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Sassafras Helps Keep All of Seattle Warm

The Snowpocalypse is supposed to hit Seattle today. Everyone is hunkering down in preparation. @sassafras_seattle is doing their part to help people who may need some extra help through this cold weather by providing hats, scarves, coats, sweaters, and socks to @marysplacewa. 🧥🧤🧦🧣 If you have any of these items to share, you can take them to Sassafras …

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Coming Soon? Instagram Files Series

Screen shot from PetiteOver40's Instagram.

Over the last several months I’ve realized I use Instagram a lot to create what would ordinarily be blog posts. This includes outfit ideas, videos, life observations, and photos from travels and events I attend. Sadly, though, I have not been good about posting the same information to my blog. I’m simply not organized enough …

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Elegant, Practical Style from Seattle

Red wrap top and peach palazzo pants paired with cream-colored vintage boots. Outfit brand is Ligne, designed by Tanu Priya Singh of Seattle.

Back in August, Sassafras posted on Facebook and Instagram inviting fans to the unveiling of Ligne, a new brand by up-and-coming Seattle designer Tanu Singh. This is how I responded: When I got there, I fell head over heels for this outfit: It’s hard to believe something so elegant can actually be practical too, but I ain’t …

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I Made a Jumpsuit. Now Help Me Choose a Belt.

A collage of three pictures showing a hand sewn palazzo pant jumpsuit made from 1960s vintage poly chiffon in a green, yellow, and purple abstract floral pattern.

It’s gross outside, ladies. I mean, the sky is orangish gray in a dystopian movie kind of way. For the last couple of weeks, smoke from wildfires in British Columbia, Eastern Washington, Oregon, and California have swirled their way to Seattle and settled in for a short summer’s nap. I can’t imagine what it must …