Style
The Closet Doubles and Wallace Piatt Goes Unisex
StylePhile Gives the Lo-Down on S.B. Couture
StylePhile gives the lo-down on S.B. couture. Read story.
Summer Style
Fashion Tips for the Warmer Weather
Fashion tips for to make you glisten in the warmer weather. Read story.
Pitcher Perfect in Paris
The Indy Goes to Fashion Week
Susan Pitcher hosts The Indy’s style editor during Paris Fashion Week. Read story.
News from the S.B. Style Front
Wallace’s New Dude Duds, DIANI’s Sole for Souls, and Art-on-the-Mesa Day
Wallace’s new dude duds, DIANI’s Sole for Souls, and Art-on-the-Mesa shopping day. Read story.
Hemp Couture
Designer Rob Jungmann Brings His Earth-Friendly Fabric to S.B.
Designer Rob Jungmann brings his Earth-friendly fabric to S.B. Read story.
S.B. Designer Creates Eco-Couture for Brides-to-Be
How to Grow a Wedding Dress
Santa Barbara-based wedding dress designer Jessica Iverson decided one day last spring she could no longer ignore the ugly truths of the traditional wedding dress production industry. Read story.
StylePhile
As it is in life, so it is in shopping: The only constant is change. Read story.
Yinka Shonibare Brings Textile Art to SBMA
U.K. Artist Makes Fashion and Politics High Art
African-raised artist makes fashion and politics high art. Read story.
StylePhile
You know times are tough when overhead is killing even online-only retailers, although Maneater Threads proprietor Tanya Zilinskas is determined to squeeze some lemonade out of the big, sour economic lemon. Read story.
StylePhile
It’s back-to-basics this holiday, as the econo-enviro-political rollercoaster we’ve been riding has left us acutely aware of what this season is really all about—and, perhaps, a little nauseous. Read story.
Wendy Foster
Grande Dame of Santa Barbara Fashion
Grande dame of Santa Barbara fashion. Read story.
StylePhile
You know you’re a retro-head when you’d rather spend your lunch hour soaking up the design-porn on a TiVo’d episode of Mad Men than enjoying three martinis yourself. Read story.
StylePhile
Is it just me, or does it feel a tad—oh, I don’t know—frivolous/sacrilegious/just plain wrong to be thinking about fashion and shopping in times like these? Read story.
Bringing Home the Hermes Birkin
It’s All about the Bag
Martha Stewart carried one to court when she faced criminal charges. So did rapper Lil’ Kim. It’s the ultimate stealth “it bag,” the Hermes Birkin. Read story.
StylePhile
Bella Notte Due, Solemates, Low Tide Rising, Bleecker Street Vintage
By now you know “paper or plastic” is a trick question, but woe be the bag ladies (you know who you are) for whom what they wear on their arms is as much a part of their look as what they’re wear on their arses. Read story.
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