Blue Eyed Girl
TO THE DELIGHT OF SANTA BARBARA’S
most savvy shoppers, Blue Eyed Girl, downtown State Street’s hottest new boutique, recently opened. This “darling” of a boutique boasts a fresh and impressive array of coveted designer collections and a motto with moxie to go with it: Believe in individuality, dress without rules, mix high and low.
Owner Dawn McKnight describes the cutting-edge clothes as “sophisticated and sexy, with a girlish charm.” McKnight’s “one size does not fit all” attitude is clearly reflected in the mix of options that can dress a customer for any Santa Barbara occasion; from a concert at “the Bowl” or walk on the beach to an evening at the Lobero.
Dawn, who also has stores in San Juan Capistrano, San Clemente and Laguna, frequently travels to New York, Los Angeles and Europe in search of not only the hottest well-established collections, but also to find the most exciting emerging and upcoming designers. She keeps her finger on the pulse of the constantly changing trends and whims of fashion as well as her feet firmly planted on the solid ground of go-to basics, such as the perfect white tee, that always need replenishing.
Shoppers will delight in finding everything from brightly colored, intricately embroidered bohemian tops, flirty ruffled skirts and retro-chic long dresses to more structured cropped jackets and button shirts with French lace details. There are skinny, cargo and boot-cut jeans from top denim labels, as well as lingerie, belts, scarves, jewelry, bags and a variety of 100% natural, organic skin-care products and candles. And if that is not temptation enough, Blue Eyed Girl carries an amazing assortment of super-hip, “candy for your feet”, high-design shoes.
Add a friendly and truly helpful staff of fashion-savvy women McKnight refers to as “stylists” and Blue Eyed Girl offers everything the woman with a passion for fashion could want.
1021 State Street • 805-845-9154
