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•Red Clouds Collective is currently having a BTS sale with 20 percent off handy, durable items like leather and canvas backpacks, pencil/paintbrush rolls, and durable work-ready pants. Now through Sept 1!
•Hand-Eye Supply's having a sale on "any sharp thing in the shop," and they're calling it Knife Week, which is the best name for a sale ever. Take 25 percent off all their knives through Saturday.
• Pour some out, Montavilla: Yesterday it was announced that rather than adding the forthcoming NW Le Souk Le Souk shop to the Branch Birdie world, the original BB will be closing. Starting today, inventory and fixtures will be priced to sell.
WED AUG 26
• Another reason to remind you about tomorrow's Fade to Light fashion show: It's a rare opportunity to see design work from the show's producer Elizabeth Mollo (who also helps to execute nearly every other fashion show in town, including the Merc's). For the summer version of the twice-yearly event, she collaborated on a line with Altar's Cassie Ridgway. Says Mollo: "I had been wanting to design a collection for a while, and I wanted to incorporate elements of Greek Orthodox vestments into it, such as silhouettes and construction techniques. The day after the last Fade to Light I was thinking about it and all of a sudden it hit me a like a ton of bricks: Do a collaborative collection with Cassie!"Crystal Ballroom, 1332 W Burnside, Wed Aug 26, 8 pm, $12-40
THURS AUG 27
• Exorcism: An Afterbath of Fear is a multimedia performance/installation exploring "indulgence, sex, anxiety, & raw humanity, in a lost sense of surrender to achieve balance and harmony in its disunion of body and soul." Woah! Among many other things, though, it features fashion by Summer Gunter, and should be very very interesting indeed. Service, 2319 NE Glisan, Thurs Aug 27 & Fri Aug 28, 7 pm, $20, 21+
•Mercantile hosts Majestic Filatures for a fall trunk show and spring preview to all your deluxe tee-shirt needs. Mercantile, 729 SW Alder, Thurs Aug 27-Sun Aug 30
SAT AUG 29
• To celebrate its 10 year mark (!), Una is having a sidewalk sale with "majorly marked down" past season merch and perhaps a few fixtures to boot. There will also be a raffle so... don't miss this one. Una, 922 SE Ankeny, Sat Aug 29, noon-6 pm
• Hometown hero Michelle Lesniak and her Project Runway pal Gunnar Deatherage are co-hosting a trunk show of their latest and greatest work. Shop with the stars! Michelle Lesniak, 1123 SE Market, Sat Aug 29, noon-6 pm
SUN AUG 30
• The Urban Air Market comes to the Pearl District on Sunday, with sustainable small businesses selling housewares, soap, clothing, and more. NW 14th & Hoyt, Sun Aug 30, 11 am-6 pm
MON AUG 31
• Let's creep a little bit further into next week, shall we? The Rock 'n' Roll Flea Market will take the edge off your next Monday with a pop-up market of vintage vinyl, wearables, and more, live music from Danny Dodge and DJ J-Star, and enjoy some food and drinks while you're at, why don't you? Doug Fir, 830 E Burnside, Mon Aug 31, 6-10 pm, free