Category: indie designers

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ECIG: Black Market Baby

Jul 12.10 / Lindsay

I think I found this brand through Kingdom of Style… I can’t recall exactly, but I loved their Etsy shop so much that I not only added them to my “favorite sellers” – I subscribed to their store feed via RSS so I could see exactly when they added something new to their inventory. My [...]

The Ultimate ECIG: Novica

Aug 13.09 / Lindsay

When I look into Indie Designers, I have a lot of criteria. Typically, I’m a fairly picky person. I’ve been called “pretentious”, a snob, an elitist… I don’t really care, honestly. If I’m going to drop top dollar on a piece of clothing, it had better have me so excited about it, I’m all but [...]

ECIG: JaJo Couture

Apr 06.09 / Lindsay

This week’s edition of ECIG is special for two reasons. 1. It’s the first new ECIG since I spaced out and messed up last week’s. (Special!) 2. It’s an interview! I came across Janean Johnson’s collection of one-of-a-kind pieces on Smashing Darling, and was so enamored, I had to contact her and bombard her with [...]

Indie Genius: Indipendance

Jan 12.09 / Lindsay

Coffee fits don’t usually send me to interesting, life-enhancing places. Typically, they send me anywhere that a) smells like coffee, b) has actual coffee for sale and c) isn’t a Starbucks. Inside of these places – a number of things: people on laptops, jittery coffee-swindlers, too cool for school baristas… But rarely an amazing, creative [...]