Seattle - November 17, 2009

Give a Hoot

Owlita Feather Earrings

Siouxsie, Pat, and Joan. Your adolescent idols continue to rock hard while looking good. Shouldn’t you? Heck, you’ve still got your charms.

No? Try these from Owlita — a name chosen by designer Ashley Doty’s roommate for her future baby, which she bestowed on the jewelry line in exchange for a pair of earrings.

Doty makes the stunners in her Southeast Portland studio by hand, using Oregon feathers and Washington gold hardware. Lengths range from eight-inch shoulder grazers to gangly fourteen-inch clusters that blend beautifully with long locks or stand out with a short do.

Choose from naturally hued pheasant, rooster, peacock, or Lady Amherst bound in leather. Or mix things up with punkier colors reminiscent of your youth.

Yeah, they’re a little ’80s.

So Sioux us.

Available at Sway and Cake, 1631 6th Avenue (206-624-2699 or swayandcake.com). To see styles, go to owlita.com.

Photo: Courtesy of Owlita

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