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Inspirare
Generally speaking, I believe the combination of design taste and crowd sourcing to be an uneasy one, but web developers have long been fascinated with the idea of consumer-controlled, vote-based...
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This Week's Style Events
In this week's paper I traded in my semi-regular weekly calendar of all things local fashion and retail in favor of cramming in an extra pretty picture or two, but if you've got some dollars burning a...
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The New Garnish
Poised to open the doors to the new expansion in the Pearl District on June 7 (please don't hold them to that), Garnish took advantage of its new environs and put together a little photo shoot of some...
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Let's End This: Hidden-Platform Sneakers, Yes or No?
Recently a reader wrote to me for some advice on shoes (don't laugh, it happens):Ok, need some feedback on this trend and thought you could weigh in. Is this sneaker way too fad and obnoxious/silly or...
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The Sale of the Summer
I'm really into the clan that has formed among inner E Burnside boutiques. I feel like they should play softball against the West End or something. And once again, they're banding together for an...
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Chrome and Yo!: The Next Downtown Retail 'Splosion
Conspicuously timed with the launch of the 2012 Pedalpalooza, Portland gets a Chrome store of its very own this week at 425 SW 10th, with a grand opening on Thursday featuring beer, tacos, and—since...
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New Favorites from the Art Institute's Graduate Show
Last weekend's annual Art Institute graduate showcase and fundraiser fashion made me cry within the first 10 minutes. Sure, the complimentary VIP-tinis might have been an influence, but the show...
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The Pink Carpet Project
This August, Planned Parenthood is throwing a huge fundraiser fashion show called the Pink Carpet Project, which will be emceed by myself and Portland Monthly fashion editor Eden Dawn. Not that us...
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Abrahams & Duffy and More on MOD
Another small local business has made its way through the first year of life: NE Alberta's Abrahams & Duffy. They're celebrating this weekend, so click over to MOD to get the details on tomorrow's...
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Swimsuit Roundup!
I'm going to jump in the river on Wednesday. It's for a video shoot, and it's the Willamette, right in the middle of the goddamn city, but for all that it will still mark my first river dip of the...
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Poor models. They have to wear whatever other people tell them to, including treacherous footwear, and they have to walk through a room under the scrutiny of everyone present looking completely...
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Gene Wilder on Willy Wonka Fashion
Look, we're all a little tired of the plethora of "Willy Wonka" posers running around this town—especially those who can't seem to correctly pull it off! That's why we're proud to reprint the...
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Btwn Wind + Water
Nationale has its thumb in so many awesome art shows and performances that we often find ourselves talking around the fact that at the end of the day it is still a store, one of the city's greatest...
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Project Nunway: The Video
In this week's Sold Out column I wrote about "Project Nunway," the Project Runway-spoofing fashion contest that is the brainchild of The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. Nunway (which has taken place...
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Modi, Brehan, and Frances
Summer has fully set in now, so that any summer clothes you paid full price for are now seasonally appropriate, and anything you've been holding out for will be going on sale any minute now. It's a...
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The Third Annual Portland Hat Parade
Living in Portland during the summer is just like living on a college campus. Stand anywhere near the city center on a sunny day and sooner or later a ramshackle cabal of people in varying states of...
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RAW is an organization that "hand-selects and spotlights independent creatives in visual art, film, fashion, music, hair & makeup artistry, photography, models and performing art," and while the...
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A Closer Look at Amelia Fuertes
A few weeks ago after the Art Institute of Portland's annual graduate show, I highlighted many of the new designers entering the field who stood out to me. Among them was Amelia Fuertes. Obviously, I...
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Wanderlust Settles Down
My parents were in town this past weekend, which means I had to explain certain local situations, such as why a steady stream of 99% white, naked people were streaming past their hotel on bicycles,...
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Adidas' JS Roundhouse Mids: Slavery Sneaks?
The latest dust-up in the sneaker world comes courtesy of Adidas, who recently posted photos of their latest collaboration with Jeremy Scott, the JS Roundhouse Mids:The Daily WhatThe sneakers (which,...
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