Sewickley artist finds fashion niche with creative clothing line [Video]

Marianne Fadden painted every day during the extended covid shutdown — it was her coping mechanism.

“I would have gone crazy without painting,” said the retiree and avid painter. “It kept me sane.”

A former Westinghouse marketing and communications executive, Fadden left her corporate career to open Creative Dressing By Marianne, a new specialty clothing business featuring wearable art inspired by her paintings.

She’s the entrepreneur artist behind each piece of originally designed women’s “wearable art” clothing.

“I decided I wasn’t going back to office work. I wasn’t feeling fulfilled,” said Fadden, who opened the business last year and works from her home in Sewickley.

The nature-inspired clothing is manufactured by Le Galeriste in Montreal. Fadden submits the image and designs all the details for each clothing piece.

The business keeps her busy seven days a week, and Fadden said having a creative outlet provides her with a sense of purpose.

“It’s nice …