. If there’s a choice, I’ll take the black one," Wilson says. And this preference tends to trinkle into her Out of Line palette selection with mostly darks and neutrals. But after a vacation to Florida, "I’m craving color." Brights have started to pop up in her Etsy shop.
This top comes in multiple shades, including granite, sky blue, and turquoise.
Out of Line can also be found at Velouria in Ballard and Spun on Capitol Hill. You know, if virtual shopping isn’t your thing.
Here’s Wilson. She’s designed under the name Out of Line since 2000.
