Los Angeles-based author Kim Fay’s latest book, “Kate & Frida,” is partially set in Seattle, where she spent several years working at Elliott Bay Book Company.

To encounter Diane Von Furstenberg, her life, her fashion line, her accomplishments, is to experience an exhibition that ...

“Lovely. I’ll be in contact.” She turns and sweeps from the room, and a few seconds later the front door slams to signify her ...