An Afternoon with Kate Donahue

Kate Donahue. Seattle, WA.

Where do you gather your fashion influence?

Old movies and rock stars

Who are your fashion icons?

Jane Birkin, Marianne Faithful, Anita Pallenberg, Stevie Nicks

What was your favorite outfit as a child?

A checkered salmon and red colored dress that my Mom bought me in Paris when I was little

What does your dream color palette and materials consist of?

Ostrich feathers, black, leather, lace

What is the quality you like most in a woman?

Sensitivity.

What is the quality you like most in a man?

Humor.

What is your most valued possession?

An old photograph of my mom in college

Who is your favorite fashion designer?

Isabel Marant.

     Who is a hero of yours in fiction?

Ardita in The Offshore Pirate. I love me a Fitzgerald Heroine.

Who is a hero of yours in real life?

Keith Richards

What's currently on your personal soundtrack?

The yard birds.

What is the last book you read?

Tales of a Power by Carlos Castaneda

What is your greatest fear?

Not ever owning Chanel.

Who is your favorite writer?

Walt Whitman

Who's someone you would want to have a conversation with?

Keith Richards.

What are your favorite publications?

W, Self Service, Vanity Fair

What are some of your favorite films?

Nine 1/2 Weeks, How to Steal a Million

What are your most overused phrases?
"Fabulous" and "Too good".

A Coffee Date with Charly Locking

Charly Locking. Capitol Hill.Seattle, WA.

Where are you from?

The longest place I lived was Tulalip Indian Reservation for about 10 years. It was right on the water, so most of my childhood memories are of the beach.

Where do get your fashion influence?

Old Photos/Edward Gorey drawings

Who are some of your style icons?

Nico and Jackie O.

Who is your  favorite hero in fiction?

V from V for Vendetta

Who are your heroes in real life?

My grandmother

What is the quality you like most in a man?

Humor completely. If he can't make me laugh than what's the point

What is the quality you like most in a woman?

Elegance and class

What is currently on your personal soundtrack?

Sonic Youth, Joy Division, and Blonde Redhead

What was the first item of clothing you fell in love with?

A black velvet opera cape my mother gave me from london

What is your most treasured possession?

My grandmother's paintings and my grandfather's persian rug

What is your dream occupation?

to write and illustrate children's books

What are some of your favorite names?

Scarlet, Poppy, and Kazoo

What are some of your favorite films?

The Night Porter, A Clockwork Orange, Lolita, and Waking Life

An Afternoon with Nibbi Adun

Nibbi Olaniran. Capitol Hill, Seattle, Washington.

Who are some of your style icons and influences?
Female musicians in the late 60's to early 70's.

What was the first clothing item you fell in love with?
A velvet vest that started a collection of vests I gathered in High School. It was kind of a problem.

What clothing item would you bring back?
Jumpsuits.

Who is your favorite clothing designer?
The late Alexander McQueen.

Where did you grow up?

I was born in Lagos, Nigeria and lived there until I was ten years old. Then I moved to Austin, Texas and moved up to Seattle after I graduated high school. 

If you could travel anywhere, where would you go?

Moscow, Russia.

What's currently on your personal soundtrack?

Donovan, Dutch psychedelic music, black angels.

What was the last book you read?
The Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.

What are some of your favorite films?
The Holy Mountain. Shivers. Anything Jean Luc-Godard.

What was the first concert you went to?
The Wrens

What do you consider to be an overrated virtue?
Being composed constantly.

What do you consider to be an underrated virtue?
Generosity.

An Afternoon with Kelly & Dillan

                                      


Kelly Robinson & Dillan Stenson. Brooklyn, NY.

Where did you grow up?

Kelly: Kirkland, WA

Dillan: All over western Washington

What is your personal soundtrack at the moment?

Kelly: Broadcast

Dillan: The Budos Band

Who are some of your style icons/influences?

Kelly: Phoebe Philo, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Parisienne culture, menswear, and boating.

Dillan: Old men, mountain men, fishermen.

Who are some of your favorite heroines of fiction?

                Kelly: Dominique Francon in The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand

Dillan: Margrete in The Conqueror by Jan Kjaerstad     

Who is someone you admire and why?

Kelly: My mother, the strongest woman I know.

Dillan: Carl Sagan for unending pursuit of knowledge

What is your most treasured possession?

Kelly: Can I say my cats? My cats.

Dillan: The photo 'Steak and Eggs' given to me by a friend

          

What is the last book you read?

Kelly: East of Eden by John Steinbeck

Dillan: War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy

What is an overrated virtue?

Kelly: patience

Dillan: tact

What is an underrated virtue?

Kelly: gluttony

Dillan: modesty

Who is your favorite designer?

Kelly: Isabel Marant

Dillan: Our Legacy

What is your favorite film?

Kelly: A Goofy Movie

Dillan: Band of Outsiders

Inside the World of Sequoia Nelson

Sequoia Nelson. Capitol Hill, Seattle, WA.

Who are your style icons and influences?

Women in history and women with elegance. There is definitely a lack of elegance today.

Where did you grow up?

Issaquah, WA on a 75-acre horse boarding facility

What was your favorite outfit as a child?

When I was little I made my own dress out of tissue paper and I also really loved to wear my pink tutu.

If you could be anywhere, Where would you be?

Monaco

What do you want to be when you grow up?

To be lovely and wonderful. I would love to be a writer, preferably short stories.

What's currently on your personal soundtrack?

Big Blood, Dark Dark Dark, Hurray for the Riff Raff, Beach House, Best Coast

What's the last book you read?

Tropic of Cancer by Henry Miller

Who's someone you admire? Why?

Luisa Casati. She's groundbreaking and a pioneer in terms of women's fashion.

If you were an animal what would you be?

A doe or a cat.

What's your sign?

Leo.

Pet Peeves?

Loud chewing and noisy/outlandish people

Most Overrated Virtue?

Being on Time. I'm always late. Its in my genetics.

Underrated Virtue?

Cleanliness. People should be more organized and tidy.

Favorite Season?

Its a tie between Autumn and Spring

Favorite Clothing Designer?

Phoebe Philo for Chloe

What's your vice?

Hibernating.

Emma & Michael

Emma. a student at Seattle Unversity. standing outside Stumptown Coffee on 12th Ave.

Michael, Art History major at Seattle University. standing outside Stumptown Coffee on 12th Ave.