Shopping in Affton

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Local Boutique featuring denim and great tee's and dresses !! Prices for every budget and sizes for every body !! Featuring designers like ... Citizens of Humanity, Joe's Jeans, Paige Premium Denim, BB Dakota, Lilla P, Tulle, QI Cashmere, Dish Jeans, and more !!!

The commissioning process begins with a consultation either in person or over the phone (depending on your preference), during which you’ll have a chance to chat with Michael and let him know what you’re looking for in a painting, what kind of theme you’d like to see reflected in the work, and the color scheme you’d like the painting to have. After your consultation, Michael will use his artistic eye to interpret your vision into an acrylic objet d'art fit for hanging. Once your painting is finished, you can stop by Michael’s studio to pick it up on weekday evenings between 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. or between 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. on weekends.

Paste supplies art creators with a gamut-running selection of arts and crafts wares to augment the pursuit of aesthetic dreams. Stock a studio with a selection from Paste's arsenal of tools for expression, which encapsulates paper crafts, fiber arts, jewelry, and ink media. Painters can customize canvases with Liquitex basics acrylic paints ($5.75/4 oz. tube), and mustache drawers can brandish Tim Holtz alcohol inks to update the facial hair fashion on Andrew Johnson's official White House portrait ($3.49). Cascade 220 yarns come in a variety of colors for rainbow knitting ($6.60/skein) and chilly craftspeople can transform baby-alpaca yarn ($12.49/skein) into sweaters, scarves, and gloves. Scrapbooking paper ($0.79/sheet) immortalizes photographed memories with glue and glitter, and Speedball screen-printing ink ($7.99/8 oz. jar) can be used to fashion T-shirts with hip, snarky slogans and stylized representations of middle-school museum field trips.

Laurie Solet is named for owner Laurie Solet, who returned to St. Louis after years spent wheeling and dealing in Hollywood—bringing with her a leather-lined wave of fashion plus three ships laden with beaver pelts and exotic spices. Both of Laurie's boutiques offer a wide range of trendy apparel—including items from designers such as Melie Bianco, Black Halo, BB Dakota, La Mer, Amrita Singh, Candace Ang, and more, as well as Laurie's own private label—in an affordable price range. Pick up basics like an Alternative Apparel "Diane" Burnout V-neck for $45, and accessorize it with a statement Avant Garde "Pierre" double ring for $95. If one shoulder is more flammable than the other, keep it cool with an Ella Moss one-shoulder top ($108) and pair it with a Hobo "Lauren" exotic clutch ($108) stuffed with all your favorite toucans, dodo birds, and coral snakes. Otherwise, keep it light for a beach vacation or desert-island stranding in a Splendid stripe racerback tank ($50) and Free People cargo shorts ($68).

We import and source high quality, well designed items that are generally handcrafted, often by internationally known artisans. We also mix it up with market finds and other special pieces that you can't find elsewhere. By offering these pieces we are supporting families that we know, which we feel is very important.