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Runway

Growing Trend: Would You Buy Designer Direct?

July 31, 2013

By Marisa Swanson

There are more struggling designers out there than any of us covering (and coveting) high fashion realize. From Idaho to Texas, aspiring designers want you to buy their clothing. But how to get it to you? A new website called the 19th Amendment (yes, it refers to the U.S. Constitution’s 19th amendment and yes, may be a bit pretentious) has launched in an effort to help…

A contributing writer to theFashionSpot, Marisa has penned articles and features in over a dozen online and print publications. She's worked as fashion critic and creative director for papierdoll.com, been the managing editor for Caribbean-based Ocean Style Magazine, and worked with Set Magazine, a luxury lifestyle magazine based in Zurich, as a contributing editor. She splits her time between New York, Los Angeles and her hometown as a freelance fashion and cultural copywriter, editor and journalist. You can find out more at her site marisaswanson.com and follow her on Twitter @mraswan.