DesignSTL

DISCOVER Vintage Style, Modern Flair

Potion23. With her turquoise hair, bright-blue eyes, and dressed in clothes straight from her latest collection, she’s the essence of her brand’s whimsical vibe. Born in New York City, Cates moved to California to study fashion at The Beverly Hills Design Institute. After graduation, she moved back to New York to work for an accessories company. Then a friend from St. Louis persuaded Cates to move to her hometown with her. Cates says she was looking for a fresh start and motivated by the thought of

You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

More from DesignSTL

DesignSTL1 min read
She's BEST DRESSED
SPECIAL THANKS: HAIR & MAKEUP Julie Dietrich PHOTO ASSISTANTS Theo Welling Brian Verbarg ■
DesignSTL3 min read
A Life in Beauty
AUTHOR VIVIAN GIBSON lives less than a mile from the site of her first childhood home, a three-room shotgun-style house in the former Mill Creek Valley neighborhood. A casualty of one of the city’s “urban renewal” developments, the house—and surround
DesignSTL3 min read
Babe In The Wood
IMAGINE PLAYING WITH Lincoln Logs, but instead of stacking twee 4-inch wood pieces, you’re working with a set of massive beams and columns of cross-laminated timber from Canada. Layers of wood are laid and glued perpendicular to the one beneath it, r

Related Books & Audiobooks