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Half Pint: It's A Good Time for Boots
NE Portland vintage hideaway Half Pint is jumping into the holiday shopping madness with a fully sane and practical proposition: Buy one regularly priced item, and get the second at 50 percent off...
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Taking Fat Fancy to The Next Level
Portland's most adorable, fun-loving plus-size vintage and contemporary clothing boutique, Fat Fancy, is coming up on the big four of birthdays, planning a big rock 'n' soul-themed dance party...
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Adam Arnold's Damn It's Cold Sale!
Oh SHIT YEAH, here's the good stuff: Beginning this Saturday, Dec 17 and running through Tuesday Dec 20, Adam Arnold is throwing open the doors to his studio for one of his glorious sales. This only...
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Resort Season at Popina
Within the fashion industry's schedule of design/wholesale/retail grinding, swimwear marches to its own beat. With people leaving for vacations after the holidays, the January resort season is one of...
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Martine Satchels
Portland seems like it's on a roll these days with great bag makers, and the newest one to pop up on my radar is Martine Satchels. Designed by Portlander Sarah Atkins. This Saturday at Isaac Hers...
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Funkytown
Jeffrey Kyle, original owner of Magpie (520 SW 9th) and more recently of the Portland Design Collective, has just announced the opening of his new venture, Funkytown, at 4707 SE Hawthorne, tomorrow...
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Blake for Mayor
Well, this is interesting: Nineteen hours ago on Facebook, Blake Nieman-Davis, owner of longstanding designer denim-centric boutique Blake, announced that he is throwing his hat in the ring for the...
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This Is Not A Necklace
One of my favorite finds in the accessory department isn't actually meant for human adornment:Stand Up ComedyFind out what it is over on MOD. [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
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The Final Countdown: The Last Week of Holiday Shopping Thingies
Although I've been patting my back for being ahead of the game this year on holiday shopping, last-minute Christmas shopping is kind of fun. I even semi-manufactured an errand for myself yesterday...
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Will Leather Goods
One more late addition to the last minute round of holiday shopping events (refer back to here for others going down this week): Isaac Hers is featuring another of their bag lines from the area. Will...
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Late-Night at The 811
The next few days are your last chance to finish/start your g-damn shopping already, and for those masochists who like (there is a certain thrill in it) to wait to the very last possible moment, the...
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Frock Off
Party girls: I know you have a million holiday parties left to go to before you can even start to think about what you're doing for NYE, but make note of this one: Solestruck, Yo Vintage!, and Rill...
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More Retail Shakeups for the West End
More retailers are flocking to fill in the remaining empty retail spaces in downtown Portland's happening "West End" neighborhood. First, Pinkham Millinery is giving up its longtime spot in Morgan's...
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Welcome to Funkytown!
As previously mentioned, Jeffrey Kyle—who I'm just going to go ahead and refer to as "legendary" in the annals of Portland vintage for his previous stores Magpie (he was an original founder) and...
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Nationale's Super-Bitchin' Third Anniversary
Nationale has truly exponentially surpassed the expectations of your average shop. What began as a way for native Frenchwoman May Juliette Barruel to share the little things she missed from...
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2011: The Year in Shoes, Part 1
[I'm still sort of bewildered by the fact that I turned an internship at a newspaper run by a then-anti-fashion Editor-in-Chief into a job where I get to write about fashion every day. Nice move, me....
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2011: The Year in Shoes, Part 2
[I'm still sort of bewildered by the fact that I turned an internship at a newspaper run by a then-anti-fashion Editor-in-Chief into a job where I get to write about fashion every day. Nice move, me....
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2011: The Year in Shoes, Part 3
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2011: The Year in Shoes, Part 4
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Local35 to Close
TBA on the reasons behind all this, but in the wake of the "busiest shopping season of the year," Justin Machus of Local35 and the recently opened Machus has announced that he will close his original...
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