About Brandi Shigley | Dreamer | Doer | Founder | CEO | Janitor

Created as a way to unite local designers in touch with both the public and each other, Fashion Denver works to build networks,

Fashion Denver is the brainchild of Brandi Shigley, a fashion designer and musician who broke into the fashion world with B.Shigley Designs, her own line of handbags.

Brandi had a passion for handbags since the age of nine when she made a paper license with matching paper wallet to go with her paper handbag. She got her hands on a sewing machine and that was the end of that. Successful in Denver, Brandi moved out to Southern California for over two years before returning to her native home of Colorado.

She also had a brief stint selling her handbag line at a boutique in Paris and London.

An entrepreneur for nearly a decade, Brandi started Fashion Denver five years ago as a way for local up-and-coming designers to display their works a seasonal fashion market as well as outside of the fashion market. Along with helping new designers build up their business, brands, and public relations, the showroom is an exciting new venture for Brandi and her clients. Taking over the space was a risk worth taking.

Brandi's drive and determination won her recognition all across Denver and beyond. She received the Mastermind Award from Denver's weekly newspaper Westword in 2005, was accounted for in the “Top 40 under 40” by the Denver Business Journal, and also featured in the 5280 Magazine's “Up and Comer of the Year” in 2005 as well as a "One to Watch" in International Design Magazine. To see more press, visit Shigley's blog!

Brandi's motto has been “Do what you love, love what you do,” and she happily facilitates a variety of boutiques, artists, and independent designers to navigate their way through the creative and business aspects of the fashion industry.

In her spare time, Brandi does the vocals and keyboard with her electronic, pop band b.sous [b.sue].

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