I’m still recovering from the excitement of West End Select Shop‘s opening, and I literally had a dream about how awesome the new, expanded Palace is going to be (it’s slated for a grand-reveal shindig on Nov 1). It just keeps happening, though. In between the moves and expansions of Frances May (which is moving into the bigger space that was formerly a rug store next door, at the corner of 10th & Washington), Adorn (which just opened a SE Division location/expansion), and Stand Up Comedy (which is moving to Morgan’s Alley), more new shops are on their way.
There’s SIXSEVEN, a collaboration between Liza Rietz and BOET‘s Emily Bixler. They’ll be taking over the Stand Up Comedy space at 811 E Burnside #111 while that shop moves downtown, and will sell items from both lines as well as the newly launched SIXSEVEN house line of clothing (I spotted one of those dresses on Nancy Hales when she gave the opening remarks at FashioNXT). And maybe ninja slippers. They’ll open doors for the first time for a party on Nov 14 from 5-9 pm.
ALSO: Another shop called North of West is staking claim at 203 SW 9th, from the owners of Nell & Mary, Make It Good, and Pigeon Toe, due to open next month. The website links to a list of stockists so you can get a feel for the mix of wearable and usable design-driven merch. There’ll be much more to come, too, which’ll give us something to explore and talk about before the whole city’s design calendar becomes a hopscotch of holiday pop-up shops.
- North of West via Instagram
- The future North of West