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Super Cute Alert: I Attended the "Hello Kitty Super Cute Friendship Fest"
This past Saturday I had what was one of the best Saturdays in the history of Saturdays. It started with a hangover—okay, stay with me now—and ended with meeting my friends so we could attend......
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Local, Simple, Accessible Clothing: The Best of 2015's Alley 33
There are a couple things that help make Alley 33—the annual ready-to-wear showcase hosted by Altar—so popular. Being outside in the alley on 33rd and Hawthorne with an al fresco bar in August...
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This Week's Style Events: Black Wagon, Glean, and Adam Arnold's Sample Sale!
Only three things, but they're such good things! • Proof that Portland’s hipster breeding programs are booming, the amazing children’s boutique Black Wagon is celebrating its ninth anniversary. The...
View ArticleNew In: Fashion/Retail/Design News with OMSI's Maker Faire, Fade to Light,...
—The 2015 version of the OMSI-hosted Maker Faire is coming up right quick on Sept 12 & 13. Unlike most gatherings involving locally made goods, this is more about exposing the process and inspiring...
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This Week's Style Events: The Caravan Traveling Market, Bridge & Burn,...
Thursday, Aug 20Mercantile is ushering fall with a four-day trunk show for Frame Denim, with $25 off purchases from the line during the event. 729 SW Alder, through Sunday, Aug 23Friday, Aug 21End of...
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The Weekend Shopper: Mercantile, Bridge & Burn, Caravan, & More
Friday, Aug 21Mercantile's fall shopping event isn't just about offloading last season, but it is about those who are seriously loading up for next: Take $75 off purchases of $350 or more, and $175 for...
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Wildcraft, Reif, & Content: The Day's News in Fashion, Design, & Retail
• If you're starting to feel those back-to-school fall feels, take a look at the schedule of upcoming textile workshops being offered at the Wildcaft Studio School, including a two-day focus on a...
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This Week's Style Events: Red Clouds Collective, Elizabeth Mollo, Michelle...
NOW!•Red Clouds Collective is currently having a BTS sale with 20 percent off handy, durable items like leather and canvas backpacks, pencil/paintbrush rolls, and durable work-ready pants. Now through...
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New In: Fashion/Retail/Design News with Imelda's & Louie's, Frances May, &...
• The early fall is on its way, and Imelda's & Louie's Shoes are calling it with their new lookbook for the season, featuring the newest arrivals in their shoe and accessories departments:Peep the...
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Final Fade to Light Teaser: Bryce Black!
Regular attendees of the semi-annual Fade to Light fashion shows know that Bryce Black likes to bring the house down. He's been responsible for some of the most show-stopping moments in the event's...
View ArticleNew In: Fashion/Retail/Design News with West Daily, the PDX Collective Sale,...
• The elegantly minimalist, active wear-influenced womenswear collection from West Daily is coming to the racks of Physical Element, which naturally calls for a celebration. There's a launch party...
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The Best of Fade to Light: Sara Bergman, Bryce Black, & A PDX Carpet WTF
The lineup for Wednesday's Fade to Light fashion show at the Crystal Ballroom featured seven lines of clothing from Portland designers (plus one from Louisville's Gunnar Deatherage)—a lineup that felt...
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New In: Fashion/Retail/Design News with Wildfang, Tanner Goods, and Textile Hive
• You already knew that Wildfang was opening a second shop in the West End, in the former Martinotti's space, but did you know that they're teaming up with White Owl on an in-store bar that will serve...
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The West Daily Fall Womenswear Launch
This week, Physical Element hosts the launch of fall womenswear from emerging Portland brand West Daily, including a kimono-style jacket exclusive. We asked West Daily designer/creator Jason Calderon...
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New In: Fashion/Retail/Design News with NINI Signs, Gretchen Jones, and Orox...
• Election season is coming! That's what Portlander Jillian Hall of NINI Signs wanted to remind me when she introduced her line of attractive (yet repellent) no soliciting signs—NINI is an acronym for...
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The Weekend Shopper: Labor Day Edition
• First Friday in Montavilla doubles as the first anniversary of Union Rose under its new ownership. To celebrate there will be 25 percent off all Hubris Apparel (including already marked-down pieces)....
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Warm Your Inner-Nerd with These Pendleton Star Wars Blankets
Hat tips to the Portland Business Journal for alerting me to this holiday/cold weather must-have: the new Pendleton Star Wars blankets (designed by Derek Roberts). Pendleton Woolen Mills has teamed up...
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New In: Fashion/Retail/Design News with Harlow Jewelry, RoM Shoes, and...
• It's been kicking around for a few months, but jewelry shoppers in the vicinity of NE Alberta might want to duck into Harlow, the brick 'n' mortar version of designer Ruthie Crawford's six-year...
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This Week's Style Events: Grayling Giveaways, Tilde, & More!
NOW!• Tilde is celebrating the launch of their spiffed-up, online shopping-friendly new website, as well as their ninth anniversary later this month. In honor of both benchmarks, they're offering 15...
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Opening Tomorrow!: Le Souk Le Souk
Anna Margaret is in the process of bridging one of Portland's longstanding divides: Eastside vs. Westside. Margaret—who's in the process of legally ditching her former surname "Fickle" ("No man names...
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