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Laura Tanzer, Tucson-based women’s clothing designer, will be hosting an evening celebrating the resurgence of manufacturing in the US. April 30th 2015 will be the first in a series informing and discussing the importance of quality, production, and skills in the US. Stop by anytime between 4:00-8:00 pm. The designer invites sophisticated women and men […]

Exquisite fabrics. One-of-a-kind prints. This, is Laura Tanzer L’Arte. As part of the Laura Tanzer core-brand, l’arte features digital prints on silk. Of course, the prints and the construction of the garment are the true art. Laura’s own photography is manipulated to form unique patterns. Once these prints have been transferred to silk (via sustainable […]

Tucson Fashion Week: Laura Tanzer Editor’s note: This is the second in a series of profiles on local designers taking part in 2014 Tucson Fashion Week. “Modern and sophisticated is my personality,” says Tanzer, a featured designer at Tucson Fashion Week’s garden party at the Tucson Botanical Gardens. Read more of this interview by Johanna […]

At our annual family gathering in earlier this month, my brother-in-law wanted an update on my business: Laura, how was your summer? Summer was the calm before busy season! It was a wonderful summer! First, Mike and I had a long-overdue trip to Rome, Bingen on the Rhine, and Barcelona. I had studied in Milan, […]

The September 2014 issue of Green Living Magazine provides an article about Laura Tanzer LLC’s sustainable business practices.  Subscribers: check your mailbox; otherwise pick up a copy at Whole Foods or AJ’s at La Encantada. Fashion Garden Party October 17th! See new items in Laura Tanzer’s Chiaroscuro collection at Tucson Fashion Week 2014 on Friday, […]

Barcelona is a Feast of Modernity Laura and I managed to sneak a whirlwind tour of three European cities in May: Rome, Bingen am Rhein, and Barcelona. This post shares a few snapshots and perspectives from our Barcelona visit. I studied Spanish while in high school and college, and during this time my family hosted […]

I call this the Goddess Dress… with good reason, don’t you think? Silk chiffon, Matelasse, and exquisite ribbon.  More Tucson Fashion Week runway photos by the incomparable Ali Megan to follow. The model is from the Ford Agency in Phoenix. Snapshot from the seated area, below.

Casey Dewey writes in the Tucson Fashion Week #TFW2013 issue:  “…Laura Tanzer, a designer who creates fashions described as “chic, sustainable and geared toward a real sophisticated woman.” Tanzer might be the definition of sophistication. Meeting her on a breezy Friday afternoon at Epic Cafe, I felt like I was in the gaze of a […]