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Open Season, Day One!
And so it begins: Tonight kicks off our 10th annual, three-day spring fashion series of runway shows, Open Season! Intimate and laidback, we'll be at the Doug Fir from 6-8 pm this evening for a happy...
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Photos from Last Night: Crazy Wind and Alexa Stark at Open Season
Last night's kickoff of the three-day Open Season series of fashion shows was a balmy, beautiful affair. We've got a slew of photos from the runway taken by Ashley Anderson, which you can check out in...
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Open Season, Day Two!
Last evening's Mag-Big edition of the Open Season fashion shows was all about fun (prints) in the sun—we've got all the photos of the looks up now over on MOD, taken by Ashley Anderson. There's just...
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Photos from the Third and Final Open Season Fashion Show: Portland Garment...
It's always good to finish strong, and Portland Garment Factory's HouseLine accomplished that last night (with a little help from their friends Sartorial Excess). The photos are in and up now over on...
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This Week's Style Events
Yeah, it's getting hotter around here, but you still have to wear something. TODAY: FRIDAY, MAY 16—Furniture store Nadeau is celebrating the opening of their new Portland store (featuring solid wood...
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Tonight: Engaged
It's pretty late in what's considered "wedding season"—unless you were one of the many waiting for yesterday's same-sex marriage decision, in which case it just now (finally) on! Tonight's Engaged: A...
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Tabor by Compound
Today's lookbook highlight is one for the boys, and the boyishly inclined: Tabor, by Compound, all of which is manufactured in Portland (not counting the kicks they're styled with, obviously). This...
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This Week's Style Events
The week in engaging with your local economy: —So a little bird told me that Wildfang may be considering a move across the river from their current SE Grand fort, which one can't imagine gets the best...
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Nufoot: The Worst Thing in the World or the Worst Thing in the Universe?
Fashion has a new footwear foe, and its name is Nufoot:[ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
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Men's Style Clothing for Women Could/Should Be the Next Big Market for Apparel
You can call it "tomboy" or "gender-bending" or "men's style clothing for women," but I'm just surprised it's taken this long to show signs of proliferation. When Portland-based Wildfang opened just...
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If you take a serious interest in the potential for the Pacific Northwest to play an influential role in the spreading of a culture change from fast to slow fashion (much as it has for food, and for...
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The Complete Lineup for Summer Strut
Speaking of under-served markets (AKA business opportunities) in the apparel world: While plus-size clothing has long held a presence in big-box retail, it's been enjoying an uptick on the local level,...
View ArticlePacific Standard: Bridge & Burn's New Bag
Bridge & Burn is one of the better-established new-generation apparel brands to have emerged from Portland, but much of its actual production has been sent overseas (with a few notable exceptions,...
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This Week's Style Events
The first week of every month is always a doozy. Don't forget to keep an eye on MOD for daily updates and calendar additions. Plus in this week's Sold Out column, we take a look at a pop-up that...
View ArticleFashion in Film #2: Clueless
I'm trotting out the old conflict of interest pony because the poor thing needs to stretch his legs, that's all! And for this outing we are talking about the second film in the quarterly Fashion in...
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Lookbook of the Day: Ellington Handbags
Today's local fashion eye candy comes to us from Ellington Handbags' S/S 14 collection. And while I know it's hard to think about fall when summer is just getting started, fashion moves fast, people!...
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Summer Shoe Roundup!
I'm feeling another roundup coming on. With summer kinda-sorta basically here, it may be time to consider a new pair of kicks, or at least take a looky-loo at what your friendly local independent...
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Tonight: Stephanie Syjuco at MoCC
This evening at 6:30 San Francisco mixed-media artist Stephanie Syjuco (her work is part of the permanent collections of both the SF MOMA and the Whitney) is giving a free lecture at the Museum of...
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This Week's Style Events
This is why this city is so awesome for seasonal sales. It's summer one minute, and cold and raining the next, so no matter which season you are plucking from (for the apparel world marches to the beat...
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Sword + Fern to Leave E Burnside
Emily Baker's Sword + Fern is one of the city's most unique, personal shops. In addition to showcasing its in-house line of wildly popular jewelry, Baker has used it to gather small vintage housewares,...
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