Glasswing Shop — Local services in Seattle

I visited with a recommendation from another local plant shop that there were cool succulents and plants here. Walking in I had high hopes, as it's clear from the moment you walk in that they have a variety of plants, but my heart fell.

I'm a succulent lover and most of the ones on their shelves were stretched out from lack of sunlight. Echeverias were unrecognizable.

The venue has "trendy" industrial/Edison style bulbs in low warm lighting and large windows, but a terrible location to get natural light except at limited times of day when the sun peaks through other buildings.

I bought a "string of buttons" for $13 that was so stretched and wilted it was nearly unrecognizable. A random colorful leafy plant labeled "assorted foliage" $7 and a little tiny flower pot of 2" for $6. The prices are average for plants, but I didnt bother looking at any other overpriced pots and accessories since they had a fake stuffed bear for sale over $4k.

This store is obviously a trendy upscale store, many things were pretty and caught my eye, but I came for plants. I was massively disappointed in the treatment of their plants and the negligent care; I had to pick through the plants to try and find a healthy string of buttons that wasn't wilted or dying of obvious root rot.

When asking friends and FB groups for care advice, many remarked my plant looked like an ice plant because it was so sad, wilted, and stretched out. I hope all 3 of the plants I bought thrive and survive despite the condition I brought them home in.

I gave this store 2 stars because it has potential. Right now their focus doesn't seem to be on their plants, but the other more expensive accessories and clothes that they sell. The lighting needs to be fixed. Plants need grow lights if you can't give them enough natural light. Some plants are over watered and clearly dying or suffering from root rot. The employees seemed nice, but I didnt want to say anything to them about it.

The pictures attached are a couple days of full sun later, allowing the soil to completely dry and the plant to recover. The brown wilted growths may recover, but they're a sign of over watering and lack of sunlight. It is so droopy, but this is perky compared to when I brought it home a few days ago.

I included a photo of what the crassula marginalis rubra variegata should look like, mislabeled as a "string of buttons," compared to how stretched, sad, and...

Was in Seattle over this past weekend for a concert, and also happened to be in search of a pair of some high end raw selvedge denim. Did a little looking and asking around when I got there, and saw that this shop (Glasswing) seemed like the place for what I had in mind, and so I checked it out. It was 110% worth it, and I can confidently say it was the best clothing shopping related experience I’ve ever had. I went in and chatted to who was either the manager or an employee there, to be honest I wasn’t really sure, but I explained what I was looking for and got ready to go try them on. Before that though, he offered to let me try on some other items I was looking at. Given the inventory here being quite high end and priced accordingly, I explained that I couldn’t really afford to spend much more than what the jeans cost, and regardless, he offered to let me try on multiple t shirts and jackets to see how the jeans looked with other pieces. He was so incredibly helpful and let me try on some gorgeous Kapital jackets with the jeans and it made for a very pleasant afternoon. I ended up getting the jeans and they are breaking in very well. Whoever was in the brown v neck sweater and baggy black slacks on Friday afternoon, if you happen to read this, thank you again, you rock and so...

This is a beautiful shop to be ignored at. I had my eye on a Kapital jacket, but since sizing tends to be hit or miss with Japanese designers, I thought it would be a great idea to go into the store before committing. Upon arrival, the only person to greet me wasn’t a person, but a dog. As I walked around the store, every employee dodged eye contact with me yet managed to be right behind me as I touched and moved through racks of clothing (they were not short staffed, there were only two other people shopping, and the store isn’t large). Not one person asked if I needed help, said a word to me the entire time, or even cracked a half smile and instead showed their disdain with their body language. I came prepared to buy a jacket (marked-up at a premium) and would have loved to have supported a local business, but I will purchase from another shop instead. It’s very difficult to spend a lot of money somewhere you don’t feel welcome at and luckily the jacket I’m interested in is sold at other shops. I recommend Cotton Sheep in San Francisco and Blue Button Shop in Toronto for the same and similar brands, but with much better and friendlier customer service and...