Happy Black Friday! Let the games begin. more ›

If the dragging winter weather has you feeling green around the gills, it's time to pack it in and look toward spring. Skip to the Oddfellows Building on Wednesday for a refreshing breeze of locally-crafted goodness, with NuBe Green's launch of their new line, NUBE Seattle. more ›

Crippling for productivity, but awesome for low-budget ladies and gents who love luxe goods, sample-sale and designer-discount sites are picking up steam. Nordstrom's taken notice, and they're hopping on the bargains-on-brands bandwagon. more ›

Let me begin by letting you all know, darling readers, that I have been pushing for a resurgence in fanny packs for some time. And I haven't been alone. Can you forgive the fanny? more ›

Located next to the building that used to house the Lusty Lady, Deli's bright interior lights illuminate rows of wire racks, wicker bread baskets, fruit-stands and pastry cases. But they're not displaying sweet treats or cold cuts - they're stocked with neatly-folded denims, t-shirts, accessories, and shoes. more ›

Any vegetarian or vegan will tell you: there's no better feeling than being able to choose from any item on the menu. more ›

Lee Smith hated shop-hopping to get the clean, street-ready look he wanted. more ›

Pun(c)tuation creative director Maikoiyo Alley-Barnes wants you to know one thing: the first rule of Pun(c)tuation is that you're going to have to talk about Pun(c)tuation. more ›

Didn't you hear? The recession is totally almost over, thanks to shopping. The numbers prove it. more ›

Casey McNerthney took a break from answering your questions about driving while texting and Four Loko today to add an interesting piece from the archives to the Seattle PI's Big Blog, regarding the University Village's history. Here's the long and short of it: more ›

Dwarfed behind a behemoth cup of steaming cocoa, SPUN Sustainable Collective's Sara Seumae is all smiles on the day I come to visit. Despite fighting off a cold, Seumae can't contain her excitement as she tells me the story behind her Capitol Hill store. more ›

Welcome to the Dress Code, where we celebrate, critique, commend and (on occasion) condemn fashion trends, shows, designers, boutiques, events and everything in between. From the couturiers and costumers to the retail clothiers and quirky DIY crafters, fashion--good and bad--is everywhere. The Dress Code is where we wear our hearts on our sleeves and write about it all. more ›

Welcome to the Dress Code, where we celebrate, critique, commend and (on occasion) condemn fashion trends, shows, designers, boutiques, events and everything in between. From the couturiers and costumers to the retail clothiers and quirky DIY crafters, fashion--good and bad--is everywhere. The Dress Code is where we wear our hearts on our sleeves and write about it all. more ›

Calling all Seattle-area fashionistas! Stop by the Alexis Hotel tonight from 5-8 p.m. for the third annual "Girls Gone Glam" shopping event. Hosted by Kimpton Hotels, event proceeds will benefit Dress for Success, a non-profit dedicated to helping disadvantaged women succeed in the workplace. more ›

Seattle’s vintage clothing and boutique stores are some of the best places to find pieces done by local artists. We stumbled upon these slips while browsing the racks of the fifties-femme shop Pretty Parlor on Capitol Hill, and brought one up to the counter along with a simple question: "Who made this?" more ›

Winding along the unbeaten path from the University Village, we encountered a sign: "3 for $35." Curiosity heightened, we swerved off the road and into Alhambra's discount clothing store where the gentle and helpful salesman told us that the three were t-shirts from the A to Z Tees clothing line, but other combinations from the clothing line were also on sale: t-shirt and dress, t-shirt and novelty top, for $30. more ›

This past weekend we stopped by 20/20 Cycle after checking out the This Is A Powerful Corner art installation at 23rd & Union. We were pleasantly surprised by 20/20's selection of road bikes, since they had more to choose from than usual. more ›

We were in the market for whatever looked good to eat. We were on the way to the Ballard Locks and looking for just a little something fresh and fruity to sustain us. As was our wont, we bought more than our stomachs could stomach at once. more ›

The scent of Romanza (2206 NW Market Street) hit our nostrils as we stepped past its portals. We stopped to try to identify the smell, but the flurry of fruity, floral, and musky scents were too overwhelming to permit the identification of any one scent. No wonder: the store seemed to be half full of candles. The other half was soaps. more ›

Our pet has needs like any other. Good food, good walks, good rubs… what else were we missing? We went to Animal Talk Pet Shop (6514 Roosevelt Way NE) to find out. Our pet was keen to investigate the goodie-crammed store: pet food, pet treats, even the potential for new friends. Animal Talk sells cats, birds, turtles, snakes, and even a tarantula that would have been a very good friend. more ›

A few weeks ago, a favorite women's clothes shop, Mercer (University Village) held their clearance sale to prepare for the spring arrivals. We are familiar enough with this shop to track their changes in merchandise and we noted several changes--all of which impressed us. more ›

Mother’s Day is in some respects a “mayday, mayday.” How do we express our appreciation to our mother on Mother’s Day, and how do we so for the mother who has, if not everything, then everything she needs? “Oh, I don’t need anything more,” she always says. “Just more things cluttering up the house.” We have never purchased flowers for our mother; as much as we love flowers (especially receiving them), we prefer to express our affection in a unique and useful manner. Brunch? “Oh, if it is a nice Sunday morning, I really need to work in the yard,” our mother says. more ›

With Earth Day and May Day in the not-too-distant past, we were feeling more earth-friendly than usual and spent the weekend bouncing in and out of eco-conscious, recycling shops. Our first stop on Roosevelt Way was a women’s consignment store, Oh Bella! (6507 Roosevelt Way NE), where we joined three women in the coffin-sized shop. Somehow, we rotated with the women around freestanding rack to browse the rack and the walls. We noted a Moschino Cheap and Chic bubble skirt, but at $50, we thought it was chic but not as cheap as we expected for a consignment shop. more ›

BALLET (PREL-jzoh-cahjz): Not your average night at the ballet, as the evocative Ballet Preljocaj (choreographed by company founder Angelin Preljocaj) company will perform Les 4 Saisons--a UW World Series debut. Choreographed to the bright and rhythmic music from Vivaldi, Les 4 Saisons provides a playful, colorful, and unconventional interpretation through dance. more ›

The intrepid Monica Cohn filed this report for us from the great northern hinterlands west of Greenlake. more ›

(Seattlest, say hello to Monica Cohn, one of our new shopping correspondents.) more ›

This Seattlest contributor knows when to throw in the towel. Yesterday, we published a piece called "Feed Your Fam on $3 Per Person, Per Day," taking a shot or two at a shopping guide from Grocery Outlet. In the comments, we were generally thrashed for characterizing it as un-healthy, so we decided to go to the experts--on food, nutrition, and health--and see what they had to say, appreciating that we don't know everything. We'd planned to publish a few opinions together, but the first one came back so decidedly not on our side that we decided to run it on its own. If any more responses come in, we'll post those too. more ›

Busiest shopping day of the year, nexus of downtown Seattle commerce, the hard core of the retail core: Westlake Mall. And what do we have? Well, people doing their holiday shopping, of course. And getting ready for the ceremonial lighting of the Christmas Tree. But who are those spoilsports with the signs, already? Ah, that would be the protesters, the anarchists, the enemies of the public good. So nicely dressed, too. So polite, so well-groomed. Those signs, what do they say? Down with the capitalist state? No, the signs are actually encouraging commerce. "Buy More Stuff," they implore. "Hurry," they urge. more ›

A lot of courteous people in nice suits downtown are feeling a bit tense today; Moody's Investor Service has downgraded its rating of Nordstrom's from "stable" to "negative." That's a rating of Nordstrom's creditworthiness, and isn't all that surprising considering Nordy's themselves anticipate 16 percent less sales this holiday season than last. We're going to bet that that number turns out to be optimistic. Especially since even Baby Jesus can't save them now. more ›

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