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Mercury Fancy Shirt Collection Release Party—Tonight!
Join us tonight for the Mercury's Fancy Shirt Collection release party—our newest scheme to trumpet the outstanding work that artists put on the covers of our newspaper every week. Every month for the...
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Dress to Ride
When I was first introduced to Caitlin McCall's road-tested collection of bicycle clothing that doesn't look like bicycle clothing, Quick Study, I was so impressed that I devoted an entire page to it...
View ArticleWant Portland Cello Project to Write a Song About Your Terrible Holiday Sweater?
Every year, the Portland Cello Project host a holiday concert like no other. Yes, music and family and Christmas and other stuff is celebrated, but the main focus is always on that favorite of all...
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Italian Style: Fashion Since 1945: PAM Finally Gets A Proper Fashion Exhibit...
On Friday, the Portland Monthly reported that the Portland Art Museum has booked Italian Style: Fashion Since 1945, a fashion-specific exhibit in collaboration with the Victoria & Albert Museum....
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Harding & Wilson x Marrow: The New Way to Wear an Old Dress
Maker-friendly mag Marrow has enlisted Portland neckwear company Harding & Wilson to create a limited edition of neck- and bow-ties made from the cloth of vintage dresses and coats, which they are...
View ArticleAre You a Smartwatch Person or a Smartring Person?
Now that everybody's talking about—but nobody's buying—smartwatches, it's time for the next thing. The smaller thing. The ring thing:Forget smartwatches—smartrings are the new thing now. An Indiegogo...
View ArticleSocks: Not Actually A Crappy Present
Some ungrateful person's notion brought the idea of socks as presents into low regard, but everyone knows they are, in fact, awesome, necessary, and popular (and thrifty) gifts, and as a recent cruise...
View ArticleThe Incorporated Made A Pretty Awesome Sweatsuit in Response to Purple Drank
Maybe you are not into the holiday cheer and more focused on how fucking cold it is this year. In that case, maybe The Incorporated's #coldestwinter campaign is for you. It's in honor of the Portland...
View Article2013's Style Predictions: How Did We Do?
Oh yeah, baby, it's that time: Time for the season of year-end lists! Yes, it would be boring if they happened all the time, but for one to two months out of the year I love a goddamn list. Here at the...
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Eden's "Blue Christmas,""White Night," and Holiday Finale
Another lovely Eden lookbook just dropped, their last for the holiday season. I've gushed about the Eric Rose-shot series before, and this one, along with last week's release, "Blue Christmas" keep the...
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Doing the Don't: Holiday Sweaters
Somewhere between a joke and a necessity lives the holiday sweater. They can certainly be ugly—and something that came up repeatedly during my recent survey of local style experts on what to wear to...
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The Best Style Moments of 2013: Local Experts Weigh In
Like everyone else, we here at the Merc are in the midst of compiling our "bests" and "worsts" of 2013. And while the majority of my style-focused listing will appear in upcoming Sold Out columns, I...
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Holiday Party Attire: Local Experts Advise
This week's Sold Out column is an extra-large blowout, wall to wall with designers, buyers, fashion show producers, and other stylish types around the city talking about what they'll be wearing to the...
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Cradle Jewelry
You are either done and self-satisfied, not part of it and self-satisfied, or not done and easing into the panic/excitement (?) of last-minute consumerism. Jewelry is a good gift for the...
View ArticleWho's Up for a Singer Fiesta?
First of all, I knew that Singer made sewing machines, but had no idea they made record players! That's only one of the many things that charmed the pants off me about this 1967 Christmas infomercial...
View ArticleBree Goertzen of Odessa on 2013 & 2014
Like everyone else, we here at the Merc are in the midst of compiling our "bests" and "worsts" of 2013. To that end, I polled the designers, retails, bloggers, and others involved in making and shaping...
View ArticleAlyson Clair of Clair Vintage Inspired on 2013 & 2014
Like everyone else, we here at the Merc are in the midst of compiling our "bests" and "worsts" of 2013. To that end, I polled the designers, retails, bloggers, and others involved in making and shaping...
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Unmentionable: Save the Date
Whether the old saw about more babies being conceived during the cold months has anything to do with it, the past couple years have seen Portland designers and show producers exercising a focus on...
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Emily Bolles on 2013/2014
Now that we're settling into the 2014 freshie it's time to put a lid on the year that came before, and I'm doing so with the final submission of thoughts from stylish folks about what was great (and...
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Taco Tuesday: The First Lookbook of the Year
The scene: Don Poncho's NE Alberta taquería. The hair, huge. The clothing, loud. And the nail art... completely bonkers. Click over to MOD to see more images from the shoot.[ Subscribe to the comments...
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