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Adam Arnold's "BOOM": Another Point of View
It's been a couple weeks now since Adam Arnold's spring show—his first traditional (-ish) runway show in a couple years. I posted a few images with my recap of the event soon after, but more images...
View ArticleBluer Denim
Local apparel design may be steadily proliferating but there a couple holes, like running/workout clothes and jeans. Places like Imogene + Willie have great American-made options, but for Portland...
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Madewell Is Coming
Diesel's Portland store may still be searching for a new home, but Madewell wasted no time claiming their former brewery blocks space, at 30 NW 12th. The windows have been papered over for months, but...
View ArticleHave We Reached Peak Beard?
Frankly, I'm getting a little sick of seeing beards everywhere. So I was thrilled to learn today that science is ready to back up my beard-fatigue, according to a story by BBC science reporter James...
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Introducing the 10th Annual Mercury Open Season Fashion Shows!
It's on! Believe it or not 2014 is the 10th year the Mercury has produced a spring fashion show to showcase and celebrate Portland's talented community of apparel designers. This time we are...
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The City Club Completes a Triumvirate of Local Fashion Concern Coming in May
These are exciting times for those of us who've been advocating support of localized apparel production. As mentioned briefly last week on MOD, the May 2 City Club of Portland is taking as its focus...
View ArticlePressing Summer Issue: Birkenstocks, Yay or Nay?
Now that we've been given a taste of the sunshine reality that will someday be our summertime lives, we face the annual conundrum of summer footwear. I'm not a big fan of sandals in general, truth be...
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Win A Pair of Series Passes to the Open Season Fashion Shows!
This year's Open Season, a three-night series of intimate, happy-hour fashion presentations featuring new work from Portland designers Alexa Stark, Crazy Wind, Mag-Big, and Portland Garment Factory's...
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This Weekend's Style Events
The concentration of stylish events across the city this weekend is moderate to medium-high. On the menu:—Tonight marks day one of the spring edition of Portland Fashion Week, a three-day series. Basic...
View ArticleRonald McDonald's New Look
Cue mock pity: McDonald's profits are dipping ever so slightly: McDonald's said Tuesday that first quarter profit fell 5 percent and sales at stores open at least a year edged down 1.7 percent.Awww....
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The Good, the Bad, the Ugly: Portland Fashion Week, Reviewed
My issues with Portland Fashion Week are well-documented. Put as succinctly as possible, I think the used of its (very official sounding) name is a power grab that isn't backed up by its content; it's...
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Must-Have Cat Upholstery: Portland Fashion Week, Day Two
If there is just one thing you should know about Saturday night's Portland Fashion Week show, it is that Brady Lange took the grossest, cat-patterned, possibly-meant-for-upholstery-purposes fabric from...
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Two More for Your Summer Fashion Agenda: Engaged and Alley 33
Scrappy as it may be, the local apparel industry is looking pretty organized in the calendar department. Two more shows have been added to the agenda in the coming months, including the debut of a new...
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"Prairie Porn" and Product: Kinfolk's Ouur
It's been somewhat difficult to keep track of all the ways Portland's been made fun of in the national media over the past couple weeks between our urine-phobic water management and twee adverts for...
View ArticleFashioning Cascadia: The Videos
The Museum of Contemporary Craft's "Fashioning Cascadia" exhibit doesn't open for another week (May 9, to be precise), but if you want to get a jump on some of the content, check out this collection of...
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Another Chance to Win A Pair of Series Passes to Open Season!
Tickets for this year's three-day series of Open Season fashion shows are selling at a nice clip, but here's a chance to win two passes to all three nights of the shows! Simply send an email to moi by...
View ArticleNotes on City Club's "Moving Fashion Forward in Portland"
I assumed that on Friday, when the City Club of Portland took as its topic "Moving Fashion Forward in Portland," there would be a fair amount of broad strokes with a side of platitudes. Fashion, after...
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Your Last Chance to Win a Pair of Passes to Open Season!
Holy shoot! The three-day series of Open Season fashion shows—the Mercury's 10th annual!—starts on Monday already, which means that this is your last chance to scoop up a pair of series passes to all...
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Fashioning Cascadia and Seaplane: Epicenter of Independent Fashion Design in...
The Museum of Contemporary Craft's Fashioning Cascadia finally opens today! I was able to attend a press preview while the final touches were being put on yesterday morning, and I'll be back; there is...
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Bonus Photos from the Open Season Photo Shoot
The current issue features our annual fashion spread, published to coincide with our Open Season series of fashion shows popping off next week (Mon May 12-Wed May 14, go here for details and $5 advance...
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