Name: Katra Michener Longsdorf
Affiliations: Love Illuminati
Her Story: Like so many young Philadelphians, designer and shop owner Katra Michener Longsdorf got her start waitressing while designing on the side. A onetime star of New York’s Young Designers Market, she reworked vintage fashions and created an eponymous line of bags, belts and dresses. Then, Longsdorf came home to Bucks County to open Love Illuminati, a hipster repository of men’s and women’s indie label and vintage, fancy and casual clothing, local artist-made jewelry, one-of-a-kind accessories, her own line of chic designs, home goods and “general nick-nackery” as she calls it. Located on quaint State Street in Bucks County’s historic Newtown, the shop has utterly transformed the rep of the town from old-world to hipster and become a hangout for rockers, artists and designers of all ages.
Where To Find Her: 23 S. State Street, Newtown, (267) 364-5477, loveilluminati.com

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