Meet Our Soho In SoCo Night Market Vendors From Austin Texas

Learn about some of the local creators selling handmade goods from their Austin studios.

March 10 saw 15 local vendors selling their wares at Culture Trip’s Soho in SoCo celebration, located in the iconic Austin Motel. Inspired by Hong Kong’s famed night markets, the market featured creators and makers of all kinds, selling lovingly crafted fragrances, ceramics, apparel, jewelry, candles, leather goods and more. You can find out more about some of the featured vendors below, and visit their shops the next time you find yourself in Austin, Texas.

1. Miranda Bennett Studio

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Miranda Bennett Studio has a collection of modern, plant-dyed apparel made in the USA. The studio dyes the textiles naturally and cuts, processes and ships its hyper-comfortable, earthy apparel, home goods and naturally dyed nail polish from Austin. The studio’s apparel is manufactured exclusively with Open Arms, an Austin-based sustainable apparel manufacturer empowering refugees through fair-wage employment.

2. Boyd's of Texas

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Boyd’s of Texas is a San Antonio-based brand of creative scents that are unisex, natural and textured, created with the intention of challenging people. Because the fragrances use only natural materials, they go through a curing process over many months. The scents change and evolve for different wearers. The brand also sells unique soaps and face and body oils.

4. Silk Diaries

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Designer, artist and creative director Kara Pendl created Austin-based Karacotta Ceramics with functionality in mind.

Owner of Silk Diaries Kylee Barnard botanically hand-dyes silk to self-sooth stress and anxiety. Each silk product – including scarves, bralettes, kimonos, pillowcases and more – is naturally dyed by hand in her Austin studio using various flowers, plants, fruits and tree barks. The idea for Silk Diaries came about as she looked into herself in search of something to provide refuge from impostor syndrome. Recalling the comfort she felt from her silk-trimmed blanket as a child, she used her passion for self-expression and color theory to create a brand of silk products that pays homage to the issues women face in the workplace.

5. Fibrous

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Fibrous is a modern textile and accessory brand founded in Austin by Ellen Bruxvoort. Forever finding a balance between fun and classy, statement and comfortable, Ellen works with natural materials like wool, cotton, linen, hemp, copper and rose gold to create wall art and fiber jewelry for shops and individuals around the world. Each piece is designed and produced by hand using quality materials and attention to detail with a confident, intentional consumer in mind.

6. Karacotta Ceramics

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Designer, artist and creative director Kara Pendl created Austin-based Karacotta Ceramics with functionality in mind. Each dazzling piece is handmade on the wheel to achieve a simple, modern, organic esthetic. During the creation process, each Karacotta piece is touched no less than 10 times, equaling several hours of specific attention. After the design stage, each piece of clay is weighed, thrown on the wheel, left to dry overnight, trimmed, sponged and sanded, bone-dried, bisque-fired, sponged and sanded again, glaze-fired, and finally inspected, stamped and delivered. This unique process ensures that no two pieces are exactly the same, as all have slight variations in shape, size and glaze.

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Since you are here, we would like to share our vision for the future of travel - and the direction Culture Trip is moving in.

Culture Trip launched in 2011 with a simple yet passionate mission: to inspire people to go beyond their boundaries and experience what makes a place, its people and its culture special and meaningful — and this is still in our DNA today. We are proud that, for more than a decade, millions like you have trusted our award-winning recommendations by people who deeply understand what makes certain places and communities so special.

Increasingly we believe the world needs more meaningful, real-life connections between curious travellers keen to explore the world in a more responsible way. That is why we have intensively curated a collection of premium small-group trips as an invitation to meet and connect with new, like-minded people for once-in-a-lifetime experiences in three categories: Culture Trips, Rail Trips and Private Trips. Our Trips are suitable for both solo travelers, couples and friends who want to explore the world together.

Culture Trips are deeply immersive 5 to 16 days itineraries, that combine authentic local experiences, exciting activities and 4-5* accommodation to look forward to at the end of each day. Our Rail Trips are our most planet-friendly itineraries that invite you to take the scenic route, relax whilst getting under the skin of a destination. Our Private Trips are fully tailored itineraries, curated by our Travel Experts specifically for you, your friends or your family.

We know that many of you worry about the environmental impact of travel and are looking for ways of expanding horizons in ways that do minimal harm - and may even bring benefits. We are committed to go as far as possible in curating our trips with care for the planet. That is why all of our trips are flightless in destination, fully carbon offset - and we have ambitious plans to be net zero in the very near future.