Retro 101

With every brilliant, under-appreciated issue, Commercial Article grows as an example of life imitating art. Or is it the other way around?

Four takes on the hottest summer trend.

Dog-portrait pillows, Hawaiian sandals, and the supreme makeup kit for travelers.

Money pots that are flying off the shelves, and a new way to snag jewelry on Facebook.

Here’s how her biz began: “I went out and realized it was really expensive to drink. So I took glue and scrapbooking paper and just made a flask. I put it on social media, and it blew up. Sold out at First Friday in Fountain Square.”

Boho Pretty’s Amber Huber also helms the Broad Ripple store Redemption, and spent the past decade versing herself on this new business tactic that’s proven profitable on both coasts.