Non-fashion takeaways: a program and the August 2018 issue of Seattle Met.
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Non-fashion takeaways: a program and the August 2018 issue of Seattle Met.
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The big question of the evening: What defines Pacific Northwest Style?
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The big question of the evening: What defines Pacific Northwest Style?
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Curtis Bright, Deborah Roberts, Rosin Saez, and Davora Lindner catching up before the event.
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Curtis Bright, Deborah Roberts, Rosin Saez, and Davora Lindner catching up before the event.
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Our room at Ascend filled with a rapt audience.
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Our room at Ascend filled with a rapt audience.
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We even make applauding look stylish.
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We even make applauding look stylish.
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Silvae designer Deborah Roberts talking about the inspiration behind her work.
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Silvae designer Deborah Roberts talking about the inspiration behind her work.
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Fashion friends.
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Style maven Tessa and her mom know what defines PNW style—they live it.
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Style maven Tessa and her mom know what defines PNW style—they live it.
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View from Ascend Prime Steak and Sushi, 31 floors up.
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View from Ascend Prime Steak and Sushi, 31 floors up.
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A tiny glimpse of the food at Ascend—even lovelier than its sweeping view of Bellevue below.
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A tiny glimpse of the food at Ascend—even lovelier than its sweeping view of Bellevue below.
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That moment when Rosin Saez grills you on something you wrote on your blog the day before. Looking at you, Curtis Bright.
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That moment when Rosin Saez grills you on something you wrote on your blog the day before. Looking at you, Curtis Bright.
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See you at Bellevue Fashion Week!
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See you at Bellevue Fashion Week!
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Fashion friends.
Bellevue Fashion Week (Sept 19–23) is coming, but we couldn’t wait to talk shop—style, trends, design inspiration. So last Thursday, style insiders, local designers, bloggers, and, ahem, your devoted style editor gathered at Ascend Prime Steak and Sushi to gab about all things sartorial. In particular we unpacked, as best we could, everything behind our region’s fashion proclivities. I asked our guests—womenswear designer and former Independent Design Runway Show winner Deborah Roberts of Silvae, Davora Lindner, cofounder of Prairie Underground, and fashion blogger-slash-stylist Curtis Bright from The Bright Report—What defines Pacific Northwest Style?
I think we came to the conclusion that’s it’s an ever-evolving beast. Style here is functional to be sure (hello, layering) but it’s also about finding interesting ways to express ourselves through the oft-gray skies (see: funky silhouettes). Some, like Bright, believe in a near future in which we put down the puffy coats for a moment to explore other fabrics and ways to keep warm that don’t always involve Patagonia or North Face. We shall see.
Meanwhile, peep these photos of our event with the Bellevue Collection. We hope to see you at the next one! At the very least, we’ll catch you at Bellevue Fashion Week later this month.
Digital Editor
Rosin Saez covers various beats for Seattle Met, from style to sports to dining. She also edits the Elements of Style department and develops regular fashion features. As the digital editor, Rosin helms Seattle Met's online content, which entails managing editorial direction for web stories, editing writers, converting the print issues into a digital format, and running the magazine's social media accounts.
Rosin grew up in Bremerton, Washington. She graduated from the University of Washington with degrees in Environmental Science and Italian Studies. You can follow her on Instagram @rosink and Twitter @rosinkal.
