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BETTINA HANSEN / THE SEATTLE TIMES
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Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Putting fashion first, right here in Seattle

Designer Olga Szwed is mic'ed up before being judged in the competition at The Bellevue Collection. Szwed, a native of Belarus, studied biology and chemistry before coming to the U.S. several years ago. After a family move brought her to Seattle, she studied fashion design at the International Academy of Design and Technology in Tukwila.

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