How do you know when a shop owner really likes a line? When she buys 400 pieces of it for her boutique.

How do you know when a shop owner really believes in a line? When she buys those 400 pieces at the end of their season.

What’s your clue that the shop owner really believes in her customers also? When she offers these at 30 percent off—unless you happen to buy five or more items, in which case the savings is 50 percent off.

Who am I talking about here? Patricia Wolfkill at Merge.

What did she buy? Casual but luxe winter (more on that in a moment) sweaters, dresses, wraps, and more in cashmere and other materials from the line Jarbo, easily the most under-the-radar local label.

Okay let’s ditch that Q and A thing. Jarbo is the in-house line of Bellevue’s Design 10301, the new world/old world atelier of Mercer Island’s Sharon Roth. The designer has a diverse and impressive background in apparel design; she may not be a household name, but she’s probably the most successful clothing designer in the Seattle metropolitan area.

Wolfkill’s been carrying directional, wearable, often asymmetrical, always on-trend Jarbo dresses and separates for years now (she’s got a special affinity for slightly off-kilter cardigans and architectural sweaters), and when the opportunity arose to buy some of the fall/winter collection in bulk, she says she “thought that since it’s still so cold outside and we in the Pacific Northwest have several months of chilly weather to look forward to, I would stock up on some and sell them at a discount.”

Wolfkill says Roth “does an amazing job of producing modern, sophisticated styles in the most luxurious fabrications; a lot of it is seasonless and a lot of it is ‘buy now, wear now’ so it’s a great opportunity to refresh our wardrobes with pieces that stand the test of time.”

And that’s something you can believe in.