Do It With Soul is bringing an eclectic mix of clothing and gifts to the west end of Spokane's downtown, owners Erin Corder-Brown and Emily Barbour say.

The Spokane-born sisters opened the doors of the clothing shop's new home at 112 S. Cedar on Feb. 1. The 1,800-square-foot space is packed with clothing that spans styles, decades, genders, and origins. Do It With Soul is open noon-6 p.m. Thursday through Tuesday.

"We're offering new product and vintage and one-of-a-kind, altered stuff," Corder-Brown says. "It's what you would get if you walked into our closets."

Do It With Soul offers shirts, jackets, hats, dresses, and sweaters, as well as giftable items ranging from jewelry to tarot card sets.

The clothing shop previously was located in the Sprague Union District, east of downtown Spokane, before its lease ended just before the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Corder-Brown and Barbour decided to take time to collect and create inventory while seeking a new home for Do It With Soul.

Corder-Brown mends and alters many of the clothes she sources. She has purchased some of the items at estate sales or garage sales and has "upcycled" them into other clothing items, such as creating a two-tone shirt from two damaged shirts, or sewing a design cut from a t-shirt to the back of a flannel shirt.

"The upcycling thing is the most unique part, because you're able to wear something that nobody else will have," Barbour says.

In addition to secondhand and upcycled clothing, Do It With Soul offers some new clothing. Corder-Brown says the shop has a few wholesale accounts with sustainable clothing brands and is seeking a source for recyclable cotton clothing.

Do It With Soul's shop space is new, but the brand has existed in the Spokane area for several years. Corder-Brown says Do It With Soul LLC started as a vendor operating out of Chosen Vintage, in downtown Spokane, and Rebel Junk Shoppe, which has locations in Spokane Valley, Mead, and Coeur d'Alene.

Corder-Brown says the sisters come from a family rich in creativity, especially in textiles.

"I've been sewing since kindergarten," Corder-Brown says. "My mom's a seamstress."

Barbour adds, "It runs in our extended family, too. We have cousins who were tailors in Hollywood. Our grandma had a boutique here in Spokane."

Barbour also has a connection to Spokane's apparel scene. Her husband Joel Barbour is owner and creative director of clothing brand The Great PNW Inc.

Emily Barbour, age 35, says she handles the legal and marketing aspects of the business, while Corder-Brown, 37, creates products and handles sourcing. Corder-Brown says she and Barbour are the shop's only official employees, but family members frequently step in to help.

Corder-Brown earned a bachelor's degree in design and visual communications from Gonzaga University in 2006 and a bachelor's in apparel merchandising and design in 2008. She went into textiles and printing, working for four years at Spokane-based Kimmel Athletic Supply Co.

When she became a mother, she decided to step away from traditional jobs. Then, her mom, who had been selling handmade jewelry as a vendor at Chosen Vintage, invited her to assist in making bracelets to sell.

"I thought, I can probably make this work and still be involved with my kids' schedule," she says.

Barbour earned a bachelor's degree in advertising and business from University of Idaho in 2009 before starting a career teaching yoga. She currently teaches at The Union, about a block east of Do It With Soul.

The name and concept for Do It With Soul was born in 2016 after Corder-Brown and her husband Raleigh Brown, a member of local soul funk bank Left Over Soul, had a late-night conversation about Corder-Brown's passions.

Barbour says she received a text from Corder-Brown that said, "Do It With Soul."

"I was like, that's so cool, what is that? And she said, it's the business that we're starting," Barbour says.

Corder-Brown says that she plans to install a do-it-yourself bar in the shop in coming months that will offer beanies, jackets, and flannel shirts, as well as adornments, such as patches and studs. The shop eventually will expand into the basement level, she says.