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S.B.’s best-kept secret for affordable, unique furniture for home/office/and otherwise-furnished locations, the Opportunity Shop, has moved to a new location, at 516 East Gutierrez Street. Read story.
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Imagine their surprise over at Direct Relief International, when, apropos of nothing, the S.B. nonprofit received a call from mineral makeup company/QVC darlings Bare Escentuals, saying it had been decided by online fan decree that DRI would be a beneficiary of Bare Escentuals’ BE Cares philanthropy program Read story.
SBIFFy Stylin’
It’s right up there on the list of injustices committed in contemporary American society: More often than not, the togs starlets wear while strutting the red carpet don’t belong to them. Read story.
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To Have and Too Haute: After four years of dreaming and six months of business planning, renowned S.B. event designer Scott Corridan has launched a couture wedding gown label, White Chocolate Label by Scott Corridan. Read story.
Serious Shopping, Santa Barbara-Style
Understanding the State Street Shopper with Blue Bee Owners John Doucette and Marty Bebout
Understanding the State Street shopper with Blue Bee owners John Doucette and Marty Bebout. Read story.
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Gimme something I can spend to: Kelly Scott, who did for Isla Vista fashionistas what S.O.S. did for I.V. drunks — excuse me, social drinkers — with the opening of her boutique Miss Behavin’ (6551 Trigo Rd.) earlier this year, is giving the virtual world a similar style injection. Read story.
Finding Festive Fashion at Sears
A Walk on the Softer Side
It’s not that I’m a snob. I just really, really like clothes. I guess 12 years spent sporting plaid, pleated, polyester skirts will do that to a girl. “Free Dress” days, as they were called at my private, Catholic schools — the days when I could skip the uniform and actually dress myself — were special; they meant freedom, but more than that, they meant fun. Read story.
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The little blue box that makes ladies swoon: Yes, that little blue box. Tiffany & Co. is coming to Santa Barbara. At 3,400 square feet, the La Cumbre store will be enormous, not to mention enormously conveniently open for business on November 21, just in time for the holidays. Men, gird your loins! Read story.
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Calling All Trendsetters: You know who you are: You coveted round-toed Mary Janes while your pals still pined for pumps with toes so pointy they could be used as weapons. You heralded the return of the high-waisted pant while the masses continued shopping for jeans with a rise that could only be measured in centimeters. When it comes to driving trends, you’re more than happy to take the wheel, and S.B.-based blaec.com wants your help. Read story.
Designer Kelly Morgan’s Fall Collection Mixes Rock ’n’ Roll with Girly Chic
I'm with the Band
If personality truly does go a long way in the business world, Hawaiian-born Kelly Morgan is definitely poised for fashion designer stardom. Exuberant, motivated, and gifted to boot, Morgan’s recent foray into design and dressmaking have started to create quite a buzz in the community. Sine the start of 2007, she’s transformed herself into a sort of one-woman publicity machine: “I made a New Year’s resolution to make all of my own clothes. Read story.
Work It
Stylish Barbareños in their Natural Habitat
While personal style may be difficult to define, it’s easy to recognize. The recipe is elusive (one part confidence, one part taste, one part shoes …), but, in Santa Barbara, the examples are not. So for this year’s Fall Fashion issue, we went on the hunt for stylish Barbareños and shot them in their natural habitat Read story.
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Blue-light (but big-label) special: Stylephiles saddled with champagne taste/beer budget syndrome need no longer shelve their label lust. With the launch of S.B.-based Label Spree.com, shoppers can score the designer duds they crave without wreaking havoc on their credit scores — discounts range anywhere from 31-70 percent. Select a designer or category and then search by size, thus circumventing the pesky consumerist version of blue balls that so often befalls online sale shoppers. Read story.
Mi.el Designs Launches in S.B.
Making it Work
“It’ll happen,” said 28-year-old fashion designer Elise Smith. “We always say that you need passion, persistence, and personality to do what we’re trying to do.” What she and her partner, Peruvian Milagros Berrios, are trying to do is make it in fashion, and if passion, persistence, and personality are truly all that are required, this team should be a shoo-in. But it’s a safe bet that their effortlessly chic, exquisitely handcrafted designs will have a little something to do with it, too. Read story.
Fall Fashion 2007
Walk the Walk
While personal style may be difficult to define, it’s easy to recognize. The recipe is elusive (one part confidence, one part taste, one part shoes …), but, in Santa Barbara, the examples are not. So for this year’s Fall Fashion issue, we went on the hunt for stylish Barbareños and shot them in their natural habitat. We’ve also brought you a close-up look at two young designers who seem bound for success, plus all the latest happenings in Santa Barbara’s world of style and shopping in this month’s installment of StylePhile. And Peeps rounds out the coverage by checking out the fine duds worn at a worthy cause. Now go forth, and be fabulous. And remember, style is what you make of it. Read story.
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Subscribing to Style: Lower State Street style mecca beca:christian (432 State St.) just launched its Boutique Membership program, which should give fickle, commitment-phobic, and shopaholic stylephiles reason to celebrate: For a monthly fee, members score a 20 percent storewide discount (reason enough to enlist), as well as the services of personal shoppers; “concierge shopping,” wherein the store’ll front for the goods you’re eyein’ — even if you don’t wind up plunking down your credit card; exclusive access to new collections before they hit the store’s racks; Girls Night cocktail parties; fashion shows; trunk shows; food and wine tastings; spa parties; aaaaaand free use of the shop’s hottest accessories. Read story.
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