It’s summer, and the livin’ is easy. Make that wish come true and shop local essentials in Pittsburgh for fresh, casual looks for wardrobe and home.
Local Wardrobe and Home Summer Essentials
Carabella
Oakmont
Beach, please! Lisa Todd’s casually stylish short-and-popover look is an excellent cover up over a swimsuit, or an outfit perfect for a stroll, a bit of lunch, and a glass of rosé. Cotton blend open-knit, with colorful pulls and trim.
Larrimor’s
Downtown
This raffia tote trimmed in cherry-red leather is capacious enough for a laptop and a beach towel. On second thought: ditch the laptop, pack a lunch for two, and call a friend.
Caesar’s Designs
Shadyside
This beauty from Caesar’s newest collection of lab-grown diamond rings dazzles the eye. A 5-carat diamond in a 14k white-gold setting.
The Farmer’s Daughter
North Side
High summer is the best time for a bouquet of farm-grown dahlias. This North Side floral, accessory, and gift shop is the perfect place to indulge.
Bellwether
Sewickley
Cleobella’s Janice Ankle Dress is made of satin viscose printed in an Asian ikat pattern. A removable sash allows you to adjust the fit to suit your shape. High neck, front cutout, long tiered ruffle at the bottom.
Scribe
Shadyside
Charlee Brodsky, professor emerita of photography at Carnegie Mellon University, captures the botanical beauty of summer. She comments, “I’m a photographer and I’m also a gardener. Every morning, especially in spring, I observe my plants blossoming into a variety of colors, shapes, and scents—each one distinctive and stunning. And then they die. I made these images to preserve the peak and mystery of their lives.” Her Botanical Collection cards can be found at Scribe.
Pittsburgh Glass Center and Knotzland
Friendship and Wilkinsburg
Nisha Blackwell of Knotzland and the Penn/Fairmount Collection formed an innovative collaboration that repurposes glass pieces into stunning glassware, brooches, and lapel pins. Available at Pittsburgh Glass Center and Knotzland.
Gather
Sewickley
Set a worldly, comfortable table with forest-green champagne flutes, a block-printed table runner, cotton Dragonfly napkins and a Swedish birchwood tray. All from the clever curators at this Sewickley store.
Larrimor’s
Downtown
Always luxuriously appropriate, Italian men’s line Canali suggests a lightweight combination for summer 2024.
Today’s Home
Scott Township
Bernhardt’s Praia Outdoor Sofa makes a chic all-weather statement. Teak legs. Also shown here is the sofa’s favorite companion, the Aventura Outdoor Swivel Chair.
Weisshouse
Shadyside
Verellen’s Luxembourg Lounge embraces you organically with its inviting curves. The softness of the design is balanced by tailored steams with pinch-stitched details. Perfect for living room, bedroom, or, wherever you want to lounge.
Larrimor’s
Downtown
Tread summer brightly in Magnanni’s Onyx water-resistant sneaker. Designed and made in Italy.
Robert Hallett Goldsmith
Oakmont
A Paraiba tourmaline rests in an 18K yellow-gold leaf pendant, embellished by diamonds in platinum settings. Designed and made on site by Robert Hallett.
Larrimor’s
Downtown
A delicate, elegant chiffon-layered satin slip dress from Vince puts you irreproachably in the quiet luxury trend.
Splash
Cranberry and Glenshaw
Sculpted and lightly textured to capture the voluptuous appeal of a rose in full bloom, this Rosa dimensional tile is carved from Volakas, which is a Greek dolomite with milkwhite ground and delicate warm-to-cool grey veins. The dozens of petals are graced by ultra-fine lines, like the stroke of an engraver’s pen. Each tile is 12” x 12”.
Story by Keith Recker
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