All posts by B. shigglesworth

Dreamer / Doer / Founder of Fashion Denver

Splash has arrived! See you Sunday!

Wooo hooooo! The moment has arrived! Fashion Denver’s summer market is officially here! We hope to see you THIS SUNDAY at the Rooster & Moon parking lot for a Sunday Funday full of shopping for local fashion. We’ll have 3 fashion shows throughout the day and will kick off the first show with a fashion parade that leaves Studio Salon (1135 Bannock Street) at 12:45pm!  March with us to the fashion fun!

This event is free and open to the public.… Read more!

Designer Profile: Wari Designs

How did you get started (please share your history here)?

I was left fatherless when I was 8 years old during the violent period that shook my country (Peru). I am the third of 9 siblings and all of us as children, had to work to help our family during those hard times. I have always liked working with my hands – when I was younger I worked on a loom weaving tapestries “tapices”  – an art very typical in my home town of Ayacucho. Later, I worked at a printing press as a typographer and excelled at this job because I was good and fast with my hands.  I also spent some time working as a traditional folk singer and as a radio commentator. Finally, a significant portion of my life I worked as carpenter, running a small business designing and manufacturing furniture. I really consider myself an artist since birth.

10 years ago, I decided to make another dream of mine come true – to get a college degree in Veterinary Medicine since I also love working with animals. I was the first of my siblings to go to college and had to figure out how to support … Read more!