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PSA: Project Runway Is on The Hunt
They're baaaaack.... I just got an email from an associate casting director for Project Runway, and they're sniffing up the old Portland tree again, hoping to shake down some more fruit a la Leanne...
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Die Antwoord's Fashion Week Outfits: Kind of Obvious
Why don't these guys ever make an effort to surprise us?Getty Images / Rabbani and Solimene Photography1. I interviewed Ninja a couple weeks ago and he told me that designer Alexander Wang (whose...
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Portland's Target City Store: A Safe Place to Buy Diapers
This morning's press conference held by Target, the Mayor, and the Naito family seemed just a tad belated, given that plans for a Target store in the downtown Galleria have already entered public...
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The Make House
I just read somewhere that co-ops are the quickest-growing business model right now, and, nicely timed, a missive from The Make House arrives. A collection of various artists' studios (collectively...
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The Haberdashery
More good news on the men's retail front: Todd Everett Kinner quietly opened The Haberdashery about two weeks ago in the tiny space at 744 NW 12th that was formerly occupied by the Recycled Chic...
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Something New from Grayling
Grayling jewelry, designed by Katy Kippen, has quickly become one of Portland's most recognizable exports in the very saturated, very competitive accessory world, in part because she is so damn...
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The Most Fashionable Place to Be Is at Your Computer
The F/W 2012 collections are, in case your Pinterest account has not already alerted you, in the process of making their debut on the circuit of fashion shows in New York, London, Milan, Paris, and...
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Please Explain Why One Would Waste A Week of Their Life For This Sneaker
I love—I mean love—shoes, and I have all my life. It is with embarrassing frequency that I remember the shoes someone was wearing when we met, and not their name. And yet, sneaker collecting as a...
View ArticleWhat Every Portland Gal Will Be Wearing
Mark my words! Every single girl in Portland will be making and wearing these things within two weeks! Find out what they are... over at MOD! [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
View ArticleAnti-Fur Activist Tries to Hire a Hit Man
Did you hear the one about the animal activist who tried to hire a hitman (over Facebook, no less) to kill anyone wearing fur? (She may have been a bit crazy.) Read all about it here at MOD! [...
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Grayling Giveaway!
As previously mentioned, Portland jewelry powerhouse Grayling, designed by Katy Kippen, just debuted their bridal line, and now they're giving away two of my favorite pieces from the collection (which...
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Frocky Jack Morgan No More
It happens to bands all the time, but it's not so often that an independent clothing label finds themselves having to change their name, but such is the recent case with Julia Barbee of Frocky Jack...
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Ticket Giveaway: The Fade to Light Fashion Show
After a rather lengthy pause, typical for this time of year, a fun- and music-loving blast of fresh air is hitting Portland's fashion scene: The Fade to Light fashion show taking place tomorrow night...
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What's Next At 811 E Burnside
Yet another couple of shakeups at the constantly evolving creative hub of 811 E Burnside, one for now, one for later. Firstly, IDOM, after an emotional departure from their second location on NW 23rd...
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Lille Boutique's Triple-Pronged Threat
No, not that kind of triple prong. It's a big collaborative weekend that Lille has planned for next week with three of their favorite friends. Click over to read about it, as well as tonight's Mad Men...
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Where Are My Burlap Dothraki Club Tops At?
In case you haven't already heard, pre-ordered the lipstick, and tried on the sweater, the new season of Mad Men debuts March 25, preceded by a barrage of corporate tie-ins urging you to mimic its...
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Call for Designers: The Mercury's Eighth Annual Fashion Show!
It's officially on: The Mercury's eighth annual fashion show will take place on Saturday, May 12 at Sandbox Studio! In addition to showing new work from our favorite Portland designers, we love...
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Leanne Marshall to Return to A Portland Runway
If you thought that the spring bridal season was on the wane, nope: the Choice wedding show is scheduled for April 25th at the Portland Art Museum, and its centerpiece is the return of Leanne...
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Dawn Sharp S/S '12
If yesterday's gorgeous weather is any indication, along with my super-accurate first generation iPhone's contention that it will be 61 degrees on Thursday, we have entered that five-months-long, two...
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Here Are Those Terrible Nail Polishes You Ordered!
Finding any logic behind Hollywood's increasingly desperate dependence on marketing tie-ins is a fool's game (Dr. Seuss would be delighted, I'm sure, if he knew the Lorax is now an SUV salesman),...
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