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If you're a fledgling indie designer, how do you get a bricks-and-mortar shop to stock your creations? Well, if you're Cleveland Park-based designer Jennifer Miller, the answer is simple: Walk into eco-chic boutique Carbon wearing one of your tie-dyed cowl scarves. The rest is retail history.
Entirely handmade using natural and locally sourced materials, each of Miller's insanely comfy-cool pieces can be worn as a hood, belted tunic, vest, or cowl scarf, or simply be draped around the neck. These pieces are a fashion feat for their versatility alone, and we love the updated take on tie-dye, to boot — but what we love most is that the creator is one of Washington's own.
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Head to Carbon on Saturday to meet the stylish designer at her trunk show, where she'll debut a new design inspired by a recent trip to Aruba. “I’m incorporating a little bit of my island adventure into this new collection of scarves, so people can feel warm and cozy for winter, but also feel that tropical laid-back island spirit,” she says. Miller notes that she will be crafting furiously until Saturday, and hopes to bring a limited number of the new additions to the trunk show. Translation: Get there early.
When: Saturday, November 12, from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Where: Carbon, 2643 Connecticut Avenue NW; 202-232-6645.
Where: Carbon, 2643 Connecticut Avenue NW; 202-232-6645.
Photo: Courtesy of Jennifer Miller