Jamie and the Jones for NFW 2012

Jamie and the Jones in the People Issue

Design comrades and LH family, Jamie and Hannah of Jamie and the Jones, are featured in this year's Nashville Scene People Issue! The annual rundown of the coolest whos doing the best whats and a reminder that our city is chocked full of creative force. Here's how they say it...

A lot has been made of the so-called "creative class" and the unique benefits cities stand to gain from attracting imaginative, driven individuals — the kind who can help spur innovation and growth. In putting together the Scene's fourth annual People Issue, we cast a wide net and found what most Nashvillians already know: Our city is teeming with just these kinds of people. Everywhere we turned, it seemed, we were running into them — from a duo of upstart fashion designers who built a business out of a trip to an alpaca farm to a former Silicon Valley official who's gearing Nashville up to become a technology boom town, from an Argentinian born architect-turned-councilman to an unlikely viral video star moonlighting as a college student, from a legend of the Opry to a legend of Olympic track and field. And whether it was building community in once-blighted corners of East Nashville or enabling a new generation of chefs, we found people who were not only up to the task, but finding ways to thrive, and new ways to create — even when being creative just means hustling harder than anyone else in the game.

Rad! You can read their lovely feature on Jamie and Hannah HERE.

fat cowl

Jamie and the Jones cowls are back in the store! They are the perfect addition to your Fall wardrobe, cozy and colorful. If you didn't snag one last year, here's your chance.

Jamie and the Jones at nD

Back in April, in-house designers Jamie and the Jones secured the emerging designer slot in this years nD Festival fashion show! After months of planning, sewing, and adding the millions of final details that they've become known for, the two unveiled their newest collection at the festival's finale last week. I have yet to see the full collection in images, but the short film below by Kristin Barlowe is such a compelling portrayal of their aesthetic you don't need much else. Congratulations to Jamie and Hannah for the much deserved recognition and hats off for knocking it out of the park!

J&J in HER Nashville

I'm a little behind on posting this, but still wanted to get in on here! So great! Of course you know I love these girls. They've become as close to family as friends can! Check out the amazing write up in HER Nashville this month,HERE, and stay tuned for news about their upcoming collection for the 2nd annual nD Festival at the Belcourt Theatre!

New arrivals: Jamie and the Jones

An assortment of new marbled sundresses, silks, and embroidered cotton voile have been trickling into the shop piece by piece. Even some new buttons! Come get em!!

Florence and the Jones

Each summer, just like clockwork, the music festivals come and hoards of wild-haired touristas flock across the country to see their favorite bands, get sunburns, and pay $5 for bottled water. In our neck of the woods the destination is Manchester, TN and Bonnarroo. For Local Honey this is always a tornadic, yet awesome, time because along with all of the thru traffic jetting around town for quick shopping come the performers... the people you just never really dream are going to walk through the doors and start raving over the tops and dresses your friends sat and stitched right next to you while you cracked jokes and discussed brilliant ideas for TV commercials. But, as I've just been reminded, it happens. Every year! This time around it was the lovely, tremendous, and sickeningly cool Florence Welch and her drug of choice was the hand-marbled silk handy work of in-house produced line Jamie and the Jones. Of course, I think there were few things in the store left untouched by her and her gang, but her biggest reaction came from the last thing she put on the pile... a gorgeous, golden silk chevroned J&J maxi dress, which she made it very clear to me would be THE thing to wear for the festival press shots. Sweet!

Now, after the TO and FRO traffic has come and gone, we can add Miss Welch to the LH list of wow clientele alongside Zoe Deschanel, Kim Gordon, and Debbie Harry. Not bad yall.

LH.NFW.OMG.

So now that Nashville Fashion Week has come and gone, I finally have a moment to sit and share how HUGE it was. If you were keeping up with all of the press... you know there were a tremendous amount of events, shows, and hours spent by everyone involved. From here at Local Honey, it was beyond. With only 5 emerging local designers securing spots on the runway... having 2 of them come from our family of designers and also create the collections right here at 2009 Belmont really brought the experience to a whole new level. It seems every time I turn around there's another article or blogger recognizing Local Honey's contribution to Nashville fashion, but all of the press from the Scene and the Tennessean that circulated during and after Nashville Fashion Week was some of the best! I feel so thankful! Talk about breaking in our new studio! Hannah Jones, Jamie Frazier, and myself racked up the hours one after another until we lost count. Sewing round the clock for weeks produced what turned out to be our best work to date and so many inside jokes we're likely to sound crazy to anyone who comes around for a while. I already knew how lucky I was to have these girls moving in at LH, but I never foresaw this family bond. It's incredible. Now that the smoke has cleared we're getting back to our routines and waiting for the official photos to be released. WHOA. Hoping this won't take much longer! For now, here are just a couple of snap shots from Nashville bloggers who were in attendance. My absolute favorite pic of the J&J girls just before they debuted on opening night at the Pinnacle and a shot from my WR show at the RAD church. Thank you to everyone who came out and supported us and to the coordinators for all of their hard work. What a week!

onward

As Local Honey enters into its last month of residence at the Linden Avenue house I'm becoming more than a little sentimental. For those of you who haven't heard yet... the house we have loved for the past 4 years and filled with countless amazing memories, has been sold and I'm relocating the shop to a new home. Though it's sad to leave, this is an incredibly exciting thing! I am very optimistically looking onward and working mondo endurecido. Given the time constraint there has been a lot to do. The past 2 months have been a whirlwind of planning, debating, negotiating, organizing, barely sleeping some nights, and typing my tiny fingers off. But after what felt like the mental equivalent to birthing a yeti... I signed on the line and made it official! Local Honey will take residence at 2009 Belmont Blvd. the first week of January 2011!

Now, this location is BIG. Not only is LH setting up shop, but also menswear aficionados Tidwell and Perryman, an atelier for White Rabbit and Jamie and the Jones, and a sewing school run by Alexia Abegg offering beginning to advanced classes in sewing, drafting, and quilting. The store will boast more stock than ever in a spacious, polished new home and become a more tenacious purveyor of local designer garments and accessories. I'm beyond thrilled. Until then, we are still open for business at the Linden house through the end of the year and holiday shopping is in full swing! We will be hosting this years Christmas Soiree on December 17th and packing the shop with tons of locally made goodies and vintage giftables. So stay tuned for more details on the party and help us send 1207 Linden off proper.

NEW LOOKS::: Jamie and the Jones

All clothing and accessories:
Jamie Frazier and Hannah Jones for Jamie and The Jones
Photography: Bradley Spitzer
Hair/MUA: Fergie
Model: Chung

collabs

As part of the Fall Premier, each of the Local Honey designers completed a collection and were paired with a local photographer to produce a reel of shoots. Here are some of my favorites...












From top to bottom:

Bradley Spitzer -for- Amy B
Shea Halliburton -for- LLadybird
Jude Ferrara -for- Chaseash
Martin Cherry -for- Jamie and the Jones

LH Designer shots by Josh Marx

See more by Josh Marx HERE.