Fashion

$199-299 | KSosa Handbags
These one-of-a-kind handbags and accessories are created from memo fabric samples—some costing $200-300 per yard—that would otherwise be discarded in a landfill. "I've never met a woman who didn't want something no one else has or ever will have," says San Antonio-based designer Kathy Sosa.
www.cinco-estrellas.net

$30-200 | Jewelry With A Twist
Houston-based designer Cheryl Shirzadi creates unique jewelry using sterling silver and semi-precious stones, Swarovski crystals or Czech glass, and beads she has collected in her travels around the world, including the Middle East, India, Italy and Turkey. Custom-designed pieces available upon request.
www.TWISTdesigns.etsy.com

Austin designer Williams can custom design your dream piece of jewelry or re-design an existing piece. www.austincustomfinejewelry.com

Handcrafted, one-of-a-kind handbags by Amarillo designer Statser are made from recycled mink coats and embellished with a variety of trimmings. www.susanstatser.com

Austinite Kendra Scott has nurtured her jewelry company from a small to a global operation within the last seven years. Her accounts now include Nordstrom’s, Bloomingdales and hundreds of private shops worldwide. Her designs have been featured in InStyle, Redbook and Allure. Impressive credentials, no? Yet it’s her collection of semi-precious jewelry and bold bangles that make us swoon.

When Texas fashion designer Pat Dahnk was first starting out, she sewed on an old machine that started to skip a stitch. That’s when her creativity and determination kicked in. She began to cut out little leather leaves to stitch over the seams of the collars, and this design element became her signature.

Faced with an obstacle, her determination and creativity helped her overcome it. That’s really the story of her life—from small glitches on a sewing machine to the devastating loss of her son. When cancer claimed her 2-year-old, Kent, in 1985, Dahnke pushed through grief by focusing on what meant the most to her—her daughter, Tara, just 8 years old at the time, a love of horses and an ability to help women feel beautiful.