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The Weekend Shopper
When space allows, I typically print a schedule each week in my column of all the sales and other shop-centric events happening. Alas, this week I had no such space, at a time when the community of...
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Bridge & Burn Joins Open Season Lineup
The lineup for this Saturday's Open Season Mercury fashion show was already pretty great, but the last minute addition of Bridge & Burn has just upped the ante. If you've attended in years past,...
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Open Season Sneak Preview: Shadow Sisters
It's always exciting when we have the chance to debut a brand new line at our annual spring fashion show, as in the case of Shadow Sisters. A design trio composed of Sarah Gottesdiener, Nancy Shevlin,...
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Last Chance to Win Open Season Tickets on Blogtown
Today I'll be giving away the last pair of tickets to a lucky Blogtownie to attend the Mercury's eighth annual Open Season spring fashion show, coming up quick this Saturday at Sandbox Studio and...
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Photos from The Lille Anniversary Party
Lille Boutique celebrated its anniversary on Saturday with a big party at Holocene, raffles and giveaways, and of course a bit of lingerie modeling. It is my one big regret of the weekend that I...
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Don't Miss Open Season: Tons of Sexy Fashion Fun!
Photo: Minh TranDesigner: ReifReminder! Don't forget to get your tickets now for Saturday's style event of the year: Open Season-the Mercury Fashion Show! Every year this event attracts hundreds of...
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The Tim Gunn Interview
This Saturday afternoon, Tim Gunn—yeah that Tim Gunn, is there another?—is hosting a fashion show at (here is where my boner starts to die) Washington Square for Lucky Brand jeans, but still—Tim Gunn!...
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Open Season and the Spring Fashion Issue
If you've yet to pick up the new issue of the paper, allow me to urge you to do so to check out this week's giant fashion spread, showcasing designs from many of the designers in this Saturday's Open...
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Yo Vintage! to Put Down Roots
Portland's most active vintage retailer—which is hosting or participating in a sale/trunk show/fashion show at an unprecedented rate of frequency—Yo Vintage! is finally getting a shop of its own....
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Time Is Running Out: Get Your Pre-Sale Tickets for Open Season Today!
The Open Season fashion show at Sandbox Studio is—OMG—tomorrow! PANIC. Oh wait, no. That's me. But you should be somewhat concerned by the fact that tickets sold at the door are two bucks more than...
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Portland, You Are Pretty
Portland, if you attended Saturday night's Open Season fashion show, and were at all keeping pace with how good-lookin' the crowd was, there's a decent chance you were spied by Marissa...
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Open Season: The Slideshow
Saturday's eighth annual Mercury spring fashion show, Open Season, was a blast. If you had the misfortune to miss it, or if you want to take a second look at anything you saw on the runway, our...
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Today on MOD
After a brief post-Open Season convalescence, the team over on MOD is back in action (about half of us were holding down some kind of duty at the show, from producing, to dressing, to modeling),...
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Alley 33 Lineup Announced
One of the hottest summer-style tickets of the year is the Alley 33 fashion show (which takes place, appropriately, in an alley off of Hawthorne). For the second year running it will take place on...
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The New AIGA Portland
The Portland chapter of AIGA—the professional association for designers—just completely revamped their web site, adding new featured content as well as a cosmetic refresh. Portland's long been known...
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Garnish Expands to the West Side (And They're Hiring)
Northeast Alberta boutique Garnish, primarily featuring the design work of proprietress Erica Lurie, is expanding its empire into the Pearl District as soon as early June at 404 NW 12th. (between...
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Year One of the Blackbird
Hard to believe it's been a year since Seattle menswear retail staple Blackbird swung open the doors of its Portland outpost as part of the also-one-year-old Blackbox building, which instantly became...
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More from PINO
In this week's paper, I profiled PINO, a new line of men's accessories designed by Crispin Argento, which made its debut last month in a well-received presentation that served as a precursor to Isaac...
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Another Goddamn H&M
For years the rumors swirled about a proposed H&M in Portland, and when they finally dropped one into the heart of downtown, Portland went out of its way to prove that all the hand wringing about...
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Project Nunway
No, that's not a typo on a post about the next burgeoning Portland designer to be sucked up into the reality TV vortex (though little birds have hinted there's a strong possibility that I will be...
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