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Come try on these beautiful new dresses handmade using organic cotton and delightful prints. Chelsea Gurnoe’s line, Dreamboat Dresses, combines beautiful fabrics with unique designs to create a look that you’ll love. Her new organic cotton dresses come in amazing … Continue reading
These are my new favorite dresses! Unique prints with vibrant colors on 100% silk fabric paired with a feminine modern dress design. Perfect for the special occasions of this spring and summer. Rieley Collection
Braided Strap Maxi Dress (left), Splatter Paint Front Ruffle Dress (center), Sleeveless Wrap Dress (right)
New Pink Martini is in and if you thought you loved them before you’ll fall even harder for their new collection for spring/summer! Gorgeous dresses, beautiful blouses, and amazing prints make these pieces hard to resist. And why bother? Summer is approaching and we all need a little something to enhance our freshly bronzed skin and warm-weather smiles. Some of our favorite pieces include a luscious maxi dress with braided bodice detail and a beautiful bird print, the perfect tank in multiple colors, and a gorgeous baby doll dress perfect for beach weather.
A new denim line has arrived at Wallflower! Super cute skinny jeans by Kill City. Their basic pairs of denim range from $109-$119. And we got one style of black waxed indigo denim with welted zippers for $162. Kill City was founded by Drew Bernstein, the Los Angeles-based denim line finds inspiration in contemporary culture and art. Kill City, which takes its name from an Iggy Pop album, offers a range of men’s and women’s clothing that is easily labeled rocker, but designed to transcend any lifestyle genre. The pieces feature innovative treatments, European-influenced silhouettes, and slender denim fits.
Mid-rise, Skinny Grey Denim w/ zippers at ankle (left), Mid-rise, Skinny Red Denim (center), Hi-rise, Skinny Black Denim (right)
Since our location change last May many new customers who come across our store have exclaimed, “This is such a wonderful shop! What is it called?” We are now proud to reveal our new custom lettering to clear up any confusion! Thank you Donovan Sign’s. We’ve also done some re-decorating and changed the store layout a bit. So come on by and see what new things there are to discover here at Wallflower!
What a night! Our April First Friday was a great success. It was wonderful for us to be able to feature one of our own designers, the beautiful Arielle Rose, and support her on her creative endeavors. Not only was the art on the walls fun and exciting but Arielle debuted her magical bus which she is working on turning into a mobile boutique. Inside the bus was live music, colorful lights, and a rack full of Arielle’s whimsical hand-made designs for her line, Teaspoon. The night was filled with laughter, inspiring conversation, and just a little bit of wine. Thank you to those of you who made it out and for those who didn’t, we hope to see you tonight for our May’s First Friday. We will featuring the art from UCSC graduate Enrique Lopez.
Chelsea Gurnoe is a designer, seamstress and dress enthusiast! All her garments are designed and manufactured by her in our beautiful town of Santa Cruz, CA. Chelsea studied apparel design at San Francisco State and has been working at our local Hart’s Fabric Store for many years. Now she’s launched Dreamboat Dresses, all about the fluttery feeling you get from wearing the perfect dress. And it’s our pleasure to have them available at Wallflower.
Chelsea will be joining us for Enrique Lopez’s art showing for May’s Santa Cruz First Friday art tour- 6-9pm Friday, May 4th. Stop by and meet your local up and coming artists.
Mata Traders is a fair trade clothing line that creates dresses, blouses, and shorts. The Chicago, IL based design team has their clothing made in Mumbai, India by a women’s cooperative sewing unit. Their fair trade initiatve combats global poverty by providing meaningful work, fair wages, and benefits to women and families in need. Also, Mata Traders handmade clothing incorrporates touches of artistic tradition such as block-printed fabric and embroidery.
(Left) Aurora Crop Top & Cheyenne’s Ikat Shorts
(center) Do Si Do Dress
(right) Frieda Loves Diego Dress
Stop by and join our show, El Jardin, for May’s Santa Cruz First Friday Art Tour. We’ll be celebrating the beautiful artwork by UCSC student Enrique Lopez, 6-9pm Friday, May 4th.
The show, El Jardín, is comprised of three bodies of work. The first of these are mixed media paintings, the second are flower prints, and the third are bee imagery prints.
The mixed media paintings were designed as gifts for friends of Lopez. These pieces were mainly a study of color to create the right combinations that would compliment each other. The overall imagery does not change, only the backgrounds.
The second component, Stems and Styles, is the most important. When Lopez first thought of this series, there were many things he wanted to accomplish. The most important thing was to create a brand new, fully developed body of work. Accuracy was another important consideration. This meant getting the silhouettes and colors of the flowers he chose to be as accurate as possible. His other goal was to fuse three forms of printmaking—relief, lithography, and stenciling. Getting these mediums to work cohesively was crucial for the success of this series. Certain elements lent themselves to certain mediums, allowing for what you see today.
The third series in El Jardín are the prints with bee imagery. This is still in a very premature state, but still contain everything that Lopez learned from the Stems and Styles series.
All this imagery is an attempt to remind us of our natural surroundings. Whether it’s through shapes, color, or something else altogether, take time to appreciate El Jardín.
Our #1 customer sent us this picture of her wearing Knitted Dove’s Jubilee dress on her birthday!
What is a better way to embrace the approaching summer sun than with a classically cute dress by Knitted Dove? As the weather begins to heat up, these adorable cotton dresses are ready for the beach or a stroll on the town. While your downtown enjoying the weather, stop by Wallflower and see which one of our dresses speaks to you!
