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Skate-a-Roke: What are YOU Wearing?
Skate-a-roke—just another hilariously crazy event in the Mercury's Winter of Fun™—combines karaoke, roller skating and, yes, fashion! (More on that in a minute, but first? GET YOUR TICKETS HERE AND...
View ArticleAnother PDX Designer on a Reality Show?!?
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Halo's End of Season Sale
Hopefully you didn't spend all your money today, because tomorrow marks day one of one of Halo's hotly anticipated end of season sale. Mark my words: Unless you have particularly small or large feet,...
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Collision
Though I sadly missed Sunday's opening reception, yesterday I popped into the Belmont Stumptown to check out Collision, the show up till the end of the month by Pattern People, the surface design firm...
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PDX Collective Sale: Winter Edition
The original PDX Collective Sale started when a band of shops with a surfeit of post-holiday merchandise decided to team up with a big sale event to sell it all off at rock bottom prices and make room...
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Call to Artists: Modified Style
One of Portland's most feel-good fashion shows, Modified Style has just put out the call seeking artists to participate in the 2012 edition, accepting submissions through February 15. Established in...
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Ferreting out Pendleton's 2012 The Portland Collection
After the successful 2011 debut of Pendleton's The Portland Collection—wildly good press, serious customer demand, and a dollop of controversy that got everyone thinking about cultural appropriation...
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Yes Or No: Nike Sneaker/Ballet Flats
Yet again innovations in sneaker design have scrambled my brain:HighsnobetteWhat we've got here is one-part minimalist classic sneaker, and one part flexible aqua sock-heeled ballet flat. Firstly, an...
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The Good News Is, You Survived The Polar Exploration...
... The bad news is, Vivienne Westwood wants you to leave the icicles on for her F/W '12 menswear collection.Menswear season is the best. Follow all the shows here. Via. [ Subscribe to the comments on...
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Art, Cats, and Clothes at Lulu's Vintage
Lulu's Vintage is gearing up for a triple whammy with their February art show of pet-themed paintings by Amelia Opie and a month-long fundraiser for DoveLewis. Here's the steez: Ten percent of all...
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Reif: S/S '12
Reif started off 2012 off right, with a web site redesign featuring lookbook shots from her latest collection for spring, "Rituals," to be available for purchase through the site beginning in March....
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Super Sales
The gender-prescribed notion that women need an alternative activity while the guys are at home watching the Super Bowl is worn and creaky at best, but at least we can capitalize on tradition: Radish...
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A Novel Romance: 2012 Edition
Yet another diversion from nacho-binging on Sunday, February 5th! The English Dept. has announced the date for the 2012 edition of their annual bridal fashion show, A Novel Romance. Wedding season is...
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Fuze It
Danger danger! Warning warning! Don't let this terrible-sounding event that just came across my desk happen to you! Firstly, it's called Fuze It. It appears to be one of those vague, awesomely out of...
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Animal Traffic's Expansion into Downtown
Frances May really doesn't have to worry about getting lonely anymore. After the closure, in rapid succession, of both Narcisse and Covet, the shopping hub known as the West End was starting to look a...
View ArticleAdam Arnold Designing Costumes for Upcoming OBT Performance
Apparel design watchers, prepare yourself for an evening at the ballet. Although he dropped a big hint on Facebook (a photo of a backstage sign notifying dancers that he is "designing costumes for...
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Fashion Star
Yet again the icy hand of reality fashion TV has touched our shoulder. Don't worry, there isn't a Portland resident competing on NBC's Fashion Star—it's not that bad. But Seattle contestant Lizzie...
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Not Even Halfway: Cold-Weather Scores from Siljan and Beyond
I've settled into a pattern with buying fall and winter clothing. I don't actually buy them when they first come to stores in early fall, since my resources basically exclusively go to fund gift...
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R.A.W. Sample Sale
I've written many times of the virtues of R.A.W. lingerie: the textiles designed and naturally hand-dyed by designer Rio Wrenn, the romantic silks, vintage laces, and crochet details. There's a rare...
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Brides and Basketball
Well this is an interesting approach: Brides and Basketball is an organization that teams up with NBA teams around the country to coordinate bridal shows in the hour prior to a basketball game. A $12...
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