Driven by a love for all things vintage, clever, and/or designed, Ladies & Gentlemen was founded by Jean Lee (the Lady) & Dylan Davis(the Gentlemen) in 2009. With a mix of resourcefulness and nostalgia, the studio builds objects considering yesterday's values reinterpreted for current times.

(Portrait by Kyle Johnson)

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L&G origins: Jean and Dylan met in 2002 while studying Industrial Design at the University of Washington. Their studies also took them to Rome and travels throughout Italy and France. Following school, Jean pursued softgoods design and production with R.E.load Baggage, then became a partner in R&L goods, a producer of softgoods accessories and clothing. Dylan followed up his learning years with professional work at General Assembly and Henrybuilt designing and engineering products. All the while, Jean & Dylan collected goodies of wonderment that eventually led them to open an online vintage shop to share their finds with like-minded folks. J & D couldn't help but keep their creative mitts off the vintage goods they were selling and soon developed a set of studio originals that repurpose and embellish vintage objects. They also began a blog collaging their observations living with their found treasures.

In their times not fixated on L&G design tasks, Jean & Dylan spend time contributing to JOIN Design Seattle and Brite Collective, organizations with the mission to promote and advance independent design in the northwest. They also enjoy working on their home (a mid-century duplex in the Ballard area of Seattle bought with two other friends), gardening, and cooking. If things ever manage to settle down enough, their passion for traveling keeps them on the move...always up for getting inspiration from the unique character of a new place.(they don't particularly enjoy writing about themselves in the third person, but sometimes it needs to be done...)

Stay tuned to find out what's next from us, I mean um,...from Ladies & Gentlemen!