Coming Soon...Stacia Shop on Montana Avenue!

It might not look like much right now, but I envision a beachy, cozy shop for my Westside fans to visit, right off Montana Avenue, Santa Monica's trendy shopping district. A clean, white-washed interior with pops of my vibrant spacedye candy-color knits on the shelves, ocean-blue Flor rug, a surfboard propped in the corner, some seashells and succulents, and my old Brooklyn chandelier dangling above.

I just moved my headquarters, that is my design studio, last Thursday, and it has been none stop since getting the place ready for the public. I love the craftsman details of the interior, clean white shutters, lots of windows and sky lights, a light and airy place to come to work already! I plan on having my design studio concealed in the back by a wall of sheer drapes (I'll feel like Oz behind the curtain!) The front will be retail, but interaction with moi, the designer, will be inevitable. I can't wait to share it with my Stacia customers. Finally a proper place for my customers to shop. So long Pico pop-up shop, hello Montana Avenue!

It's been 7 years since I've been in retail. After shuttering my Stacia New York boutique in Brooklyn, NY in 2004 after 6 years of blissful business on Smith Street, I've come full circle and ready to do it again! Now that I've grown a successful wholesale business, found my nitch in designing colorful, beachy Bamboo knits, and my first born is 7 years old, I'm ready to tackle the world of retail once more. Hopefully this time all the more wiser and life simplified by the beach. Or at least, I hope so!

Stay tuned for the work in progress. Planning on a July opening. The daily appointments with Verizon, Security, Signage companies, Handyman, Electrician, interviewing prospective Sales Associates, have been a whirlwind effort to get things ready. Wish me luck!

Cleanspirited.com - Ecofashion at Your Fingertips

Stacia has recently partnered with Eco-fashion site Cleanspirited.com to bring luxurious, sustainable fashion to your fingertips. A fashion-loving, eco-conscious gal now has even more reason to shop Green. Check out Stacia's 'best-of' space-dye bamboo knits on Cleanspirited.com starting today, along with some other great Green fashions.

To be honest, I didn't start using bamboo because of it's sustainability, but chose it because it is a superior fiber for dyeing vibrant colors (my forte!) and it's as soft as butter. Plus, ever since ditching NYC, I haven't dry-cleaned a single garment in over 7 years! My knits are washable so if they're going to make the cut in my wardrobe, washability is a must. I've always been a stickler for recycling (still trying to educate my forgetful hubbie on that one), never forget a reusable bag (I'll stuff my purchases in my purse before I don a plastic bag), and a huge supporter of Ban the Plastic Bag, Ban Styrofoam, Clean up Our Oceans, you name it, I'm there when it comes to Green. But, as a designer, it was just by chance that I fell into designing with Bamboo, a sustainable fiber that grows like a weed and is highly replenishable and abundant on the earth. Go figure, I was designing Green before I even realized it!

So whether you're looking for ways to Green up your life and support small Eco-businesses or if you simply want the softest, washable, luxurious knits on your body, then truck on over to Cleanspirited.com and get your fix.