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Buh-Bye: Dov Charney Fired from His Own Company, American Apparel
A lot of people have been waiting for a long time to see American Apparel founder Dov Charney take a fall. The company's suggestive advertisements have been accused of more crimes against feminism than...
View ArticleThis Summer's Fade to Light Announces Lineup
The semi-annual Fade to Light fashion show is readying for its second summer edition, scheduled for Wednesday, August 20 at the Crystal Ballroom. They've announced the lineup in a handy little...
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Wanted: MOD Writers
When I started writing about Portland's independent fashion and retail scene, I was actually worried about not having enough material to support a weekly column much less a daily blog. Ha! Obviously, I...
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This Week's Style Events
Too rainy for the river. Let's see about the shops:—Machus continues its streak as HQ for the modern, gothic man with a release party for their new brand Represent UK's summer collection, called—get...
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Lookbook of the Day: "Stars, They're Just Like Us"
The lookbook (or in this case, they're calling it a moodbook) of the day comes from Seaecho, who had photographer Mikola Accuardi shoot model Anissa Glory paparazzi style as she cruised the aisles of...
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Top Model: Julian Assange
You have to be a little bit jealous of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's mounting resume, to which he has already recently added opening up for MIA and giving informal life coaching, and now:...
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The Ancliffe Collection Pop-Up Is On
In this week's Sold Out, I took a look at Rachel Ancliffe's new Ancliffe Collection, a collection of premium-quality basics developed by one of the city's more experienced designers. She's done time in...
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This Week's Style Events
It's one of them hot holiday weeks, with just a slight rumble on the retail front:—Wanderlust Vintage is pressing pause on its Window Dressing series for the month, instead using July's First Thursday...
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Urban Air Market
Urban Air Market has been going strong in San Francisco for a decade, where it goes down several times a year in neighborhoods like Hayes Valley and the Lower Haight, and this summer—August 2 &...
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This Week's Style Events
This week's another sleeper hit on the city's retail calendar. See below for what's listed in today's print edition, and then some:• Montana artist Nicholas Coleman is setting up at Beam & Anchor...
View ArticleMississippi Street Fair Style
I was out of town and missed this year's Mississippi Street Fair on Saturday, which is always a goldmine for people watching. If you did too, or simply can't live with the knowledge that you couldn't...
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Mag-Big Lecture at MoCC Tonight (and the Explorers Club Launches Tomorrow)
The Museum of Contemporary Craft is doing a bang-up job of keeping attention trained on its ongoing Fashioning Cascadia exhibit, maintaining activity with artist residencies and lectures throughout its...
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This Week/end's Style Events
The week/end in sales is bigger than it looked:•Grayling Jewelry's annual sample sale is bigger than ever, with up to 70 percent off past season pieces. Grayling Jewelry, 3115 NE Sandy, now through Sat...
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Adrienne Antonson
Portland's summer of fashion rages on in part thanks to the Museum of Contemporary Craft's Fashioning Cascadia (up through Oct 11), and while Portland's own Cassie Ridgway's residency at the exhibit's...
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The Fourth Annual Alley 33!
In this week's Sold Out column, I took a look at the fourth annual Alley 33 outdoor fashion show this Saturday, which showcases some of the city's "designer manufacturers" who are, in increasing...
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This Week's Style Events
Turn that heat right back the eff up and get out there:•SaySay Boutique celebrates 10 years with a storewide sale for one day only (or find them on Facebook and RSVP for a preview sale on Thursday...
View ArticleThe Problem with Project Runway
You could hardly be blamed for not realizing that a new season of Project Runway aired last night (for one thing, I didn't tell you, since there's isn't a strong enough Portland connection for me to...
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Lookbook of the Day: Machus Private Label
Today's eye candy comes from Machus, which has cornered Portland's market for a certain brand of modern casual menswear that—and I mean this in the best way—involves a lot of very fancy sweatpants and...
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This Week's Style Events
The week in shopping (and shows) starts... now.•Adorn's second annual Shop Sale is its biggest of the season, with up to 50% off spring/summer gear. Discounts increase (though selection dwindles) as...
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Tonight: Adrienne Antonson at MoCC
If you like alpacas, clothing, art, bugs, felting, and... uh, environmental responsibility, You should take advantage of the current residency Adrienne Antonson is currently absorbing herself with over...
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