Fancy

Seattle, United States

5

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21 reviews

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Telephone:
+1 206-956-2945
Website:
www.heyfancy.com
Address:
1914 2nd Ave, Seattle, WA, 98101
b/t Stewart St & Virginia St
Belltown
Nearby public transportation stops & stations:
500 ftStewart St & 4th Ave
510 ft3rd Ave & Virginia St
520 ft3rd Ave & Pine St
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Accepts Credit Cards
Yes
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Bike Parking
Yes
Wheelchair Accessible
Yes
Dogs Allowed
Yes
By Appointment Only
No

Today

Today 12:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Closed now
Local time (Seattle) 8:32 PM Thursday, November 28, 2024

Business hours

Monday –
Tuesday –
Wednesday 12:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Thursday 12:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Friday 12:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Saturday 12:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Sunday –

Description

Specialties

Fancy features handmade custom sterling, gold, platinum and palladium jewelry. We make custom pieces to order, using 100% recycled precious metals and repurposed/​ethically sourced diamonds and colored gemstones. In addition the storefront represents a curated collection of artists and designers. Unique handmade pieces with a visible sense of style and humor.

History

Established in 2002.

Located in the historic Moore Hotel and Theater building; Fancy began as an outlet for Sally Brock to produce her custom line of jewelry, and share her love of the handmade with the independent art community. Then in 2004, she talked her pal Kristen Rask into opening up next door with Schmancy specializing in artist made toys. Fancy, Schmancy. Next a spot came available up the street, and Pants was born. Then Fancy and Pants moved in together– called Fancy Pants; Schmancy moved into Fancy’s old spot and Nancy opened in the old Schmancy spot. Sally decided to lose her Pants in 2008, and re-​designed a much fancier Fancy with the help of local designer Erich Ginder. Fancy is fancier than ever, Shmancy is extra Schmancy these days, and there’s a terrific new Moore Coffee shop in the old Nancy venue. And that’s the legend of Fancy Schmancy Nancy Pants on 2nd Avenue.

Meet the Business Owner

Sally B.

Business Owner

Owner Sally Brock, hand fabricates all the custom pieces for Fancy– splitting her time between store and studio. Her work has been featured in a range of media that includes: Lucky, NPR, Daily Candy and The Washington Post

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«Great shop, great location, and so much color in one place!»

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«The best deal in all of downtown Seattle– historic building, wonderful staff, and right next door to Fancy.»

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«She’s my sister, of course. More in the ‘soul’ sense then the familial. Awesome artist made toys, inspirational craft and sometimes dancing!»

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Sally B. says,

«Delicious and right across the street. If I were planning a visit to Fancy for jewelry shopping, design, I would definitely come at lunchtime.»

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21 reviews of Fancy

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Place rating: 5
Seattle, WA
Sally and Fancy are incredible. My fiancée and I knew we wanted unique engagement rings that would fit our budget, and we were feeling discouraged after going to several other shops who either laughed at us or showed us their plainest, ugliest bands that were still over our budget. We walked in to Fancy with low expectations, but walked out with a sketch of our custom coordinated constellation rings with a hammered finish and both of our birthstones, with a quote well within our budget. They even worked with us to have the rings done at different times for our surprise proposals! Compared to a previous chain diamond jeweler experience, the customer service and quality was a night and day improvement! I would recommend them to anyone looking to buy unique jewelry and actually have fun in the process!
Place rating: 5
Seattle, WA
Sally at Fancy helped my fiancé and I create the perfect engagement ring, on top of turning my old wedding ring into an amazing pendant. In the shape of my dear departed cat, no less (as close to spitting image as possible in jewelry form; it’s absolutely adorable)! She also had solutions for what to do with an old engagement ring my fiancé had been holding onto for years.
The entire experience was very enjoyable and relaxed. Also, fancy’s website is fantastic, and everything is photographed beautifully. There were several rings I wanted to see in person after looking online, and I was not disappointed. I did a little online shopping before going into Fancy; I did not see anything close to what fancy offers, even at «boutique» jewelry shops.
Place rating: 5
Lynnwood, WA
Sally is the brilliant!!! My fiancé and I came in here after a ridiculously long search for a unique engagement ring. I spent a few minutes looking around while Sally was speaking with another customer. After giving her an idea of what I was looking for she pulled out a few boxes of gems. She helped pick out stones for my ring and offered wonderful suggestions. After leaving Fancy, I felt very confident that my ring would turn out perfectly. From my meeting with Sally, I could tell that she genuinely loves her business and is very knowledgeable. My fiancé and I also really loved the idea of supporting a local business. My ring was finished quicker than I had expected and it went beyond my expectations.
Place rating: 5
Seattle, WA
We had the best experience working with Sally at Fancy. She custom-​made our wedding rings and was extremely personable, a good listener, and very patient when we were having trouble deciding what we wanted. We didn’t come in with a vision and Sally showed us the entire universe of options and we ended up with rings that suit us perfectly. We are beyond satisfied and it seemed like Sally took great joy in designing and making the rings. One thing we especially appreciated was when we went in for the initial band fitting, the ring hadn’t turned out exactly how I wanted and Sally basically started over from scratch to rebuild the ring. She really cares about what you want and your happiness. Thank you, Sally.
Place rating: 5
Seattle, WA
I worked with Sally at Fancy to transform an old wedding set into a fabulous new companion to my wedding ring. I had a clear idea of what I wanted and Sally helped make it better still, working with Kalee at Sholdt to create it. I cannot say enough good things about my experience with Fancy. From my first few words with Sally I knew I had come to the right place. The store exudes good vibes and warmth. I picked up my ring today and I nearly cried, I was so happy with it. I will be back for my fiancé’s band, which I’m sure will also be a fun and happy experience.
Place rating: 5
Seattle, WA
I stopped in one day to chat with Sally about reworking my wedding band and engagement ring in a way that I could wear it every day working at me spa without worrying about it scratching clients and tough enough to withstand all the manual labor behind running your own business.
She nailed it! In two weeks time I had the ring I had been dreaming of! The ring was relatively affordable, and I received credit for the gold in my original set.
On top of having a beautiful ring I can’t stop looking at, Sally creates a friendly inviting vibe in her store. Highly recommend!
Place rating: 5
Seattle, WA
I was pretty clueless when I started looking for an engagement ring but Sally was really helpful. She sent me a bunch of options in line with my budget and ideas for styles, and was patient with me when I changed my mind multiple times (thanks Sally). Also she was able to rush my order to make sure I had the ring ready for a trip. The end product was beautiful. Very satisfied customer.
Place rating: 5
Seattle, WA
This shop is pure happiness.
Place rating: 5
Seattle, WA
I stumbled across this fabulous boutique recently and discovered Kimber Elements here! I picked up a pair of fantastic Paragon Earrings and am wearing them as we speak! I am a HUGE fan of structural jewelry! I loved this place! It’s so pretty and tasteful in here and the owner, Sally is really cool, friendly and has great taste. Now, I can’t stop thinking about the matching Paragon necklace they have at Fancy! Talk about an obsession!
Place rating: 5
Seattle, WA
Fancy is the coziest, most beautiful place. Every piece of jewelry, whether it’s 20 dollars or 500, is displayed in a thoughtful, loving way. And yes, their price range really is that broad!
The folks that work there are warm and helpful without being pushy.
They’re also really funny.
They’re also really cool.
I’m at a point in my life where my jewelry purchases are more ceramic cat beads than anything else, but if I ever wife someone you’d better believe that hypothetical life partner and I would buy our life rings at fancy. That they have me covered then and now is just one more reason to love this shop. Seriously, y’all should see my ceramic cat bead!
There is not a better jewelry store.
Place rating: 5
Seattle, WA
Sally rocks! She made me and my brand new Fiancée a set of beautiful rings, using stones and metal from a vintage family ring. We love our rings so much, and Sally made the whole process easy and stress free. Highly recommended!
Place rating: 5
Seattle, WA
Ethical Gold, Platinum, Jewels etc. Excellent! Gorgeous! Casual or Dressy…
This is not a chain store and they didn’t act like I was crazy when I wanted recycled gold; in fact, it is their normal way of operating. Quite a different story than when I asked about this at chain store jewelers and couldn’t find anybody who had even heard of the idea or the environmental impact of gold extraction.
I agree with the other reviewers that the atmosphere at Fancy is warm and friendly. Not at all snooty. If you have a set idea of what you want, or haven’t a clue (this describes my husband and me), Sally is really responsive, patient and just plain nice to deal with.
And if you are looking for ready-​made local jewelry from a variety of artists, Fancy has a pretty good selection as well.
Place rating: 5
Seattle, WA
I just picked up my wedding ring and am so very in love with it! Sally is beyond fantastic to work with and her jewelery is amazing. I’ve lost count now as to how many times I changed my mind about things or came in or called to ask questions about my ring and she always made time for me and was so patient and helpful with no pressure or rush for me to decide (in fact, if anything, she kept offering more and more options and ideas to make it even more of what I wanted). She helped me come up with a way to make my ring really simple, which I wanted, and yet one of a kind. Finally I decided on something I just love. I’m not the kind of person who gets giddy about things but seriously, besides getting to marry my favorite person in the world I am soooooo excited to get to wear that ring! Thank you, Sally!
Place rating: 5
Olympia, WA
I fell in love with Fancy Jewels before I met my man; and I decided right away that if I ever got married, I wanted Sally to make our rings. When I did meet the right fella years later, I talked him into visiting Fancy to design rings before we were even engaged.
I really believe that our visit to Fancy was one of the first experiences that made him think seriously about getting hitched. When we went in and talked with Sally, it was the first time he ever realized that we could have a wedding (and a marriage) that reflects us; and the rings we designed were a big part of that.
Sally made us an amazing pair of rings. She called them «wonder twin rings» because the dots in his line up with the sapphires in mine when we roll them together. Even though a re-​sizing slightly threw off the way they line up; our delight in our wonder twin powers remains undiminished.
Sally – you are fantastic. Thank you!
Place rating: 5
Seattle, WA
Sally designed our wedding rings for us. They are beautiful and no one has anything like them. Sally is rad.
Place rating: 5
San Francisco, CA
Well, we did it. We bought an engagement ring. And Sally and Erich (the co-​owners) of Fancy couldn’t have been any more patient, thoughtful and excited. Sally’s rings are all individually created, and so the process allowed us to design exactly what we envisioned. In fact, Sally shared, «I would have been disappointed if you had just picked one off the shelf.» She made it for us in record time, kept us up to date on the status, and in short, it’s resulted in the perfect ring.
And the rest of the stuff in the store is quite cool and different too– well worth a pop in if you’re strolling around Belltown or near the market.
Place rating: 5
Seattle, WA
I was looking for a way to communicate a permanent domestic partnership with the Hapa Boy. Laugh if you will, but this is not an easy thing to communicate in a word littered with cushion cut flashies via Kim Kardashian-​esque, overly made up little bridies. The solution was the Unwedding Ring made in strore by this amazing little downtown shop. The minute I saw it, I knew it was perfect.
So is Fancy. Sally, the owner, is adorable, incredibly warm, and genuinely interested in helping you pick the perfect thing — even if you’re not planning on spending thousands of dollars. In fact, it would be kind of hard to spend thousands, since everything at Fancy is so reasonably priced. I’m not a big jewelry person, but I admit it, I squee’d a couple of times at her collection of sweet temptations [and spent more than planned, but how many times do you engage in a permanent domestic partnership?;)
Don’t spend money at a big box cookie cutter meh-​factory, when you could hang out at Fancy and find something uniquely beautiful. Seriously, don’t do it. Embrace your inner awesome at Fancy.
Place rating: 5
Seattle, WA
Sally is an absolute joy to work with. She is smart, funny, creative, welcoming, warm, a terrific listener and the kind of gal you’d want to hang out with all the time.
Three years ago, she made palladium wedding bands for my husband and me that were just to our spec — simple, brushed bands with our anniversary date inside. She also made me a small ring with a stone set up high that nestled beautifully with my band and some other small rings I wore on that finger. We had created the perfect stacked set. Or, so I thought…
Not too long ago, I received a ring that belonged to my late father. It was gold (and not a particularly pretty gold at that) with four small diamonds set in it. I took it to Sally and together we dreamed up the most incredible ring. She pulled out the diamonds and she sold the gold for «green» gold which is gold + silver*.
That mix creates the most amazing hue! it’s other worldly beautiful. It looks amazing with the white metal hues of my other rings. Sally set the small diamonds up off the band in perfect little bezels. We decided on the placement together so that they look sort of scattered and one is set just off the edge of the ring to fit neatly with the ring worn above or below it.
She also made me a thin gold band to match.
NOW, I have the perfect stacked set!
The shop has changed up its interiors and displays over the years and the overall goal seems to be to create a wonderland. There is so much to look at and ogle. It’s a place where jewelry dreams undoubtedly come true. It’s colorful and sparkly and carries some amazing items from local crafts folks beside the jewelry.
This shop is my sentimental favorite in all of Seattle and I look forward to working on more creations with Sally for years to come.
* I hope I got that right. All I am certain of is that it is beautiful. Sally has taught us about metals we’d never heard of and that there is a wide range of options. Even that small detail made working with her more interesting and fun.
Place rating: 5
Seattle, WA
Sally made custom wedding rings for my wife and I. They came out beautifully. She used industrial-​grade black diamonds to create braille insets of our wedding date. They really came out spectacular, on time and on budget.
I can’t say enough great things about the process.
Place rating: 5
Seattle, WA
They dropped their pants!
This store used to be called «Fancy Pants» and now they are just «Fancy.»
Which is pretty darn appropriate seeing as how the place is totally fancy. But not fancy in the annoying «I am oh so fancy» way of being fancy… more in the «this is all of the awesome stuff I’ve ever been looking for… and…whoa…it’s actually affordable» way of being fancy.
Everything in here is high quality jewelry that doubles as art and most things run around $ 30 to $ 130 bucks. Just my speed for jewelry.
Pantsless jewelry!
Place rating: 4
San Francisco, CA
If I were a girl, I’d shop here all the time. Super cute and oftentimes unique clothing, typically from local designers. Very girly, but still with enough sass for those nights where you need to woo or be wooed.
The store is a little disorganized, but then again, that’s sort of like sifting through your friend with the best clothes’ walk-​in closet. Cool artwork that’s for sales covers the walls, and the owner even makes some of the custom jewelry (make sure to check out the class rings collection!).
Special props to Fancy Pants for at one time carrying Unilocal Boy Shorts and Tank Tops!