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Black Owned: Arched by Tiaira

Arched by Tiaira is a Black woman owned beauty business specializing in eyebrow services and located in the heart of South Tacoma Way. The Black owned beauty industry is growing rapidly in Tacoma and Arched By Tiaira is helping ensure South Tacoma Way is well rounded and diverse in its offering. There are only a few Black owned businesses on the main strip between 38th and 56th St. Her timeliness is helping her corner a nice piece of the marketplace and she is just getting started.

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Black Owned: Aisle Four

Black owned photo studio and boutique Aisle4our had it’s grand opening Friday, February 25th. While the Aisle4our soft opening has been a blessing for young brands that want to invite their customers out for an experience, not just mundane online shopping.t’s a win win for both parties at the end of it all and THAT is what our scene needs to be about. It’s not like that anywhere else that I’ve been to but that doesn’t mean it isn’t possible. But now it’s also time to meet the tastemakers who host and help curate the pop-up experience and the respective brands they own/operate.

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Black Owned: Diamond Leah

Diamond Leah is black owned and started as a boutique (Satori) much like we did only she lasted far longer a multi-brand store 5+ years…Then she opened her sister store Little Sister which over the holiday season was one of the top ranked shops when Tacomans were asked where they are doing their shopping by Grit City Magazine. It was after the opening of Little Sister that Diamond revealed her eponymous line was underway and she was evolving the Satori space to house her new project Diamond Leah.

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Black Owned: Basics Company

…Basics Co.’s brand story even more. He’s also trendsetting for other brands by using black owned spaces like Aisle 4 and eTcTacoma exclusively to run his pop up shop experiences. For his next trick he’s moving the pop-up experience to the well known (also black owned) Paradice Souf store and standing proudly on his blackness as a human and as a Seattleite.

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ETCETERA X ONSIGHT253FITNESS

We were able to combine our efforts with ONSIGHT253FITNESS in hopes that the city sees our vision. In the worst year on record (in our lifetimes) we are to attempting to provide the best holiday season some have ever seen. The plan is through charity T-shirts w/ our family @onsight253fitness. ALL PROFITS WILL GO TO SUPPORT THE TACOMA KIDZ NON-PROFIT THIS HOLIDAY SEASON.

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POLAROID T-SHIRT + HOODIES; WINTER 2020

They taught us love starts in many different ways and how they taught us how to play the game properly. They also taught us how to focus and stay attentive. They show us time and time again through effort and action that we can achieve anything. They show beauty comes in so many different variations and that keeping an open mind is the best place to start. We collected just a few of our favorites for this piece but the options are possibly endless.

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Billiards L/S; WINTER 2020

Another “greatest” category we touch on this season and will continue to bellyflop into for years and decades to come is our beloved black women. They hold the key to the future the past and the present. Wanna know how we got here?? We got here by admiring trusting and listening to black women. They surrounded us with love and care and helped us open our boutique…

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ALWAYS REPPIN T-SHIRT + HOODIE; WINTER 2020

A very cool and consistent observation we have made in our 6 years doing business within and with Tacoma is the loyalty to the soil even when living abroad. It’s not a secret that Tacomans use military and many other vessels to see a world outside of the 253. Respect to all those who have taken that leap of faith. Mad respect to all those that did it and brought it back home.

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