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StyleMakers

Wells Gustafson

This local jewelry maker and longtime Twin Cities store owner is attracting attention with his earthy, exotic creations.

February 2011

by Allison Kaplan

David Nifoussi

David Nifoussi

David Nifoussi, twenty-one, one of the Twin Cities’ youngest entrepreneurs, owns Eastern Onion Singing Telegrams and Flamingos by the Yard, which will do anything from—well, you get it.

November 2006

Robb Whittlef

Robb Whittlef

Rob Whittlef, as seen of HGTV's Designing Cents, unveils his new project: Great Estate Home & Garden.

November 2006

Lynn Elliot

Lynn Elliott

After evaluating the local foodie scene, Way-Cool Cooking School founder Lynn Elliott was drawn to the idea of a different type of cooking school—one that would also appeal to children.

October 2006

101 Twin Citians Who Define Beauty

101 People Who Define Beauty

They’re the faces of the Twin Cities that make this a better—and better-looking—place to live.

October 2006

Katherine Gerdes and her mother

Katherine Gerdes

Receiving Heidi Klum’s auf weidersehen on Bravo’s hit TV show Project Runway may be just what Minneapolis’s Katherine Gerdes needed to jump-start her career.

October 2006

StyleMakers

Fashion Forward

These local pros help us find our comfort zone between runway and reality.

Shops 2007

Craft Mafia

Craft Mafia

Hip design-conscious crafters form two new tongue-and-cheek craft groups.

September 2006

Meet Michael Druskin

Meet Michael Druskin

Len Druskin changed its buying direction, appealing to a younger segment than was the norm at tony Galleria.

September 2006

People Who Do Cool Things

Meet the Twin Cities' People Who Do Cool Things that are stepping out in the fashion world.        

Kristin Miller

Kristin Miller

St. Paulite Kristin Miller, owner of Zack & Zoe Bath, a vegan line of body washes, hand and body creams, and sugar scrubs, which were just picked up by national retailer Anthropologie.

August 2006

Maia Haag

Maia Haag

Maia Haag has sold some of her personalized children's books to some very A-list celebs.

July 2006

Dave Spencer

Dave Spencer

Dave Spencer's Ogi Frames focus on hip, stylish, affordable eyeglass frames.

June 2006

Mia Gray King and Robin Gretchen Scott

Mia Gray King and Robin Gretchen Scott

Twin Cities jewelry designers Mia Gray King and Robin Gretchen Scott want women to feel special when they wear gretchen gray.

May 2006

Sophie Alfano and Raina Belleau

Sophie Alfano and Raina Belleau

Teenagers Sophie Alfano and Raina Belleau co-owners BiblioBags, make purses out of old books.

April 2006

Stow Away

Stow Away

Stow is a media cabinet designed by Minnesota College of Art and Design student Maxwell Kelsey for a contest cosponsored by Room and Board.

April 2006

Cy Winship

Cy Winship

Cy Winship is a furniture upholsterer, interior designer, and regular contributor to HGTV's Decorating Cents with Joan Steffend.

March 2006

Diva Minnesota

Local Fashion Hits the Stage

The founders of what is now Diva Minnesota started making waves fourteen years ago as urban pioneers, pulling in Twin Cities' creatives from graphic design, fashion design, and interior design, as well as artists, dancers, and idea makers to create talk-of-the town (and nation) events to raise money to fight HIV/AIDS.

March 2006

Deb Wright

Deb Wright

With the twist of the wrist, Deb Wright's chic fashion gizmo, called a Lizette, transforms a basic sandal, pump, or boot into an evening shoe.

February 2006




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