design: Holly Stalder. photo: Sylvie Blum
Portland Fashion Week is a little over a week away, running October 19-24, with nightly fashion shows at Cascade Shipyard featuring collections by more than thirty designers. Most of Portland’s best designers are represented as well as a number of designers from elsewhere have chosen to show here because their business philosophies dovetail with that of the nation’s first sustainable fashion week. For a schedule of who is showing each night (every night is a group show) and to buy tickets, hit the PFW website.
There are four noontime panel discussions during Portland Fashion Week, including a discussion between boutique owners and designers at the Art Institute on Friday, October 19 at noon, and three panels at The Gerding Theater at the Armory at noon: Monday, October 22 on how to start a fashion business in Portland; Tuesday, October 23 addressing fashion and the creative economy in Portland; and Wednesday, October 24 on what we mean when we say “sustainable” when we’re talking about fashion.
ultra will be there, covering it all with nightly runway and party photos, scene reports, and runway reviews. And if you sign up for our ultra fresh email (which normally is delivered weekly), we’ll send you a daily report of what it is, what it was, and what it shall be.
Beginning this week, we’ll preview Portland Fashion Week with profiles of the designers and more. But why wait? You could, with a little time on your hands, click away at the complete list of designers below and get a little look at what you might look forward to.
Alula [Seattle]
Amai Unmei
Anna Cohen
A Broken Spoke
BlairWear
Del Forte [San Francisco]
Duchess
IDOM
Elizabeth Dye
Emily Katz
Emily Ryan (at Seaplane)
Garnish
Genevieve Dellinger (at Denwave)
Habitude [Dallas]
Holly Stalder
Izzy Lane [UK]
Kate Towers
Lara Miller [Chicago]
Leanimal
Linea by Jess Beebe
Liza Rietz
Lizzie Parker [Seattle]
Love Mert
Lucia (at Garment)
MEWV
Michelle Decourcy
Naturevsfuture [New York]
Nike Considered
Olivia Luca
Pinkham Millinery
Poppi Swim
Saffrona
Sameunderneath
Sofada
Souchi
Stewart + Brown [Los Angeles]
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