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New In: The Day's News in Local Fashion, Retail, and Design
• There's yet another fashion show to add to the city's increasingly populous mix this winter: Fashion Meets Film is scheduled for January 24 at OMSI, and will feature Seth Aaron Henderson, Michelle...
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If You Like Pendleton Blankets... Here's A Tip
Nice big wool blankets are always an excellent, substantial choice for gifting or just... having, and in these parts one usually turns to Pendleton. Because we live next door to a company famous for...
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Bid on A One-of-a-Kind Michelle Lesniak Coat, Raise Money for Charity
In addition to being a talented apparel designer, Michelle Lesniak is one charming lady, and she's scoring extra karmic points this month. In collaboration with Goodwill, she constructed a...
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This Week's Shopping & Style Events
Oh dear. We are running out of time, aren't we? This should help. Featuring bonus material not found in the print edition hitting the streets today!:• The designed in Portland/made in Brooklyn line of...
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Lookbook Looky-Loo
Usually I only draw attention to lookbook showcasing the local talents of apparel or accessories designers, photographers, models, and stylists—and I'm about to do that behind the cut. But first, I...
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Holiday Party Attire: Your Local Experts Advise
Chances are decent that you are attending some sort of holiday-themed function this weekend, am I right? And the questions loom: What to wear? Are ugly sweaters still an acceptable option? Bowties, yes...
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End of Year Closure(s)
2014 has been a rather bang-up one for independent retail in Portland. A healthy clutch of new spots opened up (West End Select Shop, North of West, Seven Sisters, SIX/SEVEN...), and old favorites...
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Stephanie D. Studio: A New Fashion Academy for Portland's Youth
Bridal designer Stephanie Dong will be opening Stephanie D. Studio—a new fashion academy for kids and teens—in January at her studio space (on the corner of NW 12th and Marshall). Classes offered...
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The Best (and Worst) of the Year in Fashion
EVERYONE'S DOING IT! It's time to look back over the past year and assess: What were the best moments, images, cultural influences, and trends of 2014? What sucked, and should be left out in the cold...
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Okay Fine, I'll Go: Marjorie's Best of the Year in Fashion
I make a bunch of people working in the local fashion/design/lifestyle industry answer a bunch of questions for me each winter: what they advise people to wear for holiday parties, what they thought...
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Okay Fine, I'll Go: Marjorie's Worst of the Year in Fashion
It's not really in my nature to be super catty about other people's "fashion don'ts," but what the hell. I'll try. You can throw it back in my face when you bust me at the dog park wearing galoshes,...
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2015 Style Predictions
LAST WEEK, I asked a slew of the city’s design and lifestyle professionals to give their assessment of 2014’s highlights and lowlights. But fashion is more at home when it’s looking toward the future,...
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Location, Location, Location: The Portland Made Real Estate Survey, the...
It's been mentioned on Blogtown before, but I've been watching the O's series on the Central Eastside with some interest, as the city contemplates how to handle the march of change in the area. At the...
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Jessica Kane Leaves Portland Fashion Week
Portland's calendar of runway shows was rather dense in 2014, and one of the biggest productions was Portland Fashion Week. The story of the show's origins and owners is somewhat complicated, but in...
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Keeping Warm with Laura Irwin: A Wintry Q&A
It's the dead of winter: dreary days, sometimes sunny, and always fucking cold. Finding new ways to adorn our vulnerable heads and necks with protective gear is definitely on our radar. I’ve always...
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Panty Show! Unmentionable Announces Date, Rounds Out Another Busy Winter for...
One of the annual comforts that gets a Portlander through the winter is to gather in the cozy glowing confines of the Doug Fir for Unmentionable, a show dedicated to locally made, comfortable and/or...
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Dehen 1920: Lookbook of the Day
Legendary local knitwear company Dehen 1920 recently snagged Nathaniel Crissman (of Church + State and Portland Collection fame) as its designer and "overall creative content guy." I certainly feel...
View ArticleFree, Weird Films Tonight at the Church of Film's Berlin Underground: German...
Another option for those who love to mine the oddities of recent-ish history for inspiration: Tonight Church of Film is hosting a double feature of films that paint a portrait of the underbelly of '70s...
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Lookbook of the Day: Comedians as Fashion Models for Self Edge's "Between The...
Proof that comedians have risen up the cultural ladder alongside musicians. They're being used to sell expensive Japanese denim. Male comedians, even. Self Edge shot their lookbook for the winter...
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Italian Style Is Coming, Along with a Full Schedule
Back when it was first announced that the Portland Art Museum would host the Italian Style: Fashion Since 1945 exhibit in collaboration with London's Victoria & Albert Museum—the only West Coast...
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