The ladies at the Shine Collective in Hampden sure know how to pick ‘em. Shine’s newest addition to their Built in Baltimore showcase of local designers is Hannah Brancato, whose handmade leather fringe wallets are, in a word, fantastic. Also peppered throughout the shop, is work by Hadieh Shafie, Lee Sinoski and Spoon Popkin – just to name a few.

When I asked co-owner Jamie Campbell about how she goes about finding local designs to sell, she said, “I have a lot of friends in the art community who have friends that make stuff – it just snowballs from there. Also, many designers just walk in and show me their stuff. If it's right for us, we'll take it and try to sell it. We're about designers with an interesting voice with a well thought-out, well made and realized collection.”