Ketch, a new women’s boutique is now open at 5317 Ballard Avenue, the former White Sage Studios location.
Owner Stephanie Kaldestad says that this has been a vision of hers for the last five years. She went to school in New York, has worked for Nordstrom and came back home to open the new shop. “At Ketch, we blend the urban New York fashion and the laid back L.A. style,” Kaldestad tells us. “Ketch offers clothing and accessories for women who define their style as casual chic, classic, edgy, girly or a mixture of more than one style.”
Kaldestad has roots in Ballard. Her family has been in the crabbing industry here for decades. On the wall of the shop is the blueprint for her grandfather’s fishing boat, F/V Kevleen K. Several of the wood pieces in the shop are old dock material from Pacific Fisherman Shipyard and the cash register sits on old wood decking from a crab boat.